Carbon Cycle Dynamics and Climate Risk Response in Urban and Rural Land Systems
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Systems and Global Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 529
Editors
Interests: climate change and carbon emission risk; urban spatial resilience; complex system of urban and rural settlements
Interests: low carbon and green cities; plan evaluation; land use development and regulations; spatial analysis of urban spatial structure and urban form; land use and transportation integration
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Interests: computational modelling; big data and AI for planning; innovation geography; low-carbon planning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Against the global backdrop of accelerating climate change and widespread carbon neutrality commitments, urban and rural land systems serve as the core spatial carrier for carbon cycle regulation, climate risk exposure, and adaptive governance. The coupling between Carbon Cycle Dynamics and Climate Risk Response in Urban and Rural Land Systems has emerged as a critical frontier for urban and rural planning, architecture, land science, and related disciplines. Existing studies have mostly focused on carbon process analysis at a single urban or rural scale, while the coupled mechanisms of urban–rural carbon cycle dynamics, quantitative assessment of carbon emission and compound climate risks, and spatial planning/design-oriented response strategies remain insufficiently explored.
This Special Issue aims to gather innovative multi-disciplinary research to reveal the spatio-temporal evolution of the carbon cycle in urban and rural land systems, assess relevant climate and carbon emission risks, and explore effective response pathways, planning strategies, and advanced methods, including machine learning and scenario simulation. We welcome original research, review articles, and case studies covering topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Spatio-temporal dynamics and driving mechanisms of the carbon cycle in urban and rural land systems.
- Coupling assessment of carbon emission and climate change risks in urban-rural development.
- Low-carbon and climate-resilient urban and rural planning and architectural design strategies.
- Scenario simulation and machine learning applications in carbon cycle and climate risk research.
- Multi-scale practice pathways for low-carbon transition and climate adaptation of urban and rural land systems.
Contributions at the intersection of land change science, urban–rural planning, and climate risk governance are especially welcome, but contributions from other human–environment fields that forefront Carbon Cycle Dynamics and Climate Risk Response in Urban and Rural Land Systems are also highly welcome. Regional and scalar diversity in contributions is also desired.
Proposed titles and abstracts (250 words) can be submitted by 31 July 2026 to the Guest Editors at yaoqiang@nbu.edu.cn if prospective authors want feedback before preparing their manuscripts.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Qiang Yao
Prof. Dr. Yan Song
Prof. Dr. Helin Liu
Dr. Baoqiang Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon cycle dynamics
- carbon emission risk
- low-carbon transition
- climate-adaptive cities
- compound climate change risks
- low carbon urban and built environment
- ecological network resilience
- machine learning
- scenario simulation
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