Efficient Land Use and Sustainable Urban Development

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable development is a perpetual topic accompanying human society. As a basic guarantee for human survival, land is facing the double dilemma of “resource shortage” and “extensive utilization”. In most urban areas of the world, intensive land development and construction activities have broken the red line of arable land protection, and “competitive conflicts” between economic development and ecological security have intensified. In the face of the global spread of COVID-19 as well as the food crisis and resource supply and environmental pollution that have occurred in cities in recent years, how to promote the high-quality, sustainable, and intelligent development of cities by improving the efficiency of land use and changing the way of land use is the key issue that needs to be focused on in the future.

In focusing on the efficient use of land resources and sustainable urban development, this Special Issue attempts to explore cases and experiences in promoting regional sustainable development through academic discussion. We also welcome works from interdisciplinary fields, which are essential for planning sustainable cities and land use for a new era, such as how land use enhances urban resilience and how land use is integrated with sustainable transportation. The manuscripts can be case studies, empirical studies, modeling and review studies from anywhere in the world. The core arguments should focus on the following topics:

• Land use transition
• Urban vigor and atrophy
• Urban and rural idle land
• Urban–rural integration development
• Urban and rural living environment
• Smart Cities and land use
• Urban renewal and land use
• Sustainable transportation and land use
• Urban resilience and spatial planning

Prof. Dr. Guanghui Jiang
Prof. Dr. Yanbo Qu
Dr. Hongyun Si
Prof. Dr. Yan Song
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.