Feature Papers for Land Planning and Landscape Architecture Section, Second Edition
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Planning and Landscape Architecture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nature-based solutions; landscape restoration; sustainable development; climate change adaptation; green infrastructure; environmental justice; carbon neutral cities
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the success of the Special Issue "Feature Papers for Land Planning and Landscape Architecture Section", we are happy to announce the opening of a second volume.
Landscape is an important part of the quality of life of people in urban and rural contexts. Taking into consideration the fact that sustainable development is based on a harmonious relationship between social needs, economic activity, and the environment, the landscape constitutes a resource favourable to economic activity and whose protection, management, and planning can contribute to job creation. Acknowledging that the quality and diversity of landscapes constitute a common resource and a basic component of the natural and cultural heritage that contribute to human well-being, it is important to develop research towards their protection, management, and planning.
In this Special Issue, we invite papers focusing on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Landscape protection/management/restoration;
- Multi-scale planning and design;
- Landscape as infrastructure;
- Land planning and landscape architecture as they pertain to the following:
- Smart cities;
- Ecosystem services;
- Human health and well-being;
- Biodiversity;
- Education;
- Social/spatial/environmental/distributional/procedural justice;
- Transport;
- Heritage;
- Real estate;
- Energy transition.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Panagopoulos
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- participative design
- planning and management
- climate resilience
- energy transition
- biophilic design
- nature-based solutions
- regenerative design
- circular solutions for sustainable tourism
- environmental footprint
- virtual reality to facilitate collaboration
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- Feature Papers for Land Planning and Landscape Architecture Section in Land (11 articles)
