Land | Special Issues

Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate-Resilient Soil–Water Systems

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submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change adaptation; hydrological extremes; soil– water systems; water scarcity; hydrological modelling; remote sensing and precision agriculture; nature-based solutions; sustainable water management; decision support systems; socio-hydrology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Regional Sustainable Development of Yangtze River Delta, China (3rd Edition)

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submission deadline 12 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13815 | Submission Open

Keywords: Yangtze River Delta region; sustainable development; human– earth system coupling; ecosystem services; industry development; innovation network; territorial space; climate change; urban– rural coordination; food security

Green Infrastructure Planning and Management for Sustainable Urban Development and Quality of Life

edited by

Xinhao Wang

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Xin Fu

and Chen Shen

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 14609 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; planning and management; sustainable development; urban resilience; quality of life

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Spatial Planning and Land-Use Management: 2nd Edition

edited by

Eduardo Gomes

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Eduarda Marques Da Costa

and

Patrícia Abrantes

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13632 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial planning; land-use management; land use/land cover; participatory planning; system thinking planning; future scenarios; land-use conflicts; accessibility; periurban and rurban territories; geospatial modelling; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

New Insights in Landscape Approaches for Biodiversity and Community Resilience

edited by Wenyuan Zhang and

Yanjie Xu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5350 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape planning; ecological connectivity; ecosystem services; community resilience; ecological restoration; essential biodiversity variables

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)

Big Data-Driven Urban Spatial Perception

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submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban mobility and transportation; human mobility and urban activity patterns; urban spatial perception and city image; sentiment analysis in urban spaces; urban safety and crime prediction; public health and urban environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)

Advancing Sustainable Urban Development Through Spatial Analysis: Leveraging Digital Technologies and Geographic Data for Smart, Inclusive, and Resilient Cities

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submission deadline 19 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2325 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban spatial analysis; geographic information systems (GISs); remote sensing; real estate valuation; smart cities; big data and AI in urban planning; sustainable urban development; mobility and infrastructure planning; environmental justice and equity; urban sustainability and SDGs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Landscape Analysis and Landscape Protection

edited by

Dora Tomić Reljić

, Petra Pereković and

Beata Fornal-Pieniak

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2966 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape planning; landscape value; landscape protection; landscape quality; GIS; sustainable development

Land Degradation in Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) : Assessment and Conservation (Second Edition)

edited by

Mario Al Sayah

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Rita Der Sarkissian

and

Rachid Nedjaï

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1659 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; environmentally sensitive areas; land degradation neutrality; land management; innovative land restoration; conservation solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)

Overtourism and the Disappearance of Sustainable Land Use and Local Knowledge Systems: A New Form of Colonialism?

edited by

Andrea Pieroni

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3420 | Submission Open

Keywords: overtourism; local food chains; ethnoecology; ecological history; sustainable land use; food sustainability; ethnobiology; small-scale farming; tourism industry; colonialism; touristic services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Land Planning and Urban Regeneration for Achieving Sustainable Development: 2nd Edition

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submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18032 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; landscape; urban sustainable development; urban regeneration; land planning; multicriteria evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Celebrating National Land Day of China

edited by

Yurui Li

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Fangzhou Xia

and

Hualin Xie

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2582 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resource management; sustainable land use; land conservation; urban– rural integration; land value assessment; land policy and governance; socioeconomic value of land; land and food security; land and ecological services; land degradation and restoration; land use planning; land quality and soil health; land tenure and property rights; land economics; land market dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Carbon Cycling and Carbon Sequestration in Wetlands

edited by

Ligang Xu

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Xiaobing Chen

, Junxiang Cheng and Jiaxing Xu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 742 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon cycling; carbon sequestration; climate change; soil organic carbon; blue carbon; wetlands

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

Managing Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 38698 | Submission Open

Keywords: land management; urban green infrastructure; ecosystem services; geoinformation; decision making; sustainable urban development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Driving Future to Shape Sustainable Agricultural System: Urban-Rural Land Management and Environment Protection

edited by

Safwan Mohammed

and

Endre Harsányi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 33323 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; agriculture and big data; climate change; agricultural drought; agriculture and conflict; soil; greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector; soil-water relations; land degradation (erosion; salinization; ); crop production (maize; wheat; etc.); land suitability assessment; land use changes; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Conservation of Bio- and Geo-Diversity and Landscape Changes II

edited by

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

,

Adrian Ursu

and

Ilinca-Valentina Stoica

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 31957 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; eco-diversity; geo-diversity; land cover and use changes; planning; natural protected areas; local development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)

Ground Deformation Monitoring via Remote Sensing Time Series Data

edited by

Ebrahim Ghaderpour

and

Paolo Mazzanti

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 24562 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; change detection; ground deformation; PS-InSAR; monitoring; synthetic aperture radar; time series; trend analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

Geographic Information Technologies and the New Challenges of Globalization in a Changing Environment

edited by

Ana Nieto Masot

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Gema Cárdenas

and

José A. Gutiérrez Gallego

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 22803 | Submission Open

Keywords: Geographic Information Systems; ; Remote Sensing; ; Geoinformation; ; Sustainable development; ; Spatial decision support; ; Spatial analysis; ; Geographic knowledge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Smart Cities and Territories

edited by

Tomáš Peráček

, Mária Srebalová and

Andrea Čajková

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19683 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-scale planning and design; land planning methods; including participatory planning; ecosystem-based planning; collaborative planning; integrated planning; strategic planning; sustainable planning; smart planning; territorial ecological planning; etc.; planning theory and planning policy related to land; digital landscape architecture; urban and regional development related to land; land use and land use change; and disaster risk assessment/management/reduction; climate resilience; nature-based solutions; green/blue/gray/brown infrastructure; landscape protection/management/restoration; smart cities; ecosystem services; human health and well-being; biodiversity education; GIS; remote sensing; drones; sensors; big data; AI; VR; BIM; IoT; and other advanced technologies; social/spatial/environmental/distributional/procedural justice; transport heritage; real estate; energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Topical Advisory Panel Member Solicited Papers Series: Land Use Changes in Rural Areas

edited by

Marta Gallardo

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Julio Fernandez Portela

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David Cocero

and

Lara Vilar

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18594 | Submission Open

Keywords: land change; land use modelling; rural dynamics; rural spatial planning; rural land management; cultural landscapes; sustainable farming; sustainable rural development; depopulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Landscape Patterns Under Land Use Change

edited by

Priyakant Sinha

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 17053 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)

Big Data in Urban Land Use Planning

edited by

Thomas W. Sanchez

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Soheil Sabri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15446 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); big data; technology; urban land; land use planning; data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Urban Land Use Change and Its Spatial Planning

edited by

Barbara Goličnik Marušić

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Vita Žlender

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Manfred Schrenk

and Kasper Kok

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13083 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; dynamic processes; planning; policy; quality; sustainability; participation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Synergies in Land Use Planning: Advancing Urban-Rural Integration for Sustainable Development

edited by

Li Tian

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Yan Song

and

An Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11619 | Submission Open

Keywords: land property right; environmental outcome; urban-rural integration development; urban and rural revitalization; intelligent land use planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Cadastre and Land Management in Support of Sustainable Real Estate Markets—2nd Edition

edited by

Chryssy Potsiou

and

Gerhard Navratil

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11009 | Submission Open

Keywords: cadastre; land management; land tenure; geospatial data ecosystems; digital twins; BIM; land administration; market analysis; real estate market analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Soil Contamination—Ecological Environment Risk Assessment and Remediation

edited by Magdalena Myszura-Dymek and

Grażyna Żukowska

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10996 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; fate of pollutants in soil; effects of soil pollution; methods of assessing soil pollution; ecological environment risk; indicators and methods of assessing ecological environment risk; soil remediation technologies; legal regulations on soil pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Advances in Wildlife Conservation and Habitat Management in the Anthropocene

edited by

Yiannis G. Zevgolis

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Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9509 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative technologies; advanced monitoring techniques; habitat suitability modeling; species distribution modeling; climate change scenarios; anthropogenic; biotic; and abiotic stressors; environmental impact assessments; invasive species management; disease outbreak impacts; long-term ecological monitoring; protected area effectiveness; keystone species conservation; threatened species; adaptive conservation strategies; conservation planning; wildlife conservation; habitat management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)

Preservation, Reuse and Reveal of Cultural Heritage Through Sustainable Land Management, Rural and Urban Development (Third Edition)

edited by

Antonia Moropoulou

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Charalabos Ioannidis

and

Ekaterini Delegou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8868 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; remote sensing; 3D modeling; spatial planning; GIS / HBIM; cultural routes; tangible/intangible cultural heritage; historical settlements; historical cities; circular economy; cultural tourism; environmental management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Land Use: Integration of Rural and Urban Landscape

edited by

Luís Mendes

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Le Yu

and Justice Nana Inkoom

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8397 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural and urban landscape; urban-rural integrated development; rural– urban gradient; rural urbanization; land use transitions; land-cover change; land-use planning; settlement systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Reimagining Public Spaces in Europe: Towards Inclusive, Livable, and Resilient Human-Scale Urban Environments

edited by

Álvaro Bernabeu-Bautista

and

Leticia Serrano-Estrada

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7619 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-scale urban design; resilient public spaces; european cities; urban equity; active mobility; mixed methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Feature Papers for "Land, Soil and Water" Section

edited by

Nick B. Comerford

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7511 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil and climate change; soil health; sustainable agriculture; soil biodiversity; soil ecosystem service; artificial intelligence applications to soil; emerging soil contaminants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Feature Papers for the ‘Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues’ Section: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals—2nd Edition

edited by

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6819 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land management; socio-economic implications of land use; political dimensions of land governance; land tenure systems; land rights and access; equitable land distribution; rural development and land policies; land-based livelihoods; land use planning; urbanization and land use; land degradation and restoration; gender and land ownership; climate change adaptation and land resilience; ecosystem services and land management; land conflicts and dispute resolution; land-based investments and governance; monitoring and evaluation of land-related SDGs; land administration; zero hunger (SDG 2); life on land (SDG 15); reduced inequalities (SDG 10); climate action (SDG 13)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Monitoring and Simulation of Wetland Ecological Processes (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6081 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland mapping; wetland landscape and functions; biodiversity monitoring; wetland connectivity; assessment; carbon sink; land-use sustainability; simulation of wetland geochemical cycle models; monitoring of wetland restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

The Other Perspective. City Networks and Territorial Justice towards a Landscape Ethics

edited by

Maria Rosa Trovato

and

Salvatore Giuffrida

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6051 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Salinity Monitoring and Modelling at Different Scales: 2nd Edition

edited by

Maria da Conceição Gonçalves

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Mohammad Farzamian

and Tiago Brito Ramos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5716 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil salinity; soil hydraulic properties; pedotransfer functions; proximal soil sensing; remote sensing; electromagnetic induction; digital soil mapping; machine learning; arid and semi-arid climate; agricultural water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Building Resilient and Sustainable Urban Futures

edited by

Angeliki Peponi

, Gonçalo Duarte,

Phelipe da Silva Anjinho

and

Patrícia Abrantes

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5101 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban metabolism; urban ecology; ecosystem services; urban and landscape planning; smart cities; regenerative design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Agricultural Land Management to Meet Future Global Food Demand (Second Edition)

edited by

Uttam Khanal

and

Sanzidur Rahman

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4718 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land management; food security; agricultural intensification; crop diversification; agricultural adaptations to climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Land Modifications and Impacts on Coastal Areas, Second Edition

edited by

Alexis Mooser

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Giorgio Anfuso

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Carlos Mestanza-Ramón

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Rodolfo Silva

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Hernando José Bolivar Anillo

and

Rosa Molina

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4680 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal evolution; land use changes; coastal management; coastal natural processes; climate change impacts; human pressure and impacts; coastal contamination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)

Advancing Soil Literacy: Raising Awareness of the Importance of Soil

edited by

Gabriele Broll

and Arwyn Jones

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4298 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; soil protection; soil communication; soil awareness; citizen engagement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Harnessing the Power of Land Mapping Data for Effective Land Policy Development

edited by Xiao Huang, Zehua Zhang and

Cheolhee Yoo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4252 | Submission Open

Keywords: land mapping; land use policy and management; land use and land cover (LULC) monitoring; remote sensing; spatial data; sustainable development; environmental monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)

Novel Methods and Trending Topics in Landscape Archaeology

edited by

Francesca Cigna

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4040 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; LiDAR; artificial intelligence; machine learning; GeoAI; climate change-driven transformations; data mining; big data analytics; geospatial and geophysical surveying

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Feature Papers for Land Innovations—Data and Machine Learning: 3rd Edition

edited by

Chuanrong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2693 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial big data; land use and land cover; geospatial artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; big data processing; big data analysis; big data visualization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)

The Role of Land Policy in Shaping Rural Development Outcomes

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2521 | Submission Open

Keywords: land policy reform; agricultural modernization; sustainable land use; land tenure systems; urban– rural integration; food security governance; rural revitalization strategies; ecological conservation in agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Digital Soil Mapping and Precision Agriculture

edited by

Xiaobo Wu

and

Songchao Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2491 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; precision agriculture; geospatial technologies; machine learning; soil health; sustainable land management; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Species Vulnerability and Habitat Loss (Third Edition)

edited by

Michela Balestri

and

Marco Campera

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2481 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge effect; stress; species trait; threatened species; fragmentation; habitat shift; dispersal; extinction risk; conservation planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)

Spatial Data Analysis and Geographic Information Systems for Urban Land Use

edited by

Jin Rui

and

Mengqiu Cao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2287 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land use; spatial data analysis; geographic information systems (GISs); remote sensing imagery; machine learning; large language models (LLMs); big data; data-driven; urban planning; sustainable cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)

Digital Soil Mapping for Soil Health Monitoring in Agricultural Lands

edited by

João Augusto Coblinski

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Sylwia Pindral

and

Gabriele Buttafuoco

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2138 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; pedometrics; remote sensing; proximal sensing; soil functions; soil threats; soil ecosystem services; soil modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Landscape Fragmentation: Effects on Biodiversity and Wildlife

edited by

Jesús Alejandro Prieto-Amparán

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Federico Villarreal-Guerrero

and

Alfredo Pinedo-Alvarez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2134 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape fragmentation and biodiversity conservation; ecological connectivity modeling; land use/land cover changes (LULCC); habitat quality (HQ); ecosystem services; remote sensing and spatial pattern analysis; machine learning applications; multi-criteria evaluation; sustainable land management; artificial intelligence in landscape analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Water, Energy, Land, and Food (WELF) Nexus: An Ecosystems Perspective

edited by

Reginaldo Geremias

and

Naoki Masuhara

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1856 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable resource management; climate change adaptation; land-use planning; water– energy– food interactions; biodiversity conservation; renewable energy and sustainability; integrated policy and governance; synergies and tradeoffs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus)

Exploring Sustainable Rural Development Models and Environmental Protection Regulations: Interactions and Compatibilities

edited by Julián Mora Aliseda,