Land | Special Issues

Untangling Urban Analysis Using Geographic Data and GIS Technologies

edited by

He Jin

and

Joni Downs Firat

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2674 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; urban environment; GIS; geographic data; spatial or spatial-temporal analysis

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

Integrating Groundwater Management with Land Use in Agricultural Landscapes

edited by Jonas Satkūnas

submission deadline 29 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater resources and quality; monitoring and mapping of aquifers; resources assessment; water-land management; modelling; climate change

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

Forest Ecosystems: Protection and Restoration II

edited by

Vanessa Winchester

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 79307 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest science; degradation; ecosystem; biodiversity; strategies; resource conflict; forest exploitation; climate change; mechanisms; forest loss

Land Use Effects on Carbon Storage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

edited by

Cole D. Gross

,

Zhengfeng An

and

Scott X. Chang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 22499 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; land use management; carbon cycling; carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emissions; climate change; soil health

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

Pollen-Based Reconstruction of Holocene Land-Cover

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19713 | Submission Open

Keywords: past land use and anthropogenic land cover changes; vegetation and land cover reconstruction; pollen-based climate reconstruction; holocene vegetation– climate interactions; holocene vegetation dynamics; climate– human interactions; plant diversity and biodiversity

Challenges in the Framework for Integrated Approaches in Vulnerable Coastal Areas: Case Studies & Innovative Proposals

edited by

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 17695 | Submission Open

Keywords: Territorial management; Environmental planning; Integrated frameworks and policies; Socio-ecological systems; Protected areas; Risk analysis; Land use sustainability; Territorial anthropization; Diffuse pollution

Critical Insights on Tenure Security in the Global South

edited by

Laura German

and

Howard Stein

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10179 | Submission Open

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

Regional Solutions to Urban-Rural Coordinated Development in the Megacity Regions (3rd Edition)

edited by

Wei Lang

,

Tingting Chen

,

Xun Li

and Eddie Chi-man Hui

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8645 | Submission Open

Keywords: megacity regions; metropolitan coordinating region; urban agglomeration; urban-rural systems; coordinated regional development; regional planning and governance; integrated urban-rural development; structures and networks; rural construction and evaluation; human settlement environment improvement

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

Advances in the Evolution of the Geomorphological Landscape of Urbanized Areas

edited by

Adam Łajczak

and

Roksana Zarychta

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7465 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape ecology; urbanized areas; geodiversity; geoinformation; topography; relief

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Integrating Nature-Based Tourism, Urban Community Planning, and Sustainable Land Use

edited by

Hu Yu

and

Shengrui Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5893 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-system coupling; spatial justice; value realization of ecological products; community resilience; land composite use

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

Urban Forestry Dynamics: Management and Mechanization

edited by

Leonardo Bianchini

,

Marcello Biocca

and

Valerio Di Stefano

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5650 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forest; mechanization; urban forest operations; soil impact; environmental effects; technical and economic performance; new technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Recent Progress in Spatial Modeling in Urban Land Dynamics and Planning

edited by Haowei Wang, Zhibang Xu,

Wenkai Liu

and Cuiping Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5173 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land dynamics; urban land planning; urban expansion; urban shrinkage; urban simulation; urban land use; urban sustainable development; urban environment

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

New Technologies and Methods in Spatial Planning, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhigang Li

,

Feng Zhen

and

Yang Xiao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3883 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial planning; urban; governance; data

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

Ecosystem and Biodiversity Conservation in Protected Areas

edited by

Patrick J. Comer

and Gregory E. Eckert

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3830 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem condition assessment; ecosystem degradation; landscape dynamics; alteration; and stress; place-based conservation priorities; ecosystem management and restoration; socio-ecological systems; climate change vulnerability and adaptation; biodiversity conservation planning; ecosystem monitoring

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

Cultural Landscapes in Transition: Balancing Heritage, Development, and Sustainability

edited by Isabel Vaz De Freitas and

Fátima Matos Silva

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3682 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural landscapes; preservation and conservation; cultural heritage; modern development; urbanization; land abandonment; sustainable practices; economic growth; cultural integrity; community engagement; traditional techniques; regenerative tourism; sustainable tourism; sustainable planning; reuses; adaptation; carrying capacity

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

Leveraging Big Data and Emerging Technologies for Agricultural Land Monitoring and Management

edited by Fang Liu,

Erqi Xu

and Xiaocui Wu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3667 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture; land management; big data; GeoAI; remote sensing; climate change; sustainability

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

Spatial Optimization and Sustainable Development of Land Use (Second Edition)

edited by

Qingsong He

and

Linzi Zheng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3153 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; sustainable development; spatial optimization

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

Advances in Land Consolidation and Land Ecology (Second Edition)

edited by

Yanmei Ye

and

Xiaobin Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2967 | Submission Open

Keywords: land consolidation; land ecology; sustainable land use; landscape construction; nature resource management; cross-disciplinary contributions; technology-driven solutions; land property rights; rural development; land ecological restoration

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

Net Zero Target and Land Use in Agriculture and Forestry: Carbon Auditing, Offsetting and Trading

edited by

Naser Khan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2807 | Submission Open

Keywords: net zero emissions; agricultural and forestry land use strategies; artificial intelligence; carbon auditing; carbon offsetting; carbon trading; climate change mitigation; sustainable agriculture and forestry; emissions management; greenhouse gas reduction; artificial intelligence; emission factor databases

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

Natural Landscape and Cultural Heritage (Second Edition)

edited by

Richard W. Stoffle

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1810 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural landscapes as cultural heritage; landscapes and dramatic places such as volcanos; pilgrimage places and activities; social perception of topography; role of fauna and flora in defining the heritage value of landscapes; landscape interpretation and public policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Land Management for Climate-Responsive Development

edited by

D. Ary A. Samsura

, Kristoffer Berse, Yusfida Ayu Abdullah and Naim Laeni

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 1405 | Submission Open

Keywords: land development; land management; land use; land value capture; land tenureship; climate adaptation; climate mitigation; resilience; urban and regional planning

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

Community-Based Land Dynamics in Urban Transformation: Perceptions, Reconfigurations, and Sustainable Land-Use Strategies

edited by

Katsunori Furuya

,

Xin-Chen Hong

,

Jing Xie

, Jiaying Shi and

Shixian Luo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1227 | Submission Open

Keywords: perception of land-use changes; land-use reconfiguration in urban communities; sustainable land management strategies; technological innovations in land system analysis; qualitative and quantitative research

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

Territorial Impact Analysis of Rural Policies: Approaches, Methods and Results from a Multidisciplinary Point of View (Second Edition)

edited by

Francesco Mantino

, Barbara Forcina and Petri Kahila

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural development and regional policies for rural areas; rural proofing; socio-economic and climate– environmental indicators of rural development; sustainable innovation in rural areas; institutional innovations in rural policies; impact assessment of rural policies; distribution of policy support among rural areas; econometric models for impact evaluation of policy schemes for rural areas; community-led local development partnerships

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

Evaluating and Managing Historic Landscapes

edited by

Mariolina Grasso

,

Fabrizio Finucci

, János Gyergyák and Ágnes Borsos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open

Keywords: historic landscapes; evaluation methods; digital tools; heritage conservation; community engagement; landscape protection

Emerging Technologies Towards Sustainable Urban Transitions

edited by

Zoe Kanetaki

and

Maria Sinou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban transitions; artificial intelligence; sustainable land management; smart cities; cultural heritage; sustainable transportation; heat islands; urban microclimate; urban regeneration

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

The Economic Value in Rural–Urban Landscapes

edited by Carlo Costantino,

Konstantina Douka

and Riccardo Gulli

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural and urban development; innovative tools; participatory processes; landscape integration; new european bauhaus; nature-based solutions; ecological networks; sustainable tourism; adaptive reuse; agriculture

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

Just Agriculture and Food Systems Futures—Exploring/Enacting Different Relationships to Land

edited by Colin Charles Dring and Alesandros Glaros

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open

Keywords: land justice; just food futures; relational futurities; just agricultural futures; food temporalities

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

Soil Security of Peatland Ecosystems: Risk Assessment, Pollution Prevention and Restoration

edited by

Oskars Purmalis

and Marios Drosos

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9599 | Submission Open

Keywords: peatlands; soil security; restoration; peatland ecosystems; water regime of peatlands

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

Technological and Social Innovations in Urban Ecosystems: Perspectives on Green and Blue Infrastructure

edited by

Maurício Lamano Ferreira

, Aline A. Cavalari Corete and Giuliano Maselli Locosselli

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2407 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forest; urban greening; green infrastructure; blue infrastructure; socio-environmental issues; nature-based solutions; ecological patterns and processes in urban environments

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

Urban Risk and Climate Resilience Planning: Tools for Managing Land Use Under Uncertainty

edited by

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submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 1102 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban analytics; machine learning for urban planning; land use modelling; digital twins; geospatial analysis; multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA); big data in land management; sustainable development policy; public-private partnerships (PPP); just transition; green infrastructure planning; soil protection policies; integrated urban planning; urban policy innovation; brownfield regeneration; circular urban planning; sustainable land management; geographic information systems (GIS); ESG urban assessment; smart planning tools; predictive modelling; environmental and health risk evaluation

Advances in Urban Flood Modeling: Exploring the Impacts of Land Use, Climate Change, and Green Infrastructure on Flood Risks and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Jinyao Lin

and

Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi

submission deadline 14 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1921 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban flood; waterlogging; land use; urban expansion; impervious surface; green infrastructure; historical flood investigations

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

Cultural Heritage Preservation as a Basis for Sustainable Development and Transformation of Historic Urban Landscapes

edited by

Christer Gustafsson

,

Matthias Ripp

,

Manal Ginzarly

and Zachary Mark Jones

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11983 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; sustainable development; historic urban landscape; urban transformation; resilience; cultural landscapes

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

Computational Design and Planning for Socio-Environmental Sustainability of Landscapes and Communities

edited by

Xiwei Shen

, Bo Zhang and

Yang Song

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9933 | Submission Open

Keywords: socio-environmental sustainability; climate change adaption; environment impact assessment; smart cities; green infrastructure; environmental modeling

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

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Land-Use Systems from Resource-Nexus Perspectives

edited by

Jingying Fu

,

Dong Jiang

and

Gang Lin

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7412 | Submission Open

Keywords: SDGs; resource coupling; resource policy; water-energy-food-materials-land nexus; sustainable development

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

Rural-Urban Interaction in Terms of the Spatial Pattern and Local Development

edited by

Jiaxing Cui

, Rongjun Ao, Wensheng Zheng,

Xuesong Kong

and

Zihao An

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6851 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban integration; urban agglomeration network; population flow network; urban and rural transportation network; urban-rural land transition; innovation network; rural revitalization

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

Innovative Approaches in Urban Planning: Enhancing Community Engagement and Heritage Conservation

edited by

Kęstutis Zaleckis

,

Indre Grazuleviciute-Vileniske

,

Paul Draus

and Jurate Tutlyte

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5917 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation in urban planning; community engagement; heritage preservation; sustainability; simulative modeling; participatory design

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

A Livable City: Rational Land Use and Sustainable Urban Space (Second Edition)

edited by

Yangyi Wu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4383 | Submission Open

Keywords: rational land use; sustainable urban space; urban planning and design; spatial optimization; public participation and governance; land-use policy

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

Place-Based Urban Landscape Design Planning: Theory, Methodology and Practice

edited by

Binyi Liu

, Weizhen Chen and

Yue Cheng

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3562 | Submission Open

Keywords: locality; sense of place; local culture; place attachment; landscape design and planning; cultural landscape heritage; urban memory; urban gentrification; landscape narrative; landscape justice; environmental psychology; landscape perception; place experience; interdisciplinary approaches; sustainable development

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

Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus: Pathway to Low-Carbon Transition

edited by

Ruilian Zhang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3149 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; energy transition; environmental; social; and governance frameworks; sustainable development; low-carbon transition; social impact assessment; environmental sustainability

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

Celebrating World Food Day—Rural Economic Transformation and the Green Development of Agriculture in Developing Countries

edited by

Jikun Huang

, Mercedita Sombilla and

Mohammad Jahangir Alam

submission deadline 16 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10451 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural transformation; structural transformation; inclusive growth; sustainable agriculture; food security; green development; institutional innovation; policy support; investment in agriculture and rural

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

Optimisation of Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts in Natural Resource Management

edited by

Matjaž Glavan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8198 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural resources management; societal needs; economic opportunities; sustainable development goals; environmental impacts

Blue-Green Infrastructure and Territorial Planning

edited by

Osvaldo Moura Rezende

,

Marcelo Miguez

and Adriana Piperno

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1183 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue-green infrastructure; hybrid infrastructure; nature-based solutions; sustainable territory planning; climate change adaptation; sponge watersheds

Policies, Programs and Tools for Conservation and Sustainability in Tropical Landscapes

edited by

Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva

and

James D.A. Millington

submission deadline 22 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10285 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural landscapes; payment for environmental services; land-use change; conservation policies; land– environment governance; tropical ecosystems

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

Sustainable Development of the Territory and Use of Natural and Cultural Resources to Improve the Quality of Life of Residents, 2nd Edition

edited by

María de la Cruz del Río-Rama

, María Montserrat Cruz González, Francisco Xabier Sánchez Sellero and

José Álvarez-García

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10666 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable territory; sustainable development; sustainable management; sustainable development goals (SDG); regional and local development; natural and cultural resources; water resources; forest exploitation; mining resources; renewable and non-renewable energy resources; natural spaces; improvement in biodiversity; quality of life; sustainable tourism

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

Rural Development Strategies in the EU: Strengthening Agricultural Sectors and Local Economies

edited by

Stanislav Zekić

,

Bojan Matkovski

and

Žana Jurjević

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10023 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable rural development; rural development programs and strategies; vision for rural areas; agricultural development; local economic development

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

Building Resilient and Sustainable Territories

edited by

Hossein Azadi

and

André Samora-Arvela

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9864 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; resilience; development; territory; public policies; climate change adaptation; ecosystem services; natural resource management

Planning for Sustainable Urban and Land Development, Second Edition

edited by

Zongcai Wei

,

Yuting Liu

and

Andrzej Biłozor

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8609 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban development; urban renewal; urban commercial space; social sustainability; urban green space; urban resilience

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

Understanding Disasters in a Changing Landscape: Causes, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Fotis Maris

,

Panagiotis Angelidis

and

George Papaioannou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8439 | Submission Open

Keywords: floods; soil erosion; landslide; sediment dynamics; wildfire-induced changes in land use patterns; post-disaster rehabilitation and resilience building; modelling advances in flood; soil erosion; sediment; or landslide hazards; impacts; and mitigation; technological innovations for early warning systems; land-related hazards and risk assessment; geomorphology changes after land alternations; wildfires; impact assessment; mitigation strategies; uncertainty

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

Urban Ecosystem Services: 6th Edition

edited by

Alessio Russo

and

Giuseppe T. Cirella

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7334 | Submission Open

Keywords: assessing natural capital and ecosystem services; compact cities; ecology in cities; ecosystem services; ecosystem disservices; and well-being; ecosystem service degradation; edible green infrastructure; green infrastructure; green space; green walls; healing garden design; landscape architecture and urban design; mapping and assessing ecosystem services; modelling ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; social-ecological systems; sustainable urbanism; urban agriculture; urban biodiversity and ecosystem services; urban biosphere reserve; urban ecosystems; urban forest; urban geography and development; urban– rural interface; urban sustainability

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

Contemporary Challenges for Urban Built Environment and Landscape Conservation: Social, Cultural and Economic Issues

edited by

Francesca Torrieri

and

Marco Rossitti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4571 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage conservation; cultural landscape; built environment; urban planning; economic evaluation; reuse; participation; social value; decision-making; sustainable development

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

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