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Quantification of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in Basins submission deadline 6 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18213 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; stream sediment transport; field measurements; laboratory measurements; machine learning methods; fuzzy logic; constructive and management measures
Land–Water–Energy–Food (LWEF) System Coupling and Sustainable Development of Watersheds
edited by , , , and Zhifeng Jin
submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5067 | Submission Open
Keywords: land– water– energy– food nexus; climate change adaptation; regional resilience; land use transformation; energy transition; resource management; resources and environment; water– energy– food; carbon peak and neutrality; spatial governance and planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus)
Building Resilient and Sustainable Territories submission deadline 12 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7154 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; resilience; development; territory; public policies; climate change adaptation; ecosystem services; natural resource management
Patrimony Assessment and Sustainable Land Resource Management (Second Edition) submission deadline 13 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1406 | Submission Open
Keywords: qualitative and quantitative assessment of cultural heritage; natural heritage assessment; biodiversity and its conservation; management of natural and cultural resources; heritage communities; heritage education versus promotion of heritage sustainability; circular architecture versus cultural heritage sustainability; administrative; regulatory; and legal issues related to the conservation of heritage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)
Advances on Land Cover/Land Use Ontologies for Innovative Production/Utilization of Land Information submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16162 | Submission Open
Keywords: land cover; land use; interoperability; standardization; geospatial technology; semantic ontology; harmonization; classification; earth observation; remote sensing; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Spatial Justice in Urban Planning (Second Edition)
edited by , and Izzy Yi Jian
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6561 | Submission Open
Keywords: social-spatial justice; distributional and procedural justice; urban redevelopment; environmental justice; green gentrification; right to the city; segregation and discrimination; urban political ecology; capital and capability; co-production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Monitoring the Effect of Urban Green Space on Environmental Quality
edited by , and David Jesenko
submission deadline 16 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 646 | Submission Open
Keywords: green spaces; urban vegetation; monitoring; environmental quality; urban heat island
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Builders of the Middle Landscape: The Role of Urban Elites in the Construction of Rural Landscapes Between Antiquity and the Renaissance
edited by and Julio Navarro Palazón
submission deadline 16 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open
Keywords: antiquity; middle ages; renaissance; villa; almunia; periurban; rural landscape; urban elites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Smart Land Management
edited by and Guy M Robinson
submission deadline 23 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9289 | Submission Open
Keywords: technology innovation; land management; land-use planning; land administration; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Wetland Biodiversity and Habitat Conservation
edited by Rachel R. Fern, Jordan C. Giese and Kelsi Schwind
submission deadline 23 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1124 | Submission Open
Keywords: wetlands; biodiversity; habitat conservation; land use change; remote sensing; landscape modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Participatory Land Planning: Theory, Methods, and Case Studies
edited by Oswaldo Ledesma González and Rafael Merinero Rodríguez
submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13009 | Submission Open
Keywords: collaborative planning; governance; land management; network management; participation; strategic planning; town planning; urban agenda; urban and land planning; urban and land policy
(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 submission deadline 26 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5459 | 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 Ecological Risk Assessment Based on LULC
edited by
submission deadline 26 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5101 | Submission Open
Keywords: risk assessment; ecosystem services; soil functioning; land use/land cover; soil threats
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Soil Erosion and Its Response to Agroforestry Restoration
edited by Zicheng Zheng, Jigen Liu and
submission deadline 27 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2136 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; agricultural restoration practices; forestry restoration practices; land degradation; sustainable land
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Urban Transitions and Dynamics: Cultural, Ecological, Digital and Degrowth submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 27663 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable urban development; urban resilience; urban dynamics; degrowth theories; circular economies; 15-minute city; urban governance; urban art; culture and social movements
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Archaeological Landscape and Settlement II submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 21752 | Submission Open
Keywords: human impact on the landscape; coastal changes and sea-level rise; settlement pattern and site complementarity; radiocarbon dating; the exploitation of the highland zones
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)
Governance and Spatial Planning for Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
edited by , , , Zhituan Deng and Liang Zhuang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 17661 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable theory and practice; sustainable governance and policy; sustainability strategies; urban and rural governance; cooperative governance; climate change adaptation; spatial planning; green infrastructure; technological innovations in planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Land: Soil Quality and Contamination submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15047 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil quality; soil contamination; soil degradation; land degradation; sustainable land
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Land Use/Cover Change and Its Impacts on Regional Sustainable Development submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 14957 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use/ land cover; change detection; remote sensing; sustainable development; geographic information systems; driving forces; environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Land Transformation, Climate Change and Agroecosystems Response and Adaptation
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13987 | Submission Open
Keywords: agroecosystems; ecosystem services; urban agriculture; land use change; resilience and adaptation; climate change; climate-smart agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Urban and Peri-Urban Forests—Status, Ecosystem Services, and Future Perspectives
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10506 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban forests; green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; ecosystem services (ES); assessment and mapping of ES; socio-ecological assessments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Global Commons Governance and Sustainable Land Use
edited by , , Xiaoshun Li and Ling Li
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10331 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use sustainability; global commons; spatial planning and governance; global nature resources; carbon neutrality; climate change
Geoparks as a Form of Tourism Space Management II submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9930 | Submission Open
Keywords: geotourism; geoheritage; geoconservation; geoparks; spatial management; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Navigating the Balance: The Role of National Parks in Ecological Conservation and Socioeconomic Development
edited by and Lihua Zhou
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9624 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development goals; national parks; mode of management; socioeconomic development; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Land Planning and Urban Regeneration for Achieving Sustainable Development: 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7894 | 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)
GeoAI for Urban Sustainability Monitoring and Analysis
edited by , and Jixiang Liu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7823 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban; sustainability; GeoAI; remote sensing; big data; geography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Vegetation Cover Changes Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data
edited by Dong Liang, and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7457 | Submission Open
Keywords: vegetation cover change; remote sensing; high spatial resolution; big data; satellite imagery; data processing algorithms; multi-source data integration; climate change impacts; biodiversity monitoring; land management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Agroforestry Systems for Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6641 | Submission Open
Keywords: agroforestry systems; biodiversity; cultural landscape; landscape conservation; agricultural heritage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Celebrating 10 Years of International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6534 | Submission Open
Keywords: rehabilitation; restoration; fragmentation; carbon sequestration; ecosystem functions; ecosystem services; climate adaptation; coastal protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Regional Sustainable Development of Yangtze River Delta, China (3rd Edition) submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6009 | 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
The Other Perspective. City Networks and Territorial Justice towards a Landscape Ethics submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4113 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Economic Perspectives on Land Use and Valuation
edited by , Izabela Lipińska and Jarmila Lazíková
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3696 | Submission Open
Keywords: economic perspectives on land use; land valuation; land use policy frameworks; sustainable land use; land use and law
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Towards Intelligence and Resilience: Creative Solutions for Further Urban Transition
edited by , , and Kailun Feng
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2559 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-hazard risk coupling quantification methods; energy security mechanism under extreme events; organizational resilience of emergency commands and dispatch systems; material supply chain security and intelligent operation; health and safety resilience strategies for the urban environment; smart urban renewal towards achieving sustainability; cross-regional action plan for emergency responses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Efficient Land Use and Sustainable Development in European Countries
edited by , , Francesco Botticini and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2483 | Submission Open
Keywords: land management; land use and development; value capture instruments; sustainability; comparative analysis; socio-economic evaluation; geospatial analysis; environmental assessment; ecosystem services; territorial governance
Preservation, Reuse and Reveal of Cultural Heritage Through Sustainable Land Management, Rural and Urban Development (Third Edition) submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1780 | 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)
Building Resilient and Sustainable Urban Futures submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1141 | 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)
Geospatial Data in Landscape Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 778 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape resistance; connectivity; turnover; movement and modelling; refugia; isolation by distance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Urban–Rural Integration and Urban Ecosystems
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban– rural integration; urban ecosystems; sustainable development; ecosystem services; interdisciplinary research
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services in Relation to Landscape Design, Planning and Management
edited by Aikaterini Gkoltsiou and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape architecture (planning; design and management); ecosystem planning; green roofs/green walls; xeriscaping; green infrastructure strategies; nature based solutions; urban ecosystems; nature and public health; biodiversity conservation; knowledge sharing and participatory decision-making; site preservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Data-Driven City and Society—a Land Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open
Keywords: data utilization; data-driven; AI; 3D point clouds; urban mapping; historical evolution of cities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)
Just Agriculture and Food Systems Futures—Exploring/Enacting Different Relationships to Land
edited by Colin Charles Dring and Alesandros Glaros
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 152 | 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)
Landscape Restoration in Non-Forest Ecosystems
edited by Daniel Luis Mascia Vieira
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem resilience; ecosystem services; landscape restoration; non-forest ecosystems; ecological balance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Advances in Land Use and Land Cover Mapping (Second Edition) submission deadline 3 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5490 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use mapping; land cover mapping; climate change; sustainability; validation; data communication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Geospatial Technology for Landscape Design submission deadline 7 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6526 | Submission Open
Keywords: geographic information systems (GISs); geospatial technology; geospatial applications and updates; remote sensing; virtual globes; spatial data infrastructure (SDI geoportal); global positioning system (GPS); 3D virtual environments; augmented reality; virtual reality; geospatial thinking for landscape planning; landscape planning and design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Evolving Landscape Design and Planning: From Infrastructure Landscapes to Future Research Frontiers
edited by Romanos Ioannidis, Nikos Mamassis, Julia Nerantzia Tzortzi, Konstantinos Moraitis and Aspaso-Aspassia Kouzoupi
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11384 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape; spatial planning; renewable energy; landscape impacts; participatory processes; cultural heritage; landscape design; visibility analysis; architecture; public perception; social acceptance; landscape and blue/green/grey infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Land Use Policy and Food Security: 2nd Edition submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3535 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use policy; market development; food security; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus)
Ecology of the Landscape Capital and Urban Capital
edited by
submission deadline 16 Jul 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 24055 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; ecosystem services; natural-based solution; green infrastructure; urban planning; landscape planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Land Use, Ecosystem Services and Environmental Management in Mediterranean Climate Areas
edited by Mélanie Requier-Desjardins and Generosa Calabrese
submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; food system; livelihoods; climate change; land degradation; biodiversity loss; agroecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Integrated Assessment of Global Environmental Change and Forest Ecosystems
edited by and Ana Maria Cuartas
submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 619 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; land use changes; policy and management; climate change impacts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Transport and Urban Green Space Planning
edited by and Piotr Soczówka
submission deadline 26 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 580 | Submission Open
Keywords: transport system planning; urban green space design; sustainable development; green solutions for transport; sustainable mobility; the harmful impact of transport on the environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
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