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Responsible and Smart Land Management (2nd Edition) submission deadline 18 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1897 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Conservation of Bio- and Geo-Diversity and Landscape Changes II submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 24220 | 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)
Land-Based Greenhouse Gas Mitigation for Carbon Neutrality (2nd Edition)
edited by , , and Suman Aryal
submission deadline 26 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open
Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions; carbon neutrality; climate smart agriculture; forest conservation and restoration; bioenergy and carbon capture; the role of carbon offsets in emissions trading mechanism; carbon emission mitigation; land use; land use change; and forestry (LULUCF); global climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Land Resource Assessment (Second Edition)
edited by and
submission deadline 27 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open
Keywords: land resource efficiency; functional differences evaluation; land resource capitalization; process evaluation and simulation; energy system language and LCA; typical model of land use; ecological security and carrying capacity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)
Feature Papers for "Land, Soil and Water" Section
edited by
submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 959 | 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)
Land, Ageing, Gender and Environment: Problems and Challenges from Different Disciplines II submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17919 | Submission Open
Keywords: land/environment/ecology; ageing/ageism/older people; gender/eco/feminisms; rural– urban spaces/frames; health; social services and education aspects; land economic and public policies aspects; work/employment and leisure/tourism aspects; pandemic; psycho-social crisis and climate change aspects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
The Role Played by Agriculture in Inland Areas
edited by , and Giuseppe Gaudio
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10761 | Submission Open
Keywords: inland areas; agriculture in inland areas; vulnerability and resilience of inland areas; governance and policy of inland resources; sustainability (environmental; social; and economic); ecosystem services and sustainable development of inland areas; management policies and strategies regarding inland areas; models and analytical tools for land management in inland areas; examples of good practices in inland areas
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Land Resource Use Efficiency and Sustainable Land Use
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9444 | Submission Open
Keywords: land resources; land use efficiency; land management; rural industrial integration; land conversion; agricultural labor productivity
Landscape Perspectives on Urban Regeneration in Mediterranean Cities
edited by and Teresa Tapada-Berteli
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9146 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban regeneration; urban renovation; urban redevelopment; urban sustainability; urban governance; community resilience; gentrification; community-based urban redevelopment; urban policies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Digital Earth and Remote Sensing for Land Management submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5431 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital earth; satellite imagery; InSAR; digital elevation models (DEM); land monitoring; land use; land cover; urban morphology; GIS tools
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)
The Role of Land Policy in Shaping Tourism Development submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4917 | Submission Open
Keywords: land policy; tourism development; sustainable tourism; urban planning; zoning laws; property rights; local economies; policy innovation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
The 15-Minute City: Land-Use Policy Impacts
edited by , , and Daniela Paddeu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3622 | Submission Open
Keywords: 15-minute city model; land use; transport planning; demographic transition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Integrating Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3493 | Submission Open
Keywords: integration of urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture; urban environmental and ecological restoration; multifunctional land use; integration of green; blue; and grey infrastructure; novel urban green systems; urban agriculture; horticulture; and gardening; urban ecology and multi-species design; decision support systems for integrating urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture; data-driven design for integrating urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Building Climate-Resilient Farms: Navigating Risks and Adaptation in Agriculture
edited by Nasir Abbas Khan
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3117 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; agricultural adaptation; vulnerability and resilience; climate-smart practices; food security; sustainable land management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus)
Advances in Urban Planning and Sustainable Mobility submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2510 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable urban planning; sustainable urban mobility; climate-neutral cities; urban transportation policies; urban resilience and adaptation; sustainable and liveable cities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Spatial-Temporal Evolution Analysis of Land Use
edited by , , Mojca Foški, Lea Petrović Krajnik, Dorota Jopek and Samo Drobne
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2006 | Submission Open
Keywords: which global processes are influenced land use changes in recent decades; land use planning in order to ensure harmonious economic and social development; a healthy living environment and the protection of natural resources; new methodological approaches and new indicators to describe and understand the processes influencing land use development; new solutions and models of land use planning in the circumstances of rapidly global changes; evidence-based analysis for supporting decisions; hybrid sciences to monitor land use development in real time; policy debates on sustainable land use be conducted at international; national; regional and local levels
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Rural Social Movements and the Question of the Land in the 21st Century
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1933 | Submission Open
Keywords: rural social movements; agroecology; land grabbing and the defense of land and territory; food sovereignty; peasant and indigenous autonomy; land and territory; peasants and indigenous people
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
The Mechanism of Land-Water Interaction and Management Strategies: Recent Discoveries and the Way Forward submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1628 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use change; hydrological processes; models; hydrological variables; runoff; infiltration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS for Land Use Change Assessment
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1320 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; land-use change; land cover; ecosystem services; environmental impact assessment
Grassland Ecosystem Services: Research Advances and Future Directions for Sustainability: 3rd Edition submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1098 | Submission Open
Keywords: grassland abandonment; grassland ecology; grassland management; grassland biodiversity; grassland hydrology; issues and threats; supporting; provisioning; regulating and cultural grassland ecosystem services; grass cultivation and management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
Land Use Dynamics, Socioeconomic Transformation, and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Landscapes
edited by Dessalegn Gemeda, Diriba Korecha and Sattam Al Shogoor
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 889 | Submission Open
Keywords: land cover dynamics; climate change; climate extremes; socioeconomic transformation; climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Geodiversity, Land Use and Ecosystem Services: Integrating Abiotic and Biotic Perspectives of Regional Development with Methodological Advances
edited by Ana Vovk, Laura Melelli and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 575 | Submission Open
Keywords: geodiversity; ecosystem services; geosystem services; abiotic-biotic interactions; sustainable land management; biodiversity and resilience; geoconservation; diversity evaluation techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)
Innovations in Soil Erosion Assessment and Management Along Rivers and Coastal Areas:2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; assessment; management; modeling; natural and anthropogenic factors; extreme events and climate change; river and coastal dynamics; remote sensing; decision making
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Agri-Food Systems, Land Transitions and Society in Evolving Africa
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open
Keywords: agri-food systems; transitions; landscapes; social systems; degradation; rights; intensification; climate change; ecological debt; drivers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Spatial Patterns and Urban Indicators on Land Use and Climate Change
edited by , Ayiine-Etigo David and
submission deadline 1 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban planning; land use prediction; land use change; climate change; spatial analysis; GIS; scenario simulation; spatial metrics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Optimization of Land Space for High-Quality and Sustainable Development submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5903 | Submission Open
Keywords: land space; ecological resilience; water– energy– food– land nexus; landslide sensitivity; land use planning; Yellow River Basin; sustainable land use; high-quality development; modeling and simulation of land use
Vegetation Facing Environmental Changes in Terrestrial Systems: Research, Management and Education submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1299 | Submission Open
Keywords: botany; soil science; grasslands; forests; shrublands; dynamics; ecology; teaching; management; climate
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Influence of Urbanization-Related Radical Land Modification on Urban Extreme Climate: 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 8 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1028 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use; land cover; LULC change; urbanization effect; urban area; extreme climate; climate change; observation; simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Urban Landscapes for Well-Being: Designing Resilient Spaces for Healthier Communities submission deadline 8 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open
Keywords: resilient cities; urban resilience; urban landscapes; human well-being; ecosystem services; information services; spatial governance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Strategic Planning for Urban Sustainability (Second Edition) submission deadline 11 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open
Keywords: infill redevelopment; urban and suburban retrofit; novel approaches to land use planning; new forms of eco-urbanism; land use planning strategies; tools; and instruments; coordinated land use and transportation planning interventions; land markets and sustainable urbanism; greenway planning and urbanization; parks and urban growth; infrastructure and commercial interventions; science and business parks; vacant land and community economic development; green gentrification; land value capture mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Critical Insights on Tenure Security in the Global South
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8126 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Evaluating Urban Public Spaces Based on User-Generated Geographic Data submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban public space; urban fabric; urban regeneration; geographic information systems; user-generated geographic data; mobile device; social media; participation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)
Land Development and Investment submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 11848 | Submission Open
Keywords: land development; land investment; land financing; land policy; technological innovation; risk management; economic impact; social impact; environmental impact
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Artificial Intelligence for Soil Erosion Prediction and Modeling submission deadline 22 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2743 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; artificial intelligence; earth observation; big data; sediment transport; water resources; environmental impact; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Untangling Urban Analysis Using Geographic Data and GIS Technologies
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 659 | 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)
Recent Progress in Land Degradation Processes, Control and Restoration
edited by Jianye Li, Weida Gao, Wei Hu, and Xingyi Zhang
submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open
Keywords: land degradation pathways; land degradation progress; land use; soil erosion; soil carbon; environment effects; ecosystem functions and services; control measures; land restoration; ecosystem restoration and reconstruction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)
Integrating Groundwater Management with Land Use in Agricultural Landscapes
edited by Jonas Satkūnas
submission deadline 29 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 26 | 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
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 73389 | 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 submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18927 | 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 submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16444 | 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 submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15387 | 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
Advances in the Evolution of the Geomorphological Landscape of Urbanized Areas submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6228 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape ecology; urbanized areas; geodiversity; geoinformation; topography; relief
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Regional Solutions to Urban-Rural Coordinated Development in the Megacity Regions (3rd Edition)
edited by , , and Eddie Chi-man Hui
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4625 | 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)
Urban Forestry Dynamics: Management and Mechanization submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3658 | 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)
New Technologies and Methods in Spatial Planning, 2nd Edition
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2959 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatial planning; urban; governance; data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Recent Progress in Spatial Modeling in Urban Land Dynamics and Planning
edited by Haowei Wang, Zhibang Xu, and Cuiping Wang
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2515 | 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)
Urban Ecosystem Services: 6th Edition submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2298 | 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)
Leveraging Big Data and Emerging Technologies for Agricultural Land Monitoring and Management
edited by Fang Liu, and Xiaocui Wu
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2274 | 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)
Ecosystem and Biodiversity Conservation in Protected Areas
edited by and Gregory E. Eckert
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1953 | 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)
Net Zero Target and Land Use in Agriculture and Forestry: Carbon Auditing, Offsetting and Trading
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1520 | 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)
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