Land | Special Issues

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

edited by Isabel Vaz De Freitas and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1370 | 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)

Advances in Land Consolidation and Land Ecology (Second Edition)

edited by

Yanmei Ye

and

Xiaobin Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 991 | 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)

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

edited by

Hu Yu

and

Shengrui Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 933 | 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)

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

edited by

Qingsong He

and

Linzi Zheng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 886 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; sustainable development; spatial optimization

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

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 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 824 | 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)

Geospatial Technologies for Land Governance

edited by

Dimitrios Ampatzidis

,

Dionysia-Georgia Perperidou

and

Aritstotelis Vartholomaios

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 628 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial land governance urban planning regional development cadastre spatial data analytics remote sensing global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) geo-AI smart cities UAV/drone-based mapping

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

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 624 | 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)

Sustainable Urban and Rural Planning for Tourism: Designing a Better Future for Residents

edited by

Julio Vena-Oya

,

Jesús Barreal

and Juan Antonio Parrilla-González

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 477 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism urban and rural planning; decisions on sustainable urban and rural tourism planning; tourism planning and sustainable development in urban– rural destinations; residents in the context of urban and rural tourism planning; social sustainability of destinations and community-based tourism; tourism planning in emerging destinations

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

Adaptation Strategies of Sustainable Agriculture to Climate Change and Land Use

edited by

Christina-Ioanna Papadopoulou

and

Dimitrios Kalfas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 416 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; climate change; land use; precision agriculture; agroecology; biodiversity

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

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 300 | 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)

Natural Landscape and Cultural Heritage (Second Edition)

edited by

Richard W. Stoffle

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 243 | 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)

Evaluating and Managing Historic Landscapes

edited by

Mariolina Grasso

,

Fabrizio Finucci

, János Gyergyák and Ágnes Borsos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 151 | 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 149 | 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 125 | 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)

Advancements in Geospatial Techniques for Land Change Analysis and Management

edited by

Jūratė Sužiedelytė-Visockienė

and

Eglė Tumelienė

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial data analysis; remote sensing technologies; air pollution; climate change mitigation; land management; land use changes; machine learning and AI

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

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 53 | 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)

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

edited by

Oskars Purmalis

and Marios Drosos

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7148 | 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 2027 | 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

,

,

and

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 380 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 945 | 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)

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 5405 | 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)

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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5220 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4318 | 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)

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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3287 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1971 | 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)

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

edited by

Ruilian Zhang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 875 | 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)

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

edited by

Yangyi Wu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 761 | 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 | Viewed by 343 | 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)

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 5619 | 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 4810 | 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 | Viewed by 130 | 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 7550 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8176 | 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)

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 6826 | 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)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Nature-Based Solutions for Landscape Governance and Modification in Urban–Rural Areas

edited by

Yung Yau

and

Jacques Teller

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3649 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solution; landscape governance; land modification; urban renewal and regeneration; sustainable urbanization; brownfields; human– environment systems

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

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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2914 | 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)

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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2628 | 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)

Sustaining the Past and Future: Innovative Approaches to Design, Heritage and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Celestina Fazia

,

Dorina Camelia Ilieș

and Clara Stella Vicari Aversa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2312 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrating conservation; land consumption; cultural heritage; green areas and water edges; architectural and urban regeneration; waterfront regeneration; architectural heritage and design; landscape restoration; green and blue infrastructure; sustainable cultural tourism; re-use of heritage building; regenerate cities and architecture; sustainable design; regenerative design; climate-resilient design

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

Computer Vision and Machine Learning Methods for Land Use Land Cover Change Modelling and Forecasting

edited by

Karim Malik

and

Cameron Proctor

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1568 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/land cover forecasting; land cover change simulation; vegetation monitoring; landscape change; remote sensing; land management; land degradation; deep neural networks

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

Estimation of Forest Biomass from High and Medium Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery

edited by Adélia Sousa and

Ana Cristina Gonçalves

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1500 | Submission Open

Keywords: image classification; spectral indices; sustainability; stand structure; datasets; multiple scale; modeling; forest biomass; carbon sequestration

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

Planning for Sustainable Urban and Land Development, Second Edition

edited by

Zongcai Wei

,

Yuting Liu

and

Andrzej Biłozor

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1404 | 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)

Optimizing Land Development: Trends and Best Practices

edited by

Marek Walacik

and Aneta Chmielewska

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1042 | Submission Open

Keywords: land development; optimization strategies; land use dynamics; human– environment dynamics; contemporary trends; best practices; land/land-use/land-cover change; land management

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

Virtual Land and Virtual Property Markets: The Real (Virtual) Estate Discipline During the Digital Transformation. Is the Metaverse a New Frontier for Land Investment?

edited by Aurora Greta Ruggeri and

Giuliano Marella

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 782 | Submission Open

Keywords: land; metaverse; land investment; virtual land; real estate; virtual estate

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

The Relationship Between Landscape Sustainability and Urban Ecology

edited by

Luigi La Riccia

and

Angioletta Voghera

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 738 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape sustainability; urban ecology and biodiversity; urban and regional planning; resilience; smart cities and communities; green infrastructures

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

Challenges and Future Trends in Land Cover/Use Monitoring

edited by

Antonio Pepe

,

Francesco Falabella

,

Rosa Coluzzi

and Monika Przeor

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 731 | Submission Open

Keywords: land monitoring; land mapping; land cover; land use; land classification; land change detection; information fusion; multi-source registration; spectral imaging; machine learning; optical and microwave data

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

Geospatial Data for Landscape Change (Second Edition)

edited by

Szymon Chmielewski

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 693 | Submission Open

Keywords: space-time landscape analysis; landscape quality assessment and monitoring; LULC change detection; landscape 3D mapping and monitoring; landscapes in a changing climate; people’ s perception of landscape change; changes in landscape analysis approaches; landscape geospatial visualization; geospatial data of moon and mars landscape mapping

Energy-Water-Land Nexus Under Low-Carbon Globalization

edited by

Mengyao Han

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 670 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy siting; social– ecological impacts; photovoltaic panels; land occupation

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

Modeling Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Land Development

edited by Emre Tepe

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatio-temporal modeling; urban growth; land use changes; spillover effects; marginal effects; spatial dependencies; machine learning; urban simulation

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

Feature Papers for Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions Section: 2nd Edition

edited by

Dagmar Haase

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 438 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscapes; urban land use change; urban heat island and climate change; urbanization impacts on ecosystems and their services; biodiversity; wildlife; and nature conservation in urban ecosystems; urban planning and governance of green-blue infrastructures; green infrastructure and nature-based solutions; sustainable cities; environmental justice in cities; technology for cities and big data

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

Carbon-Focused Land Use Strategies: Pathways to Climate Resilience

edited by

Xiao Liu

, Shifu Wang and

Jinda Qi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon sequestration; land-based climate mitigation; agroforestry; soil carbon management; forest restoration; carbon markets; sustainable land management; land use strategies; sustainable community; policy and governance; technological innovations; climate resilience

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

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