Land | Special Issues

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

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 27484 | Submission Open

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

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

Ground Deformation Monitoring via Remote Sensing Time Series Data

edited by

Ebrahim Ghaderpour

and

Paolo Mazzanti

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 22678 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Ana Nieto Masot

,

Gema Cárdenas

and

José A. Gutiérrez Gallego

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20388 | Submission Open

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

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

Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Smart Cities and Territories

edited by

Tomáš Peráček

, Mária Srebalová and

Andrea Čajková

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16648 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Marta Gallardo

,

Julio Fernandez Portela

,

David Cocero

and

Lara Vilar

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15187 | Submission Open

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

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

Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Landscape Patterns Under Land Use Change

edited by

Priyakant Sinha

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13998 | Submission Open

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

Big Data in Urban Land Use Planning

edited by

Thomas W. Sanchez

and

Soheil Sabri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13819 | Submission Open

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

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

Urban Land Use Change and Its Spatial Planning

edited by

Barbara Goličnik Marušić

,

Vita Žlender

,

Manfred Schrenk

and Kasper Kok

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11376 | Submission Open

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

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

Soil Contamination—Ecological Environment Risk Assessment and Remediation

edited by Magdalena Myszura-Dymek and

Grażyna Żukowska

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8953 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Li Tian

,

Yan Song

and

An Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8778 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Chryssy Potsiou

and

Gerhard Navratil

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8641 | 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)

Advances in Wildlife Conservation and Habitat Management in the Anthropocene

edited by

Yiannis G. Zevgolis

and

Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7911 | Submission Open

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

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

Land Use: Integration of Rural and Urban Landscape

edited by

Luís Mendes

,

Le Yu

and Justice Nana Inkoom

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6849 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Antonia Moropoulou

,

Charalabos Ioannidis

and

Ekaterini Delegou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6677 | 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)

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

edited by

Maria Rosa Trovato

and

Salvatore Giuffrida

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5085 | Submission Open

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

Monitoring and Simulation of Wetland Ecological Processes (Second Edition)

edited by

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and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5066 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Salinity Monitoring and Modelling at Different Scales: 2nd Edition

edited by

Maria da Conceição Gonçalves

,

Mohammad Farzamian

and Tiago Brito Ramos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4952 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Álvaro Bernabeu-Bautista

and

Leticia Serrano-Estrada

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4563 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4294 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Uttam Khanal

and

Sanzidur Rahman

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3934 | Submission Open

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

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

Building Resilient and Sustainable Urban Futures

edited by

Angeliki Peponi

, Gonçalo Duarte,

Phelipe da Silva Anjinho

and

Patrícia Abrantes

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3732 | 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)

Feature Papers for "Land, Soil and Water" Section

edited by

Nick B. Comerford

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3665 | 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)

Advancing Soil Literacy: Raising Awareness of the Importance of Soil

edited by

Gabriele Broll

and Arwyn Jones

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3445 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by Xiao Huang, Zehua Zhang and

Cheolhee Yoo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3249 | Submission Open

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

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

Novel Methods and Trending Topics in Landscape Archaeology

edited by

Francesca Cigna

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2906 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Land Modifications and Impacts on Coastal Areas, Second Edition

edited by

Alexis Mooser

,

Giorgio Anfuso

,

Carlos Mestanza-Ramón

,

Rodolfo Silva

,

Hernando José Bolivar Anillo

and

Rosa Molina

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2059 | Submission Open

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

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

Digital Soil Mapping for Soil Health Monitoring in Agricultural Lands

edited by

João Augusto Coblinski

,

Sylwia Pindral

and

Gabriele Buttafuoco

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1883 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by Julián Mora Aliseda,

Jacinto Garrido Velarde

,

José Manuel Naranjo Gómez

and

José Castro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1622 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental regulations; socioeconomic development; rural areas; compatible development; sustainable development strategies

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

Landscape Fragmentation: Effects on Biodiversity and Wildlife

edited by

Jesús Alejandro Prieto-Amparán

,

Federico Villarreal-Guerrero

and

Alfredo Pinedo-Alvarez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1596 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

The Role of Land Policy in Shaping Rural Development Outcomes

edited by

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and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1568 | Submission Open

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

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

Spatial Data Analysis and Geographic Information Systems for Urban Land Use

edited by

Jin Rui

and

Mengqiu Cao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1535 | Submission Open

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

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

Species Vulnerability and Habitat Loss (Third Edition)

edited by

Michela Balestri

and

Marco Campera

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1506 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Reginaldo Geremias

and

Naoki Masuhara

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1312 | Submission Open

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

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

Climate and Carbon Cycle Impact Assessment of Land Policies, Prospects and Challenges

edited by

Jian Zhang

, Xin Li and

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1274 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use policy; carbon reduction; climate change; carbon and climate simulation; agricultural land; urban land use; land management

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

Digital Soil Mapping and Precision Agriculture

edited by

Xiaobo Wu

and

Songchao Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1223 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Chuanrong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1174 | Submission Open

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

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

Land Dynamics in the Urbanization Process: Climate Change, Economic Transitions, and Demographic Shifts

edited by

Sorin Avram

, Luminiţa Chivu,

Irina Ontel

and

Sanda Roșca

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 985 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; land use change; climate change impact; economic restructuring; demographic shifts; land degradation; ecosystem vulnerability; spatial analysis; urban land governance; ai use in remote sensing and GIS

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

Selected Papers from the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Land (IECL2025)

edited by

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 737 | Submission Open

Recent Progress in Land Cadastre

edited by

Anita Kwartnik-Pruc

,

Agnieszka Pęska-Siwik

and Monika Mika

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 632 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cadaster; 3D cadaster; cadastral data; cadaster development; cadaster model; land management; quality of cadastral data; spatial policy

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

Integrated Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture: Best Practices and Innovations

edited by

Angela Maffia

and

Adele Muscolo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 583 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; sustainable agriculture; integrated soil fertility management (ISFM); nutrient use efficiency; soil health

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

Landscapes Across the Mediterranean

edited by

Lucia Della Spina

,

Maria Rosa Trovato

and

Salvatore Giuffrida

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 529 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-scape; coast-scape; urban-scape; rural-scape; real estate-scape; tourism-scape; culture-scape; energy-scape

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Research in Urban Ecology: Application into Landscape Design and Green Infrastructure (Second Edition)

edited by

Diana Dushkova

and

Maria Ignatieva

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 468 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecology; urban vegetation and urban wildlife; ecological design; nature based solutions in urban areas; landscape and green infrastructure

The Impact of Population Transition on Land Value and Planning in Rural Areas

edited by

Huiguang Chen

,

Taiyang Zhong

,

Changjun Jiang

and

Wojciech J. Florkowski

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural population mobility; the urban citizenship of migrant workers; rural aging; rural land function; rural land value; rural land consolidation; rural land use plan; rural revitalization

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

Redefining Urban Landscapes: Land Use and Regional Development in the Era of Urbanization

edited by

Guangzhong Cao

,

Jiajie Liu

and

Yingzhi Qiu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; land use change; metropolitan and megalopolis; spatial structure and planning; urban governance and policy; sustainable development

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

The Land–Energy–Water–Climate Nexus and Sustainable Development Challenges

edited by

Tao Shi

,

Qian Zhou

and

Qiang Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development challenges; spatiotemporal evolutionary; resilient development; climate change; land development; energy change; water utilization; technological innovation; ecological economics

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

Earth’s Drylands: Tackling Desertification in Arid Regions

edited by

Humberto Barbosa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: land desertification; sustainable land management; climate change; drylands

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

The Dynamics of Urbanization: Challenges and Solutions in Land Development and Regional Planning

edited by

Tao Liu

,

Yingzhi Qiu

and

Jiajie Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; migration; urban and rural land change; land-use challenges; regional planning and governance; mechanisms

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

Resilient Land Use and Sustainable Regional Development: Insights from SD2025

edited by

Rui Alexandre Castanho

,

Luís Carlos Loures

and

Chané Bruyn

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land use; territorial governance; regional development; cross-border cooperation; ecosystem services; climate change adaptation; circular economy; smart cities and regions; environmental management; sustainable tourism

Use of Halophyte Plants as a Cropping Strategy for Salt-Affected Soils: Agro-Environmental Approaches

edited by

Luiz Guilherme Medeiros Pessoa

,

Maria Betânia Galvão dos Santos Freire

,

Claudivan Feitosa de Lacerda

and Isaya Kisekka

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosaline agriculture ; salt stress ; halophytes ; fitoremediation of salt-affected soils ; agro-environmental sustainability ; soil × water × crop management

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

Wetland Plant Diversity and Ecosystem Function

edited by

Maria Sarika

and

Anastasios Zotos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: marshes; vascular flora; vegetation dynamics; climate change; threats; human impact; conservation; habitat loss

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

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