Land | Special Issues

Islandscapes: From Biodiversity Conservation to Ecosystem Services Provision

edited by

Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis

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Aristides Moustakas

,

Emilio Padoa-Schioppa

and

Savvas Zotos

submission deadline 3 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: small– medium islands; ecosystem services; natural capital; nature conservation; management; nature-based solutions; policy and governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Coupled Man-Land Relationship for Regional Sustainability

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submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 415 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resources; human– land relationships; sustainability; land planning and management; climate change; anthropogenic activities and their effects; ecological protection; economic development; remote sensing; carbon neutrality

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

Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate-Resilient Soil–Water Systems

edited by

Nunziarita Palazzolo

and

Luca Furnari

submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change adaptation; hydrological extremes; soil– water systems; water scarcity; hydrological modelling; remote sensing and precision agriculture; nature-based solutions; sustainable water management; decision support systems; socio-hydrology

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

Advancing Sustainable Urban Development Through Spatial Analysis: Leveraging Digital Technologies and Geographic Data for Smart, Inclusive, and Resilient Cities

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submission deadline 19 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban spatial analysis; geographic information systems (GISs); remote sensing; real estate valuation; smart cities; big data and AI in urban planning; sustainable urban development; mobility and infrastructure planning; environmental justice and equity; urban sustainability and SDGs

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

Land Degradation in Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) : Assessment and Conservation (Second Edition)

edited by

Mario Al Sayah

,

Rita Der Sarkissian

and

Rachid Nedjaï

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; environmentally sensitive areas; land degradation neutrality; land management; innovative land restoration; conservation solutions

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

Overtourism and the Disappearance of Sustainable Land Use and Local Knowledge Systems: A New Form of Colonialism?

edited by

Andrea Pieroni

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2593 | Submission Open

Keywords: overtourism; local food chains; ethnoecology; ecological history; sustainable land use; food sustainability; ethnobiology; small-scale farming; tourism industry; colonialism; touristic services

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

Carbon Cycling and Carbon Sequestration in Wetlands

edited by

Ligang Xu

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Xiaobing Chen

, Junxiang Cheng and Jiaxing Xu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon cycling; carbon sequestration; climate change; soil organic carbon; blue carbon; wetlands

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

Celebrating National Land Day of China

edited by

Yurui Li

,

Fangzhou Xia

and

Hualin Xie

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resource management; sustainable land use; land conservation; urban– rural integration; land value assessment; land policy and governance; socioeconomic value of land; land and food security; land and ecological services; land degradation and restoration; land use planning; land quality and soil health; land tenure and property rights; land economics; land market dynamics

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

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 19288 | 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)

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

edited by

Safwan Mohammed

and

Endre Harsányi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 18532 | 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)

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 11502 | 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)

Big Data in Urban Land Use Planning

edited by

Thomas W. Sanchez

and

Soheil Sabri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10985 | 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)

Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Landscape Patterns under Land Use Change

edited by

Priyakant Sinha

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9631 | Submission Open

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

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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8186 | 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)

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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4252 | 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)

Monitoring and Simulation of Wetland Ecological Processes (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3803 | 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)

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 3326 | 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)

Celebrating World Soil Day

edited by

Gabriele Broll

and Arwyn Jones

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 994 | Submission Open

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

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

Novel Methods and Trending Topics in Landscape Archaeology

edited by

Francesca Cigna

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 884 | 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)

Exploring Sustainable Rural Development Models and Ambiental 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 662 | 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)

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

edited by

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

The Role of Land Policy in Shaping Rural Development Outcomes

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 280 | 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)

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 | Viewed by 278 | 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)

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 200 | 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)

Digital Soil Mapping and Precision Agriculture

edited by

Xiaobo Wu

and

Songchao Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 191 | 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)

Land Modifications and Impacts on Coastal Areas, Second Edition

edited by

Alexis Mooser

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Giorgio Anfuso

,

Carlos Mestanza-Ramón

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Rodolfo Silva

,

Hernando José Bolivar Anillo

and

Rosa Molina

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 124 | 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)

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 119 | 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)

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 | Viewed by 115 | 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)

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 115 | 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)

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

edited by

Reginaldo Geremias

and

Naoki Masuhara

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 99 | 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)

Spatial Data Analysis and Geographic Information Systems for Urban Land Use

edited by

Jin Rui

and

Mengqiu Cao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 76 | 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)

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

edited by

Luiz Guilherme Medeiros Pessoa

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Maria Betânia Galvão dos Santos Freire

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Claudivan Feitosa de Lacerda

and Isaya Kisekka

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 73 | 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)

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 58 | 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

Integrating Remote Sensing, Geospatial Technologies, and AI for Sustainable Land and Soil System Management

edited by Carmine Massarelli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI and machine learning; digital twin; soil monitoring; land use change; urban planning; social– ecological systems

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

The Influence of Landscape Disturbance on Catchment Processes

edited by

Hao Chen

, Linjing Qiu and

Wenbin Ding

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; landscape disturbance; watershed hydrology; ecosystem services; land use/land cover change; soil erosion and sediment dynamics; catchment modeling; ecological restoration; hydrological resilience; nature-based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Wetland Plant Diversity and Ecosystem Function

edited by

Maria Sarika

and

Anastasios Zotos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 13 | 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)

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 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

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

Recent Progress in Land Cadastre

edited by

Anita Kwartnik-Pruc

, Agnieszka Pęska-Siwik and Monika Mika

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 12 | 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)

Sustainable and AI-Driven Approaches to Managing the Soil-Water Complex in Agriculture

edited by

Anastasia Angelaki

and

Parveen Sihag

submission deadline 8 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural hydraulics; irrigation planning; water saving; soil pollution and remediation; efficient land uses; soil degradation; drift analysis; machine learning; artificial intelligence; smart sensors

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

Smart Urban Planning: Digital Technologies for Spatial Design

edited by

Yoonshin Kwak

, Si Chen and

Brian Deal

submission deadline 3 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart city and smart landscape; evidence-based design; AI-driven planning; planning support system; climate change and urbanization; decision-making; urban and environmental analysis

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

Land Use/Land Cover Mapping Changes Using Earth Observations Techniques

edited by

Frédéric Frappart

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Lien Rodríguez López

, Bertrand Ygorra and

Luc Bourrel

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 949 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; land cover; land use and land cover dynamics; passive and active remote sensing; artificial intelligence; spatio-temporal dynamics

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

Eco-Sensitive Areas: Ecosystem Services, Protected Lands, and Current Challenges (Third Edition)

edited by

Shicheng Li

,

Lanhui Li

and Mingjie Song

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; protected lands; eco-sensitive areas; Tibetan Plateau; land use/cover change; ecological compensation; anthropogenic activities; ecosystem restoration; ecosystem services trade-off

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Geomatics and Sustainability: Examples and Application in Urban and Landscape Management (Second Edition)

edited by

Maurizio Pollino

,

Sergio Cappucci

and Emiliana Valentini

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 533 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomatics; GIS and remote sensing application; land and landscape management; natural resources management (soil; water; sediment); urban development; critical infrastructures; land– climate interaction; coastal erosion; landslides; natural hazards; wetland reclamation; agricultural land detection

Urban Planning Drives 3D City Development in Time and Space

edited by

Miro Govedarica

,

Miodrag Roić

and

Aleksandra Radulović

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; three-dimensional city development; three-dimensional cadastral systems; spatiotemporal analysis; land use management; digital twin cities; GIS

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

Healing Place and Planet: Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning

edited by

Richard Smardon

and

Carlos José Lopes Balsas

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; resilience; urban greenways; landscape and regional planning; landscape/greenspace policy and planning; ecosystem services; green infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Climate Resilience and Equity Through Nature-Based Solutions for Rainwater Management and Urban Heat Island Mitigation

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; green-blue infrastructure; urban heat island; rainwater management; data-driven approaches; NbS-integrated planning; GBI policies in urban and rural areas; climate regulation; adaptation; and mitigation; public health and wellbeing; social equity and climate justice

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

Green and Blue Infrastructure, Climate Change, and Urban Resilience: Best Practices and Adaptive Implementation

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: green and blue infrastructure; urban heat island effect; nature-based solutions; resilient and sustainable built environment; biodiversity; liveability; water-sensitive urban design; water-sensitive stormwater management; community engagement; global warming

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

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