Land | Special Issues

Urban Spatial Planning for Health and Well-Being

edited by

, Zhiqiang Feng,

,

,

and

submission deadline 21 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing and street view image; spatio-temporal statistics and disease mapping; GeoAI and LLM; health impact assessment; urban spatial planning; nature-based solution; walkability and bikeability; sustainable development goal; urban built environment; 15-minute city and well-being

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

Feature Papers on Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability

edited by

Lucia Rocchi

and

Giovanni Ottomano Palmisano

submission deadline 23 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and land management policies; land use and land management practices; land use impact assessment; sustainable land management; land use decision making; nature restoration

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

Vegetation Facing Environmental Changes in Terrestrial Systems: Research, Management and Education

edited by

Eusebio Cano Carmona

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5218 | Submission Open

Keywords: botany; soil science; grasslands; forests; shrublands; dynamics; ecology; teaching; management; climate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Urban Planning in a Time of Crisis

edited by

Kinga Rybak-Niedziółka

,

Janusz Marchwinski

,

Luis Araújo Santos

and

Eduardo Natividade-Jesus

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience of urban spaces; sustainability in planning of the built environment; green-blue infrastructure; energy consciousness in urban planning; social equality and quality of life in urban spaces; multifunctional spaces and flexibility in urban design; resident safety in urban design

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

Land Resource Assessment (Second Edition)

edited by

Weiguo Fan

and

Xuechao Wang

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1400 | 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)

Sustainable Brownfield (Re)Developments Versus Urban Growth Demands: Opportunities and Challenges

edited by

Talib E. Butt

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; urbanization; brownfield; (re)development; urban growth demands; spatial planning; risk assessment; contaminated land

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

Rethinking Rural-Urban Interactions in Terms of Food Security and Agriculture Development

edited by Yingnan Niu, Gaodi Xie and Luoman Pu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6678 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban interactions; food security; ecological agriculture; agricultural economy; agricultural policy; sustainable development

(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

Peter Rosset

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4958 | 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)

Urban Green Spaces: An Effective Tool to Regulate Urban Climate and Biodiversity, 2nd Edition

edited by

Nikolaos Proutsos

and

Alexandra D. Solomou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4388 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green spaces; urban climate and climate change in cities; urban biodiversity; urban trees and vegetation management; meteorological monitoring of urban green areas; Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Urban Cool Island (UCI); thermal comfort; natural and artificial climate-friendly materials; nature-based solutions and good practices in cities; plant species selection criteria in cities; water and maintenance requirements of urban vegetation

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

Grassland Ecosystem Services: Research Advances and Future Directions for Sustainability: 3rd Edition

edited by

Michael Vrahnakis

and

Yannis (Ioannis) Kazoglou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3301 | 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/Land Cover Mapping Changes Using Earth Observations Techniques

edited by

Frédéric Frappart

,

Lien Rodríguez López

, Bertrand Ygorra and

Luc Bourrel

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3254 | 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)

The Mechanism of Land-Water Interaction and Management Strategies: Recent Discoveries and the Way Forward

edited by

Carla Rolo Antunes

and

Shiliang Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2278 | 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)

Urban, Rural, and Agricultural Infrastructures for Resource Recovery: Fostering Environmental Sustainability, Ecological Balance, and a Resilient Circular Bioeconomy

edited by

Tiziana Crovella

, Teodoro Gallucci and

Annarita Paiano

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1196 | Submission Open

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

Geodiversity, Land Use and Ecosystem Services: Integrating Abiotic and Biotic Perspectives of Regional Development with Methodological Advances

edited by Ana Vovk, Laura Melelli and

Borut Stojilković

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1042 | 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)

Science-Based Approaches to Promote Sustainable Land and Resource Management in Protected Areas: Latest Insights from the Fields of Geography and Recreation Ecology

edited by Ting Wang,

Teiji Watanabe

and

Yu-Fai Leung

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 702 | Submission Open

Keywords: protected areas; recreation use; impacts monitoring; visitor management; voluntary data analysis; partnership; resource management; participatory assessment approach

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

National Parks and Natural Protected Area Systems

edited by

Chris Zevenbergen

, Liang Li and Liyuan Qian

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: national park management; natural protected area system construction; ecological connectivity; biodiversity conservation; climate change; ecosystem governance; urban threats; tourism control; human– environment interation; restoration

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

Land Use Sustainability from the Viewpoint of Carbon Emission: 3rd Edition

edited by

Xuechao Wang

,

Weize Song

and

Yingjie Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; sustainability; carbon emissions; carbon emissions neutrality; carbon source; carbon sink; climate change; agriculture; forestry

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

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 147 | 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)

Feature Papers for Land Systems and Global Change Section: 3rd Edition

edited by

Le Yu

,

Xin Chen

, Zhenrong Du and

Pengyu Hao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: land system; global change; datasets; models; time series

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

Urban Planning Innovation Based on Big-Data, AI, and Digital Technology

edited by

Heechul Kim

, Sungjoo Hwang, Seungho Yang and Jihyon Hwang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning innovation; big data analytics; artificial intelligence (AI); digital technology; data-driven urban governance; sustainable and resilient cities; urban informatics; integrating AI with planning theory

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

AI-Enabled Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Agricultural Land Use

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in land use; agricultural decision support systems (DSS); sustainable agriculture; precision agriculture; smart farming; machine learning for soil and crop analysis; deep learning for remote sensing; spatial decision support systems (SDSS); climate-smart agriculture; AI for land degradation assessment; land suitability mapping; internet of things (IoT) in agriculture; big data analytics for agroecosystems; multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA); environmental sustainability and land use

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

Urban Morphology: A Perspective from Space (3rd Edition)

edited by

Marco Maretto

and Nicola Marzot

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban morphology; public space; urban design; new technologies; trans-disciplinarity

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

Smart Green Infrastructure: Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Urban Spatial Planning and Resilient Cities

edited by Hrvoje Tomić,

Jaroslaw Janus

, Josip Križanović,

Goran Andlar

and

Samanta Bačić

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: land administration; green infrastructure; spatial data infrastructure; sustainable development goals; resilient cities; urban growth

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

Spatial Patterns and Urban Indicators on Land Use and Climate Change

edited by

Federica Gaglione

, Ayiine-Etigo David and

Richard Laing

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1186 | 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)

Integrating Spatial Analysis into Sustainable Urban Planning

edited by Apostolos Lagarias,

Despina Dimelli

and

Georgia Pozoukidou

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 897 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial analysis; urban planning; land use modelling; sustainable development; policy making; environmental management; risk management; climate change

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

Sustainable Water and Soil Conservation and Management for Agriculture

edited by

Juan M. Trujillo Gonzalez

and

Raimundo Jimenez-Ballesta

submission deadline 3 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; conservation agriculture; water-footprint assessment; soil mapping; organic amendments; remote sensing monitoring

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

Strategic Planning for Urban Sustainability (Second Edition)

edited by

Carlos José Lopes Balsas

and

Awais Piracha

submission deadline 11 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1514 | 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)

Sustainable Forest Landscape Management Towards Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity (Second Edition)

edited by

Guillermo Martinez-Pastur

,

Robert Baldwin

,

Mónica Del Rosario Toro-Manríquez

and

Serban Chivulescu

submission deadline 13 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forestry; ecosystem services; biodiversity conservation; multi-objective forest planning; synergies and trade-offs; landscape management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Builders of the Middle Landscape: The Role of Urban Elites in the Construction of Rural Landscapes Between Antiquity and the Renaissance

edited by

Joan Negre

and Julio Navarro Palazón

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open

Keywords: antiquity; middle ages; renaissance; villa; almunia; periurban; rural landscape; urban elites

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

Relationship Between Land Use and Land Degradation

edited by Dajing Li, Hongqi Zhang and Fang Liu

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: land-use/cover change; land degradation; desertification; human activities; ecosystem services; ecologically fragile regions; sustainable development

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

Navigating the Balance: The Role of National Parks in Ecological Conservation and Socioeconomic Development, 2nd Edition

edited by

Fanglei Zhong

and Lihua Zhou

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 561 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; national parks; mode of management; socioeconomic development; conservation

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

Land Degradation: Global Challenges and Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Weicheng Wu

,

Claudio Zucca

and

Eddy de Pauw

submission deadline 17 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; sustainable land management; soil quality and health; remote sensing; GIS; artificial intelligence; land degradation neutrality (LDN); policy evaluation; participatory approaches; interdisciplinary research

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

The Second Edition: Ecosystem Services Design from Single Space Solution to Landscape Vision

edited by

Teodoro Semeraro

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services design; landscape and urban planning; natural-based solutions; green infrastructure; ecological restoration

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

Feature Papers for Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing Section, Second Edition

edited by

Sean Sloan

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: land-change dynamics; biodiversity; human wellbeing; resilience; conservation planning

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

Urban Landscapes for Well-Being: Designing Resilient Spaces for Healthier Communities

edited by

Jie Zeng

,

Wanxu Chen

and

Wei Gao

submission deadline 26 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1033 | 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)

Land and Green Infrastructure Synergies: Advancing Ecological and Social Sustainability in Urban Environments

edited by

Anton Rozhkov

and

Patricia Baptista

submission deadline 28 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; urban sustainability; land use and land cover change; climate adaptation and resilience; environmental justice and equity; spatial analysis and GIS; blue– green infrastructure; participatory modeling and co-production; GeoAI and machine learning

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

Integrating Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (Second Edition)

edited by

Michael Hensel

,

Defne Sunguroglu Hensel

and

Alessandra Battisti

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6246 | 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)

Advances in Urban Planning and Sustainable Mobility

edited by Fernando Fonseca,

Daniel Rodrigues

,

Paulo Ribeiro

and

Antônio Nélson Rodrigues da Silva

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4183 | 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)

Nature-Based Solutions for Soil-Water Related Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Kristina Potočki

and

Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3992 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land management (SLM); nature-based solutions (NBS); ecosystem services; land degradation neutrality (LDN); mitigation of weather extremes

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

Geospatial Technologies for Land Governance

edited by

Dimitrios Ampatzidis

,

Dionysia-Georgia Perperidou

and

Aritstotelis Vartholomaios

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2349 | 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)

Advancements in Geospatial Techniques for Land Change Analysis and Management

edited by

Jūratė Sužiedelytė-Visockienė

and

Eglė Tumelienė

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2013 | 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)

Urban and Peri-Urban Environment: Searching for Sustainable Planning, Design and Management Solutions

edited by

Richard Smardon

and

Maria Ignatieva

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1427 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; planning; landscape design; management; urban; peri-urban

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

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1275 | 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

Comprehensive Transportation and Territorial Space Coordinated Planning

edited by Gaoru Zhu,

Linchuan Yang

and Jing Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 570 | Submission Open

Keywords: comprehensive transportation network planning; the impact of transportation on land use; the impact of land use on transportation; the interaction between transportation network and territorial space; territorial space development guided by transportation (transit oriented development); ecological effects of transportation and protection of territorial space; evolution of port-coastal zone and integration of port industry and city; optimization of transportation infrastructure layout (highways; railways; airports; ports); connection and coordination between transportation and territorial spatial planning; development and protection synergistic transportation systems; resilient transportation and resilient territory

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

The Past and the Present of Food Sustainability and Resilience of Local Food Production: 2nd Edition

edited by

Désirée Gmür

and

Tobias Haller

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 558 | Submission Open

Keywords: food sustainability; food resilience; food systems; food security; food consumption; food security state policies; global dynamics of food production; malnutrition; natural resource management systems and food security; institutional changes and food sustainability; landscape evolution; agro-industrial transformations; sustainable diets; local foods; archaeology of food archaeobotany

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 529 | 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 377 | 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)

Energy and Landscape: Consensus, Uncertainties and Challenges

edited by

Elena Lucchi

and

Tianyi Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy technologies; bioenergy; wind energy; solar energy; agrivoltaics; land-use trade-offs; carbon neutrality; carbon sequestration; resilience assessment; sustainable coupling; sustainable feedstocks; lifecycle assessment; bioenergy policy

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

Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis in Dynamic Landscapes

edited by

Sifiso Xulu

,

Romano Lottering

,

Mahlatse Kganyago

and

Humphrey Kgabo Thamaga

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and land cover change; remote sensing; GIS; machine learning; modelling

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

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

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 190 | 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)

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