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Urban Land Use Dynamics and Smart City Governance

edited by

Irma Kveladze

Ida Maria Bonnevie

and

Jamal Jokar Arsanjani

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart-city governance; urban land use modelling; urban land use dynamics; geovisualization; spatial analytics and GIS; generative AI; remote sensing; digital twins; data-driven decision-making; machine learning; spatial planning; participatory planning; citizen engagement; climate adaptation; sustainability and resilience

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

Forest Ecosystems Under Climate Pressure: Protection, Fire Management and Socio-Economic Dimensions

edited by

Olga Christopoulou

Stergios Tampekis

, Stavros Sakellariou and

Fani Samara

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem resilience; forest conservation; reforestation and afforestation; ecological restoration; sustainable forest management; biodiversity conservation; wildfire regimes; fire ecology; fire risk assessment; fire suppression strategies; climate-driven wildfires; forest-dependent communities; indigenous knowledge; socio-economic impacts; sustainable livelihoods; forest policy and governance; forest law and governance; climate adaptation policies; stakeholder engagement; community-based conservation; forest finance and incentives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Sustainable Development and Urban Land Use Efficiency: Strategies for Effective Land Management

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban renewal; land use efficiency; sustainable development; compact city; brownfield regeneration; transit-oriented development; GIS and remote sensing; climate change adaptation

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

Beyond Boundaries: Exploring the Nexus of People, Land, and Water Along Land Use Gradients

edited by

Sang-Woo Lee

and

Lu Liang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use gradient; people– land– water nexus; ecological services; GIS and spatial modeling; rural– urban transition; landscape governance; aquatic ecosystems; stream impairment and restoration; human perception

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Restoring Forests, Restoring Soils: Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Land Management

edited by

Jorge Mongil-Manso

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; land degradation; forest restoration; carbon sequestration; integrated land management; agro-silvo-pastoral systems; biodiversity; climate change adaptation; ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Agritourism as a Driver of Sustainable Land Management

edited by

Dora I. R. Ferreira

and

J. M. Sánchez-Martín

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: agritourism; rural tourism; rural planning; land management; urban– rural food systems; cultural landscapes; food landscapes; regional or local analysis of tourism; creation of tourist itineraries; GIS applied to tourism

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

Urban Transitions and Dynamics: Cultural, Ecological, Digital and Degrowth (Second Edition)

edited by Pedro Chamusca,

Patrícia Pereira

Alessio Russo

and

Thiago Mendes

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban development; urban resilience; urban dynamics; degrowth theories; circular economies; 15-minute city; urban governance; urban art; culture and social movements; nature-based solutions

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

Geoparks as a Form of Tourism Space Management (Third Edition)

edited by

Wojciech Zgłobicki

and

Bogusława Baran-Zgłobicka

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotourism; geoheritage; geoconservation; geoparks; spatial management; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Land System Dynamics and Climate-Related Hazards

edited by

Anam Ashraf

, Sheikh Saeed Ahmad, Muhammad Israr and

Todd Robinson

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: land system dynamics; climate-related hazards; land use change; hydrological hazards; landscape fragmentation; land degradation; climate change impacts; sustainable land management; socio-ecological vulnerability; environmental risks

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

Beyond the Urban Heat Island Effect: Designing Resilient Land Systems for Equitable Climate Futures

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island mitigation; land system resilience; climate-adaptive planning; green and blue infrastructure; socio-ecological equity; regional climate regulation; land use/land cover change; health risk

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

Intelligent Systems Supporting the Assessment of Soil Influence on Crop Yields

edited by

Magdalena Piekutowska

and

Patryk Hara

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; soil physics; plant yield; predictive modelling; geographical information systems (GIS); geochemistry

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

Climate Adaptation Planning in Urban Areas (Second Edition)

edited by

Juchul Jung

Sangjun Kang

and Jin-Oh Kim

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate adaptation planning; urban resilience; green infrastructure; community-based adaptation; climate policy and governance

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

Cultural Landscapes: Education and Citizen Participation for Their Recovery and Conservation

edited by Ana María Hernández Carrtero,

Rebeca Guillén-Peñafiel

and

J. M. Sánchez-Martín

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural landscape; heritage education; citizen participation; sustainability; landscape education; planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Optimizing Brownfield Strategies in Urbanization Processes

edited by

Kamila Turečková

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: brownfields; strategy and reuse planning; urbanization; regeneration; environmental and social responsibility; urban development planning; circularity in construction; sustainability; regional development; local and national government

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

Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS for Land Use Change Assessment (Second Edition)

edited by

Martin Boltiziar

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; land-use change; land cover; ecosystem services; environmental impact assessment

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

Water Resources and Land Use Planning (Third Edition)

edited by

Carla Rolo Antunes

and Tiago Brito Ramos

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use planning; integrated water resource management; threshold scenarios; sustainability; best management practices; resilience

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

Land Governance and Socio-Economic Sustainability: Insights from Territorial Planning and Land Use Transitions Under Climate Disruptions

edited by Majid Amani-Beni,

Yang Chen

and Jerzy Bański

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: land governance; spatial planning; adaptive land use; climate disruptions; socio-economic sustainability; land use transitions; territorial resilience; environmental change

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

Urban Land Use Planning in Europe: A Comparative Perspective

edited by

Ioannis A. Pissourios

Georgia Gemenetzi

and

Giancarlo Cotella

submission deadline 1 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; land use planning; European planning systems; spatial policy; urban governance; contextual analysis; comparative study; cross-case analysis

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

Sustainable Land Reclamation Strategies for Post-Mining Areas: From Theory to Practice

edited by

Florin G. Faur

Izabela Maria Apostu

and

Todd Robinson

submission deadline 1 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-mining areas; slope stability; land reclamation; landscape restoration; ecological reconstruction; repurposing; open pit lakes; energy storage; land use planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Land Planning to Integrate Ecosystem Resilience and Human Well-Being

edited by

Alice Stocco

Mita Drius

and Silvia Pulina

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 289 | Submission Open

Keywords: land planning; land use management; urban planning; green and blue spaces; green infrastructures; human well-being; sustainable land use; landscape management; landscape design

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

The Second Edition: Ecology of the Landscape Capital and Urban Capital

edited by

Teodoro Semeraro

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; ecosystem services; natural-based solution; green infrastructure; urban planning; landscape planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Post-Disaster Urban Futures: Disruptive Planning, Design and Resilience in Climate Crisis and Conflict

edited by Inés Aquilué Junyent, Javier Ruiz Sanchez, Roger Joan Sauquet Llonch,

Alvaro Ardura Urquiaga

and

Ho Gul Kim

submission deadline 29 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; urban and territorial planning; post-disaster design; catastrophes; urban recovery; climate change

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

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

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 269 | 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)

Linking Ecological Networks and Ecosystem Service Flow: Toward Regional Ecological Conservation and Sustainability

edited by

Shiliang Liu

and

Jinyan Zhan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological network; ecosystem service flow; ecological security pattern; habitat fragmentation; ecosystem service; landscape connectivity; ecological restoration; land use change; species migration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Brownfield Redevelopment: Soil Remediation for Sustainable Cities

edited by

Fei Li

Jia Wen

and

Chuanrong Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil contamination; remediation technologies; bioremediation; phytoremediation; sustainable development; community engagement; green infrastructure; spatio-temporal management framework; economic impact; environmental resilience

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

Soil Engineering for Improving Water, Solutes, and Heat Dynamics of Arid Lands

edited by

Said Al-Ismaily

Daniel Menezes-Blackburn

Abdulrasoul Al-Omran

and Ali Akbar Moosavi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart irrigation; soil– water– atmosphere interactions; engineered capillary barriers; water retention efficiency; solute transport control; heat flow in soils; waterlogging mitigation; rhizosphere engineering; soil amendments; irrigation water quality; ai for sustainable agricultural production

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

Effects of Rural-Urban Migration on Urban Infrastructure in Fast-Growing Cities

edited by

Tiyan Shen

Hao Wang

, Luge Wen and

Eduardo Gomes

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban migration; spatial governance; urban infrastructure; fast-growing cities; land policy simulation; CGE model; land resource allocation; sustainable urban development

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

Applications of Trajectory Analysis to Describe Changes in a Time Series of Maps

edited by

Robert Gilmore Pontius, Jr.

and Thomas Mumuni Bilintoh

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2333 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternation; GIS; land change; Latin America; pattern; resolution; spatial; trajectories; temporal; time series

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

Islandscapes: From Biodiversity Conservation to Ecosystem Services Provision

edited by

Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis

Aristides Moustakas

Emilio Padoa-Schioppa

and

Savvas Zotos

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 512 | 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)

Land Cover/Use Dynamics and Its Implications for Regional Sustainable Development

edited by

Xidong Chen

Xiao Zhang

and

Yuan Gao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover/use change; remote sensing; sustainable development goals (SDGs); land use transition; spatio-temporal monitoring; land system science

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

Mine Site Design, Rehabilitation and Closure for Resilient Landforms

edited by

Afshin Ghahramani

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine site design; progressive rehabilitation; flooding; tailings storage facilities; soil erosion; landform evolution; water quality; climate change; innovative technologies in rehabilitation; reliability engineering; risk management

Morphological and Climatic Adaptations for Sustainable City Living

edited by

Zhonghua Gou

Elmira Jamei

and

Hing-Wah Chau

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban morphology; climatic adaptation; sustainable urban design; thermal comfort; energy self-sufficiency; urban resilience

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

Urban Planning for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Jan Cudzik

Yu Wang

Javier Orozco-Messana

and

Avar Almukhtar

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban mobility; green infrastructure and biodiversity; climate-resilient urban design; digital innovation for smart cities; heritage in transformation; nature-based solutions; governance for just transitions

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

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