Land | Special Issues

Green Transition and Changing Land Use Patterns: Spatial, Socio-Economic, and Environmental Perspectives

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: green transition; land use change; land abandonment; spatial potentials; land systems transformation; renewable energy landscapes

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

Urban, Environmental, and Planning Digital Twins for Decision Support

edited by

Daniel Cronan

,

Hongtao Dang

and

Yonas K. Demissie

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; urban planning; environmental planning; decision support systems; smart cities; GIS and participatory planning

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

Remote Sensing Solutions for Sustainable Forest Ecosystem and Land Management

edited by

Rajeev Bhattarai

,

Pulakesh Das

,

Salvatore Praticò

, Dipanwita K. Dutta and Arnab Kundu

submission deadline 1 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 384 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; forest health monitoring; forest disturbance detection; sustainable forest management; forest ecosystem modeling; geospatial techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Resilient Land Systems in the Face of Increasing Disaster Risks

edited by Dorcas Idowu and

Wendy Zhou

submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 756 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient land systems; disaster risk reduction; GIS; remote sensing; machine learning; climate change adaptation; land-use dynamics; sustainable land management

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

Landscape Restoration and Ecosystem Resilience

edited by Diego Portalanza, Eduardo Alava Hidalgo and Finbarr G. Horgan

submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape restoration; ecosystem resilience; climate change mitigation; carbon sequestration; nature-based solutions (NbS); biodiversity; ecological stability; ecosystem services; land-use change; monitoring indicators

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Tourism Spatial Planning Across Rural–Urban Landscapes: Integrating Economic Growth, Heritage Conservation, and Ecosystem Services

edited by

Cristina Lupu

,

Donatella Privitera

and

Igor Trišić

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4599 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; heritage conservation; landscape planning; ecosystem services; economic growth; spatial planning

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

Application of the Ecosystem Service in Landscape Planning: From Cognition to Decision-Making (2nd Edition)

edited by

Xi Li

, Kai Li, Yuejing Rong, Hao Xia and Ruhong Xin

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4071 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem service; landscape planning and design; ecosystem management decision-making; trade-off and synergy; human wellbeing; green infrastructure; socio-ecological interaction; landscape conservation and restoration; nature-based solutions

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

GI, UGI to UAGI: Integrating Digital Innovation, Public Health, and Microclimatic Resilience in the New Human–Nature Relationship

edited by

Xinyu Hu

, Xiangyi Li,

Qian (Chayn) Sun

and

Zhen Xu

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban–agricultural green infrastructure (UAGI); urban big data and AI; public health and equity; urban microclimate; spatial vitality; landscape performance; high-density urbanism

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

Urban Landscape Conservation: Integrating Land Use, Heritage Preservation and Urban Regeneration

edited by

Md Mizanur Rashid

and Surabhi Pancholi

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscape conservation; land use planning; heritage preservation; urban regeneration; historic urban landscapes; adaptive reuse; placemaking; climate resilience; community participation; sustainable development

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

Land, Security, and Digital Transformation

edited by

Rohan Bennett

, Kirsikka Riekkinen,

Trias Aditya

, Daniel Paez,

Jerome Donovan

and Jaap Zevenbergen

submission deadline 18 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1873 | Submission Open

Keywords: land administration; land management; cadastre; land registration; entrepreneurship; cybersecurity

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 20 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3340 | 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)

GIS and Remote Sensing for Landscape Assessment and Monitoring

edited by

Luminița L. Cojocariu

,

Carmen Maftei

,

Mihai Valentin Herbei

and

Loredana Copăcean

submission deadline 22 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1296 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; remote sensing; agricultural landscapes; land use and land cover change; land degradation; risk assessment; spatial modelling; climate change; precision agriculture; decision support systems

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

Cultural Ecosystem Services in Urban Green Spaces

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 29 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1296 | Submission Open

Keywords: evaluation and indicators of cultural ecosystem services; potential of historic green spaces; green care, health and well-being; paradigms of urban greenery design; green infrastructure; socially vulnerable groups; social cohesion; green spaces as cultural arenas; environmental justice; approaches to greenery design; benefits of urban green spaces

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

Land-Use Dynamics, Toxic Elements, and Emerging Contaminants in Urban and Rural Soil Management

edited by

Francisco Bautista

,

Sylwia K. Dytłow

and

Dmitrii Vlasov

submission deadline 29 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; emerging toxicants; landscape sustainability; land degradation; land use change; soil pollution; biomonitoring; risk assessment; geospatial analysis; multiscale and interdisciplinary studies; remediation and mitigation

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

Resilient Cultural Landscapes and Digital Approaches in Ecological Landscape Planning and Design

edited by Duy Thinh Do, Shi Cheng,

Xin-Chen Hong

and

István Valánszki

submission deadline 29 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological landscape planning; ecological resilience; cultural landscapes; landscape architecture; cultural ecosystem services; digital landscape environments; urban forestry; environmental impact assessment; public participatory mapping; place attachment and identity; socio-ecological systems; adaptive landscape governance

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

Land Use and Land Cover Change Impact on Soil Erosion

edited by

Kwanele Phinzi

,

Quoc Bao Pham

and

Sudhir K. Singh

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 654 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and land cover change; soil erosion; climate change; geographic information system; remote sensing; machine learning; spatio-temporal analysis; sustainable land management

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

Interactions and Transformations in Urban–Rural Land Use Systems and Their Nexus with Ecosystems

edited by

Lingzhi Wang

, Yeting Fan and

Hichem Omrani

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9092 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban-rural land use systems; ecosystem services; land use transitions; land cover change; sustainable land management; peri-urban expansion; socioecological feedback

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

Land Use Change from Non-Urban to Urban Areas: Problems, Challenges and Opportunities—Third Edition

edited by

Víctor Hugo González-Jaramillo

and

Ruetger Rollenbeck

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5101 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; land use planning; urban expansion; urban and rural development; land degradation; regulatory strategies; spatiotemporal dynamics; remote sensing imageries

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

Land Use, Heritage and Ecosystem Services

edited by Gustavo Ballesteros-Pelegrín,

Carlos Sánchez-García

,

Marcos Francos

and

Daniel Ibarra Marinas

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5028 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; ecosystem services; heritage conservation; climate change; coastal processes; territorial management; forest fires; biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Spatial Optimization for Multifunctional Land Systems

edited by

Thanh Thi Nguyen

and

Melvin Lippe

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4858 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial optimization ; multifunctional land use ; land use planning ; trade-off analysis ; sustainable land management

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

Spatial Governance Strategies for Enhancing Agricultural Livelihoods at Rural-Urban Transition

edited by

Gui Jin

,

Baishu Guo

,

Zhihui Li

and

Shaikh Shamim Hasan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4812 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural–urban transition; agricultural livelihoods; spatial governance; resource efficiency; land-use planning; farmer preferences; sustainable development

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

Transport Planning in Smart Cities and Sustainable Urban Design

edited by Yuanyuan Guo,

Tao Liu

, Bin Chi,

Mengqiu Cao

and

Haitao Lian

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3316 | Submission Open

Keywords: shared mobility; TOD; land value; urban built environment; mixed land use; spatial planning; smart cities; transport-land use; low-carbon

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

Urban Nature, Public Space and Walkable Urban Form for Climate Resilience, Planning and Design

edited by Malgorzata Hanzl,

Alessandro Camiz

and

Paul Osmond

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3228 | Submission Open

Keywords: walkability; green infrastructure; public space; urban morphology; urban reforestation; sustainable urban design; urban revitalisation; urban form; spatial planning; connectivity; nature-based solutions; climate resilience; liveability

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

AI’s Role in Land Use Management

edited by

Gheorghe Badea

, Hans-Joachim Linke,

Calimanut-Ionut Cira

and

Loredana Copăcean

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2871 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); GeoAI/Geospatial AI; sustainable development goals (SDGs); climate resilience; digital twin; cadastral mapping/land registration; LULC; big data analytics; computer vision; remote sensing (RS)/satellite imagery analysis

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

Soil Contamination—Ecological Environment Risk Assessment and Remediation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Magdalena Myszura-Dymek

and

Grażyna Żukowska

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1970 | 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)

Advances in AI and Geospatial Analytics for Land Use and Cover Change Modelling

edited by

Adel Sepehr

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1876 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; AI; geospatial analytics; remote sensing; machine learning; landscape modelling; restoration; spatial decision support

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

Land Use Transition and Its Economic, Ecological, and Environmental Effects

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1810 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use transition; land system science; ecosystem services; environmental impacts; spatial econometrics; urban–rural transformation; low-carbon land use; artificial intelligence

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

Geospatial Data Science for Landscape Monitoring and Ecological Conservation

edited by

Kai Su

,

Yongfa You

and Long Chen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1599 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; geoAI; geospatial technology; landscape monitoring; ecological conservation; remote sensing; land use/land cover change

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

Urban Green Spaces as Multi-Functional Infrastructure: Integrating Climate Resilience, Environmental Health and Social Equity

edited by Mengyang Liu,

Huanchun Huang

, Di Wei, Li Zhang and

Zhonghua Gou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1505 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green spaces; multi-functional green infrastructure; urban resilience; urban microclimate; environmental pollution; urban health; health equity; environmental justice; nature-based solutions; artificial intelligence

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

Adaptive Management Strategies for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas Facing Climate Disruption

edited by

Izidora Markovic Vukadin

and Damir Krešić

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1389 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive management; sustainable tourism; protected areas; climate disruption; resilience; land use governance; spatial planning; community participation; ecosystem services; climate adaptation

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

Land Use and Key Drivers of Urban Heat Patterns: A Remote Sensing Approach

edited by

Antonio Esposito

and

Adrianos Retalis

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 898 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; land use; surface urban heat island; urban climate; urban morphology; geospatial analysis

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

Regenerative Landscapes: Designing with Ecological Connectivity and Habitat Use in Mind

edited by

Beata Joanna Gawryszewska

,

Maja Radziemska

,

Syartinilia Wijaya

and

Akhmad Arifin Hadi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 808 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological connectivity; urban green infrastructure; landscape conservation; regenerative landscape design; habitat restoration and resilience; human-environment relations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Regenerative Agriculture and Its Potential for Soil Carbon Sequestration

edited by

Václav Novák

,

Teodor Rusu

, Emre Tunca and

Petr Šařec

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 697 | Submission Open

Keywords: regenerative agriculture; soil carbon sequestration; carbon farming; carbon credits; sustainable land management

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

Evaluating Urban Public Spaces Based on User-Generated Geographic Data

edited by

Annunziata Palermo

and

Lucia Chieffallo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 568 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban public space; urban fabric; urban regeneration; geographic information systems; user-generated geographic data; mobile device; social media; participation

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

Ecosystem Services for Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Planning

edited by

Carmelina Bevilacqua

,

Nourhan Hamdy

, Laura Ricci, Zeina ElZein and Christina Kakderi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 513 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecosystem services; sustainable urban planning; urban resilience; ecosystem service assessment; social equity; climate adaptation; nature-based solutions; urban governance; land-use change

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

Cultural Heritage and Land System Dynamics: Historical Perspectives for Sustainable Spatial Planning

edited by

Krzysztof Rząsa

,

Mateusz Ciski

,

Anna Maria Colavitti

and

Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 471 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; spatial planning; land-use; sustainable development; GIS analysis; historical geography; socioeconomic geography; cultural landscape

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

Mapping and Evaluating Ecosystem Service Provision in Urban Green Areas Through Functional Traits and Spatial Metrics

edited by

Marco Ottaviano

,

Fabio Salbitano

and

Francesco Zullo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 469 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forests; urban ecology; ecosystem services; functional traits; spatial metrics; earth observations; GIS; landscape ecology; urban resilience; sustainability; ecosystem assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Human–Nature Relations in Urban Landscape Planning, Second Edition

edited by

Rob Roggema

and

Nico Tillie

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscape; urban ecosystem; landscape planning; spatial planning; resilient design; landscape design; landscape-based urban design; design-led approach; green and blue grids; nature-based solutions; biourbanism; regenerative design

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

Contribution of Trail Paths to the Protection and Promotion of the Natural Environment, Second Edition

edited by

Panagiotis Lemonakis

,

Apostolos Kantartzis

and

Chrisovaladis Malesios

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use planning; trail path; natural environment protection; urban and rural areas; cultural heritage; wildlife ecosystem

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

New Insights into Ecosystem Services in a Changing Environment: Novel Ecosystems, New Beginnings

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 384 | Submission Open

Keywords: methods of ecosystem service assessment; ecosystem functioning parameters; disturbed habitats; sustainable development; ecosystem function assessment; landscape transformation; urban ecosystems; socioecological systems; nature-based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

From Quantity Control to Quality Improvement: Evolving Paths of Agricultural Land Protection and Utilization

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultivated land; land quality; land protection; land-use transition; soil conservation; carbon sinks; green production; land consolidation; sustainable land use

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

Agriculture in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

edited by

Ben Sonneveld

,

Amani Alfarra

and

Brinda Ramasawmy

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture; food system; land and water resources; climate change; small island developing states (SIDSs)

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

Advances in Wildlife Conservation and Habitat Management in the Anthropocene, Second Edition

edited by

Yiannis G. Zevgolis

and

Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 310 | 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)

Dryland Expansion and Ecosystem Dynamics Under Climate Change

edited by

Iongel Duran-Llacer

, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Rebeca Martínez-Retureta and

Mohammed Achite

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: dryland expansion; ecosystem dynamics; climate change; ecohydrology; hydrological modeling; land use and land cover change; landscape dynamics; drought; integrated watershed management

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

Land Governance, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security

edited by Štefan Bojnec

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: land-use management; land governance; land-use change; land systems; land-use policy; land grabbing; land-use conflicts; spatial planning; institutional change; climate adaptation; sustainable land management; circular economy; sustainable development goals; rural livelihoods; food sovereignty; food security; rural transformation; agricultural diversification; climate resilience and sustainable agriculture; rural livelihoods diversification; household vulnerability and resilience; resource grabbing and land use conflicts; climate smart agriculture; vulnerability and inequality

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

Towards Sustainable Urban Form: The Integration of Architecture and Landscape

edited by

Ines Hrdalo

, Iva Rechner Dika, Ana Mrđa,

Attila Tóth

and Hrvoje Carić

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban form; integration of architecture and landscape; urban ecological functions; green network; green infrastructure; urban landscapes

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

Land Planning Toward Climate Adaptation: Design and Strategy for Urban Heat Island Mitigation

edited by Mohamed Elhadi Matallah,

Waqas Ahmed Mahar

,

Atef Ahriz

and

Shady Attia

submission deadline 3 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island (UHI) mitigation; land use planning; climate-sensitive urban design; nature-based solutions (NBS); climate adaptation; outdoor thermal comfort; urban morphology; spatial planning and governance

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

Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation of Urban Stormwater Management: Performance Assessment of Blue-Green Infrastructure

edited by Lineker Max Goulart Coelho and

Zhifang Wang

submission deadline 4 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 817 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; urban stormwater management; blue–green infrastructure; climate adaptation; climate resilience; sustainable urban infrastructure; urban drainage; performance assessment; climate, land, energy, water, food (CLEWF) NEXUS

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

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

edited by

Le Yu

,

Xin Chen

, Zhenrong Du and

Pengyu Hao

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4456 | Submission Open

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

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

Digital Earth and Remote Sensing for Land Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

Massimo Fabris

and Michele Monego

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3644 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital earth; satellite imagery; InSAR; digital elevation models (DEMs); land monitoring; land use; land cover; urban morphology; GIS tools

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

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