Land | Special Issues

Sustainable Land Use and Governance in Forest and Grassland Ecosystems

edited by

Nicolae Talpă

,

Bogdan Popa

,

Aureliu-Florin Hălălișan

and Liviu Nichiforel

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1068 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land use management; forest and grassland governance; sustainable transitions in forest and grassland ecosystems; policy instruments and governance tools; ecosystem management and decision-making; nature-based solutions; stakeholder participation; climate change adaptation; biodiversity conservation; landscape restoration

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

Climate and Ecosystem Interactions Shaping Land Degradation and Recovery in Water-Scarce Environments

edited by

Borja Rodríguez-Lozano

, Pedro Leite and

Deirdre Dragovich

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1046 | Submission Open

Keywords: desertification; climate change; ecosystem restoration; landuse/land cover change; land management; ecohydrology; soil health and fertility

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

State of the Art in Agriculture in Rural Areas: For Sustainable Land Management, 2nd Edition

edited by

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and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 940 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; farmland; intensification; resilience; rural; livelihood; policy; optimization; interdisciplinary

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

Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in Smallholder Irrigation and Land Management

edited by Mohamed A. Mattar and

Ali Salem

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 920 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change adaptation; resilience; smallholder irrigation; land management; water scarcity; climate-smart agriculture; soil degradation; remote sensing; sustainable land use; rural livelihoods

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

Feature Papers for "Landscape Ecology" Section (Second Edition)

edited by

Shiliang Liu

,

Benjamin Burkhard

and

Diane Pearson

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 752 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape ecology; remote sensing; land use and land cover change; ecological processes; connectivity assessment; ecosystem service; landscape services; agricultural landscapes; landscape modelling; landscape restoration; landscape planning; landscape management; landscape sustainability; spatial resilience; biological diversity; global change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

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

edited by

Heechul Kim

, Sungjoo Hwang, Seungho Yang and Jihyon Hwang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 742 | 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)

Data-Driven Approaches to Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services

edited by

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and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 724 | Submission Open

Keywords: land management; urban green infrastructure; ecosystem services; geoinformation; decision making; sustainable urban development

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

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

edited by Ana María Hernández Carretero,

Rebeca Guillén-Peñafiel

and

J. M. Sánchez-Martín

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 600 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Cultural Landscapes in Transition: Balancing Heritage, Development, and Sustainability (Second Edition)

edited by

Isabel Vaz De Freitas

and

Fátima Matos Silva

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 597 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural landscapes; preservation and conservation; cultural heritage; modern development; urbanization; land abandonment; sustainable practices; economic growth; cultural integrity; community engagement; traditional techniques; regenerative tourism; sustainable tourism; sustainable planning; reuses; adaptation; carrying capacity

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

Interaction Between Soil Organic Carbon and Soil Water Content in Agriculture: Modelling, Challenges and Applications

edited by

Hida R. Manns

and

Krish Jayachandran

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon; soil water content; interactive soil functions; modelling and mapping soil carbon; remote measurement of soil variables; applications and variability of soil carbon

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

Soils and Sediments: Developing Tools for Quality Assessment

edited by

Teresa Valente

,

Raphael De Vicq Ferreira Da Costa

and

Lucas Pereira Leão

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 332 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental geochemistry; soil and sediment quality; geochemical baselines; contamination assessment; spatial modeling and geostatistics; environmental monitoring; land systems and soil–water interactions; environmental risk assessment; remote sensing and GIS; artificial intelligence in environmental analysis

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

Nurturing Soil Health for a Sustainable Agricultural Future

edited by

Eloy Conde Barajas

,

Dioselina Álvarez Bernal

and

Silvia Maribel Contreras-Ramos

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 285 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon fractions; biochar; soil microbial biomass; nutrient retention; greenhouse gas mitigation; erosion control; soil health indices; digital soil mapping; sustainable land management

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

Emerging Technologies Towards Sustainable Urban Transitions

edited by

Zoe Kanetaki

and

Maria Sinou

submission deadline 1 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4057 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban transitions; artificial intelligence; sustainable land management; smart cities; cultural heritage; sustainable transportation; heat islands; urban microclimate; urban regeneration

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

Global Change and Vulnerable Land Ecosystems: Integrated Vegetation–Hydrology–Climate Responses and Policy Implications for Sustainable Land Governance

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 1 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2516 | Submission Open

Keywords: vulnerable land ecosystems; vegetation responses; hydrological processes; climate change; land–atmosphere interactions

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

Blue-Green Infrastructure and Territorial Planning

edited by

Osvaldo Moura Rezende

,

Marcelo Miguez

and Adriana Piperno

submission deadline 2 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7953 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue-green infrastructure; hybrid infrastructure; nature-based solutions; sustainable territory planning; climate change adaptation; sponge watersheds

Soil Health Monitoring Systems Enhance Farmland Sustainability

edited by

Aditi Roy

and

Ahmed A. El Baroudy

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2949 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health monitoring; agricultural sustainability; soil quality indicators; land-use management; soil biological assessment; land degradation and restoration; soil sensors and remote sensing; ecosystem services; bio-based soil management

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

Land-Use Impacts on Water Resources and Watershed Management

edited by

Łukasz Borek

,

Joanna Jaskuła

and

Věra Hubačíková

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2185 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use changes; water quality; water monitoring; hydromorphology; water retention; pollution source; surface waters; water management; soil

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

Rethinking Rural–Urban Interactions in Terms of Food Security and Agriculture Development (Second Edition)

edited by Yingnan Niu, Gaodi Xie and Luoman Pu

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 213 | 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)

Participatory Land Planning: Theory, Methods, and Case Studies—Second Edition

edited by Oswaldo González Ledesma and Rafael Merinero Rodríguez

submission deadline 18 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2008 | Submission Open

Keywords: collaborative planning; governance; land management; network management; participation; strategic planning; town planning; urban agenda; urban and land planning; urban and land policy

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

Vegetation Facing Environmental Changes in Terrestrial Systems: Research and Management—Second Edition

edited by

Eusebio Cano Carmona

submission deadline 18 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

The Impact of Urban Planning on the Urban Heat Island Effect

edited by

Josep Roca

, Blanca Arellano and Adriana Inés Olivares-González

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5562 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island; urban planning; urban climate; green infrastructure; climate adaptation; thermal comfort; building energy efficiency; legislation, public policies, and projects aimed at the management of urban heat islands; urban heat island, urban planning, and inequalities; public health and social adaptation to the risk of the urban heat island effect; climate justice

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

Healthy and Inclusive Urban Public Spaces

edited by

Ester Higueras García

,

Andrea Alonso

and

María Teresa Baquero Larriva

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 15156 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban health; spatial equity; urban accessibility; urban public spaces; inclusive public spaces

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

Green Exposure, Public Space Usage, and Travel Behavior: Strategies for Building Inclusive Cities and Supporting Vulnerable Groups

edited by

Yuxiao Jiang

,

Jie Chen

, Long Chen and

Yi Lu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 8758 | Submission Open

Keywords: public space; travel behavior; inclusive urban design; vulnerable groups; urban health; social justice

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

Promoting Anti-Racism in Land System Science and Social Ecological Systems

edited by

Ivis Garcia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8022 | Submission Open

Keywords: anti-racism; land system; social ecological system; land use management; landscape planning; community engagement; community planning; community development

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

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

edited by

Martin Boltiziar

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5954 | 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)

Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis in Dynamic Landscapes

edited by

Sifiso Xulu

,

Romano Lottering

,

Mahlatse Kganyago

and

Humphrey Kgabo Thamaga

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5720 | 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)

Wildfires in Social-Ecological Systems: Land Governance, Challenges, and Environmental Equity

edited by

Luigi Marfella

, Mark Ashby,

Francesco Niccoli

and Andreas Heinemeyer

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3538 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; ecological disturbance; socio-ecological resilience; environmental management; community adaptation; rural/wildland–urban interface; indigenous communities’ knowledge; integrated fire management; socio-economic and health impacts; fire effects

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

Agricultural Land Economics: Balancing Production, Conservation, and Sustainability

edited by Xin Yang,

Dong Wang

,

Min Song

and

Yurui Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3409 | Submission Open

Keywords: market and non-market value of agricultural land; agricultural economic and ecological efficiency; farmland utilization and conservation; trade-off and synergy among multifunction of agricultural land; sustainable intensive agricultural land use; sustainable agricultural technology

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

The Economic Value in Rural–Urban Landscapes

edited by Carlo Costantino,

Konstantina Douka

and Riccardo Gulli

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3044 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural and urban development; innovative tools; participatory processes; landscape integration; new european bauhaus; nature-based solutions; ecological networks; sustainable tourism; adaptive reuse; agriculture

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

Synergistic Integration of Transport, Land, and Ecosystems

edited by

Liangen Zeng

,

Zhao Yu

and

Haoyu Hu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2742 | Submission Open

Keywords: transport–land–ecology nexus; sustainable land use planning; low-carbon transportation; ecosystem services; spatial big data; landscape governance

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

Sustainable Urban Planning and Development for Resilient and Equitable Communities

edited by

Xosé Somoza-Medina

,

Karolina Józefowicz

, Hanifa El Motaki and

Qiaofeng (Robin) Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2703 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban development and planning; sustainable cities and urban communities; resilient cities and urban communities; local development strategies; spatial planning and land use; equitable and inclusive cities and urban communities; urban risks management (climate adaptation and urbanization in arid areas); migration impacts; urban governance; vulnerability mapping

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

Reframing Urban Morphology: Heritage, Sustainability, and Contemporary Urban Transformation

edited by

Emad Noaime

and

Mohammed Alnaim

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2666 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban morphology; heritage; sustainability; urban transformation; urban form; climate adaptation; resilience; historic urban landscape; adaptive reuse; public space; mobility; socio-spatial change; smart cities; digital urbanism; conservation

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

Urban Land Use Dynamics and Smart City Governance

edited by

Irma Kveladze

,

Ida Maria Bonnevie

and

Jamal Jokar Arsanjani

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2591 | 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)

Rethinking Land Value: The Interplay of Real Estate and Urban Governance

edited by

Thomas Dimopoulos

,

Martha Katafygiotou

,

Małgorzata Renigier-Biłozor

and Frank Harrington

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2336 | Submission Open

Keywords: property and land valuation; sustainability; land and property markets; valuation metrics; AVM; property and land taxation; affordability; land management; tax base models (area vs. value); valuation semantics; standardisation of property descriptions; legal and fiscal interoperability; public finance and land value

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

Geospatial Solutions for Urban, Rural, and Environmental Challenges

edited by

Ela Ertunc

,

Jaroslaw Janus

and

Hrvoje Tomić

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1663 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); land abandonment; land consolidation; spatial planning; sustainable land management; climate resilience; urban–rural systems; GIS and remote sensing; environmental sustainability

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

Urban Heritage Landscapes: Integrating Conservation into Sustainable Land Management

edited by

Cilísia Ornelas

,

Aliaa AlSadaty

and Isabel Breda-Vázquez

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1653 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heritage landscapes; sustainable land management; integrated conservation; digital assessment; digital twins; risk and impact assessment; change detection and monitoring; GIS-based modelling; participatory governance; morphological analysis

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

Land Economics, Institutions, and Resource Governance: Socio-Economic and Political Interplays

edited by

Lan Yao

, Tiangui Lv,

Fuyuan Kuang

and Hongyu Zheng

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1629 | Submission Open

Keywords: farmland protection system; ecosystem services compensation system; the impact of land property rights institutions on the mobility of labor and land factors; collaborative governance of cross-regional natural resources; implementation effectiveness and constraint mechanisms of territorial spatial use regulation; institutional embedding of digital technologies in land governance

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

Land Use Planning and Advanced Geospatial Technologies for Cultural Heritage Conservation and Monitoring

edited by

Krzysztof R. Karsznia

, Agnieszka Zwirowicz-Rutkowska and

Izabela Karsznia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1594 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial planning of historical areas; geospatial data integration; land use of historical sites; heterogeneous data exploration; structural integrity assessment; urban planning

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

Landscapes for Human-Oriented Smart Cities

edited by

Qing Lu

, John Zacharias and Zhe Sun

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1279 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-oriented smart cities; humanistic urban planning; urban landscapes; land use planning; landscape change; territorial spatial planning; ecological infrastructure; AI-enabled urban systems; digital twins; urban livability; nature-based solutions

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

Ecosystem Service Flows and Human Well-Being Links Under Landscape Change

edited by

Chenwei Shang

, Honglei Jiang, Lumeng Liu and

Xuening Fang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1235 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; landscape change; human well-being; ecosystem services flows; ecosystem health; land use change; spatial modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Resilient Urban Regeneration in European Cities

edited by

Luana Parisi

and

Thomas Panagopoulos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1158 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient urban regeneration; sustainable land use; circular urbanism; adaptive planning; urban governance; climate adaptation

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

Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Landscape Patterns Under Land Use Change (2nd Edition)

edited by

Priyakant Sinha

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1094 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial landscape patterns; temporal landscape patterns; land use change; assessment methods

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

Designing the Climate-Sensitive City: Urban Design and Planning for Urban Resilience

edited by

Simona Azzali

,

Agatino Rizzo

and

Constantinos Vassiliades

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1035 | Submission Open

Keywords: climatic-sensitive cities; urban resilience; climate mitigation and adaptation; climate-responsive urban design; urban microclimate; blue-green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; heat adaptation; landscape architecture; ecological urbanism; public realm design

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

Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Landscape Restoration: Strengthening Urban Planning with Innovative Ecological Approaches

edited by

Marianna Olivadese

,

Maria Luisa Dindo

, Patrizia Tassinari and

Daniele Torreggiani

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1013 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; urban landscape restoration; green systems; agroecology; urban biodiversity; ecosystem services; sustainable land management; climate adaptation; ecological planning; green infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Soil Erosion Dynamics and Landform Evolution: Mapping, Modelling and Monitoring

edited by

Valentina Nikolova

and

Ivica Milevski

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 995 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion ; gullies ; rills ; erosional landforms ; gully erosion ; riverbank erosion ; sediment transport ; erosion modelling ; geospatial technologies in erosion research ; land degradation

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

Sustainable Urbanscapes: The Role of Green Infrastructure on the Resilience of Ecosystem Services (Second Edition)

edited by

,

, Qianna Wang,

and

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 928 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green infrastructure; ecosystem services; climate change; socio-ecological systems; spatial resilience; public health

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

Water Resources and Land Use Planning (Third Edition)

edited by

Carla Rolo Antunes

and Tiago Brito Ramos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 826 | 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)

Tourism Development and Landscape Conservation: Finding the Balance

edited by

José David Albarrán Periáñez

and

Cristina Lupu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 824 | Submission Open

Keywords: tourism–landscape interactions; landscape conservation; cultural and natural heritage; governance and planning; landscape transformation; tourism development; processes of heritage and tourism valorization; challenges and opportunities

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

Biodiversity Trends amid Land Use and Climate Changes

edited by

Constantin Ion

,

Albano Figueiredo

and Javier Calzada

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 823 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity trend; ecological resilience; adaptation; remote sensing; connectivity; climate change

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

The Digital Transformation of Cadastre: Geospatial Technologies for Land Administration

edited by

George Popescu

,

Adrian Smuleac

, Lucian Dragomir and Cosmin Alin Popescu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 679 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital cadastre; land administration systems; geospatial technologies; UAV photogrammetry; remote sensing for land monitoring; spatial data infrastructures (SDI); artificial intelligence in geospatial analysis; 3D cadastre; geospatial digital transformation

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

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