Land | Special Issues

Digital Soil Mapping and Precision Agriculture

edited by

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submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5001 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; precision agriculture; geospatial technologies; machine learning; soil health; sustainable land management; remote sensing

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

Land 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 10 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3859 | 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: Integration of Rural and Urban Landscape

edited by

Luís Mendes

,

Le Yu

and Justice Nana Inkoom

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 12388 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural and urban landscape; urban-rural integrated development; rural– urban gradient; rural urbanization; land use transitions; land-cover change; land-use planning; settlement systems

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

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Landscape Analysis and Landscape Protection

edited by

Dora Tomić Reljić

, Petra Pereković and

Beata Fornal-Pieniak

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6671 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape planning; landscape value; landscape protection; landscape quality; GIS; sustainable development

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

edited by

Massimo Fabris

and Michele Monego

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2381 | 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)

Multiscalar Interactions Between Climate and Land Management Regimes

edited by C. Andrew Day,

Kenneth R. Young

and

Brice B. Hanberry

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2201 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; climate change and variability; land– climate interactions; vegetation distribution; soil erosion/sedimentation; water quality; land management/governance; ecosystem services; resilience; multiscale modeling

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

Soil Ecological Risk Assessment Based on LULC—Second Edition

edited by

Lúcia Barão

submission deadline 16 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk assessment; ecosystem services; soil functioning; land use/land cover; soil threats

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

Ground Deformation Monitoring via Remote Sensing Time Series Data

edited by

Ebrahim Ghaderpour

and

Paolo Mazzanti

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 34387 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; change detection; ground deformation; PS-InSAR; monitoring; synthetic aperture radar; time series; trend analysis

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

Heritage Landscapes, Their Inventory, Management and Future

edited by Jaromír Kolejka and

Igor Gallay

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16466 | Submission Open

Keywords: historical landscapes; identification criteria; inventory procedures; classification and typology; management; protection and planning; sustainable tourism

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

The Role of Land Policy in Shaping Rural Development Outcomes

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submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7283 | Submission Open

Keywords: land policy reform; agricultural modernization; sustainable land use; land tenure systems; urban– rural integration; food security governance; rural revitalization strategies; ecological conservation in agriculture

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

Monitoring and Simulation of Wetland Ecological Processes (Second Edition)

edited by

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and

submission deadline 23 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8441 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland mapping; wetland landscape and functions; biodiversity monitoring; wetland connectivity; assessment; carbon sink; land-use sustainability; simulation of wetland geochemical cycle models; monitoring of wetland restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Cadastre and Land Management in Support of Sustainable Real Estate Markets—2nd Edition

edited by

Chryssy Potsiou

and

Gerhard Navratil

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 17328 | Submission Open

Keywords: cadastre; land management; land tenure; geospatial data ecosystems; digital twins; BIM; land administration; market analysis; real estate market analysis

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

Advances in Wildlife Conservation and Habitat Management in the Anthropocene

edited by

Yiannis G. Zevgolis

and

Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15058 | 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)

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

edited by

Nikolaos Proutsos

and

Alexandra D. Solomou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11952 | 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)

Digital Soil Mapping for Soil Health Monitoring in Agricultural Lands

edited by

João Augusto Coblinski

,

Sylwia Pindral

and

Gabriele Buttafuoco

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4596 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; pedometrics; remote sensing; proximal sensing; soil functions; soil threats; soil ecosystem services; soil modelling

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

Economic Valuation Assessment and Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services: From Theory to Policy Applications

edited by

Chi-Ok Oh

and

Hyun No Kim

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4261 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; economic valuation; land use policy; sustainable management; environmental decision-making; non-market valuation; environmental policy; land use conflicts; ES trade-offs; land use planning

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

The Dynamics of Urbanization: Challenges and Solutions in Land Development and Regional Planning

edited by

Tao Liu

,

Yingzhi Qiu

and

Jiajie Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4199 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; migration; urban and rural land change; land-use challenges; regional planning and governance; mechanisms

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

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

edited by

Reginaldo Geremias

and

Naoki Masuhara

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3865 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable resource management; climate change adaptation; land-use planning; water– energy– food interactions; biodiversity conservation; renewable energy and sustainability; integrated policy and governance; synergies and tradeoffs

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

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 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3673 | 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)

Advancing Urban–Rural Community Empowerment Through Participatory Planning and Collaborative Co-Creation

edited by

Wei Lang

,

Tingting Chen

,

Xun Li

and Eddie Chi-man Hui

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3561 | Submission Open

Keywords: community planning; public participation; co-creation; service learning; rural community; collaborative workshop; collective action; planning theory; urban regeneration; human settlement environment improvement

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

Land Use, Heritage and Ecosystem Services

edited by Gustavo Ballesteros-Pelegrín,

Carlos Sánchez-García

,

Marcos Francos

and

Daniel Ibarra Marinas

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3373 | 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)

Carbon-Focused Land Use Strategies: Pathways to Climate Resilience

edited by

Xiao Liu

, Shifu Wang and

Jinda Qi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3279 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon sequestration; land-based climate mitigation; agroforestry; soil carbon management; forest restoration; carbon markets; sustainable land management; land use strategies; sustainable community; policy and governance; technological innovations; climate resilience

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

Community-Based Land Dynamics in Urban Transformation: Perceptions, Reconfigurations, and Sustainable Land-Use Strategies

edited by

Katsunori Furuya

,

Xin-Chen Hong

,

Jing Xie

, Jiaying Shi and

Shixian Luo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3220 | Submission Open

Keywords: perception of land-use changes; land-use reconfiguration in urban communities; sustainable land management strategies; technological innovations in land system analysis; qualitative and quantitative research

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

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 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3190 | Submission Open

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

The Impact of Population Transition on Land Value and Planning in Rural Areas

edited by

Huiguang Chen

,

Taiyang Zhong

,

Changjun Jiang

and

Wojciech J. Florkowski

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3049 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural population mobility; the urban citizenship of migrant workers; rural aging; rural land function; rural land value; rural land consolidation; rural land use plan; rural revitalization

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

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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3033 | 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 Use Transition Pathways: Governance, Resources, and Policies

edited by

Dingde Xu

,

Long Qian

and

Yanfeng Jiang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 2993 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use transition; land governance; land use policy; sustainable land management; land use change

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

The New Suburbia: Redefining Suburban Growth—Exploring Deeper Meanings and Dynamics

edited by Emil Israel and Amnon Frenkel

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2925 | Submission Open

Keywords: suburbanization; sustainability; suburban inequality; social justice; suburban sprwal; housing; labor market; mobility and transportation; planning and policy

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

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 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2766 | 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)

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 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2656 | 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)

Land Use, Ecosystem Services and Environmental Management in Mediterranean Climate Areas

edited by Mélanie Requier-Desjardins and Generosa Calabrese

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2075 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; food system; livelihoods; climate change; land degradation; biodiversity loss; agroecology

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

Quantifying Soil Erosion Processes Using Satellite Data: Progress and Perspectives

edited by Arjun Heimsath

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2063 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; land degradation; land use change; remote sensing; satellite data; human impacts

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

Monitoring and Modelling Human–Environment Interactions in Urban–Rural Areas

edited by

Nan Jia

,

Haimeng Liu

, Zhimeng Jiang and Junyu Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1994 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban– rural interactions; human– environment systems; land-use change; telecoupling; ecosystem services; spatial analysis; socio-ecological resilience; urban sustainability; rural development; climate impacts

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

Redefining Urban Landscapes: Land Use and Regional Development in the Era of Urbanization

edited by

Guangzhong Cao

,

Jiajie Liu

and

Yingzhi Qiu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1984 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; land use change; metropolitan and megalopolis; spatial structure and planning; urban governance and policy; sustainable development

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

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

edited by

Carmine Massarelli

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1901 | Submission Open

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

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

AI’s Role in Land Use Management

edited by

Gheorghe Badea

, Hans-Joachim Linke,

Calimanut-Ionut Cira

and

Loredana Copăcean

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1883 | 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)

Rural Tourism Development: Land Use, Ecosystem Services, and Community Interactions (Second Edition)

edited by

Ioan Sebastian Jucu

and Cătălina ANCUȚA

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1657 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural land-use change; rural tourism development; rural tourism and socio-economic interaction; rural cultural heritage; cultural tourism in rural areas

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

Key Hydrological Processes and Its Controlling Factors in Terrestrial Ecosystems: 2nd Edition

edited by Licong Dai,

Xiaowei Guo

and

Charles Bourque

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1456 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological processes ; water infiltration ; runoff ; evapotranspiration ; groundwater recharge ; soil water retention ; terrestrial ecosystems ; land cover change

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

GeoAI for Land Use Observations, Analysis and Forecasting (Second Edition)

edited by

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and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1136 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; land use and land cover; GeoAI; AI and machine learning; land change detection

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

Geospatial Data Science for Landscape Monitoring and Ecological Conservation

edited by

Kai Su

,

Yongfa You

and Long Chen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1128 | 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)

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

edited by

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and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | 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)

Big Data in Urban Land Use Planning and Infrastructure Building

edited by

Joaquin Osorio Arjona

and

Yang Xiao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1003 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land use; geolocated big data; urban infrastructures; smart cities; spatial planning; metropolization; sustainability planning models

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

Synergies in Land Use Planning: Advancing Urban–Rural Integration for Sustainable Development (2nd Edition)

edited by

Li Tian

,

Yan Song

and

An Huang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 674 | Submission Open

Keywords: land property rights; environmental outcomes; urban– rural integration development; urban and rural revitalization; intelligent land use planning

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

GenAI-Enabled Land Use Mapping as the Base for Modelling and Earth-Oriented Digital Twins

edited by

Karel Charvat

and

Tomas Mildorf

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 653 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative AI (GenAI); land-use/Land-cover (LULC) mapping; earth observation (optical; SAR; LiDAR); multimodal data fusion; earth-oriented digital twins; uncertainty quantification and explainability

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

Earth’s Drylands: Tackling Desertification in Arid Regions

edited by

Humberto Barbosa

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 545 | Submission Open

Keywords: land desertification; sustainable land management; climate change; drylands

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

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

edited by

Luiz Guilherme Medeiros Pessoa

,

Maria Betânia Galvão dos Santos Freire

,

Claudivan Feitosa de Lacerda

and Isaya Kisekka

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 501 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosaline agriculture ; salt stress ; halophytes ; fitoremediation of salt-affected soils ; agro-environmental sustainability ; soil × water × crop management

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

Wetland Plant Diversity and Ecosystem Function

edited by

Maria Sarika

and

Anastasios Zotos

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 485 | Submission Open

Keywords: marshes; vascular flora; vegetation dynamics; climate change; threats; human impact; conservation; habitat loss

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

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

edited by

Izidora Markovic Vukadin

and Damir Krešić

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 424 | 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)

Sustainable Land Management for Food Security in Agriculture-Dependent Regions

edited by

James Magidi

,

Moreblessing Shoko

and

Claudia A. Radel

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land management; land use planning; food security; sustainable agriculture; agroecology; agri-based economies; agricultural livelihoods; gender in land management; land tenure; socio-economic inclusion for land systems

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

Urban Green Spaces for Climate Change Mitigation and Resilient Cities

edited by

Dimitra Tsirigoti

, Stylianos Pardalopoulos,

Theodoros Rousakis

,

Athina Kantzioura

and

Aleksandra M. Djukić

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 414 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green spaces; climate change mitigation; urban resilience; sustainable cities; urban green roofs; green facades; urban forests; dynamic response of vegetated architectural attachments

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

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