Land | Special Issues

Spatiotemporal Data Analytics and Modeling of Land Systems: Shaping Sustainable Landscape, Second Edition

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submission deadline 24 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4945 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatiotemporal modeling spatial-temporal; landscape patterns and processes landscape; sustainability and resilience; geospatial technologies; land use/land cover; land change; modeling landscape; assessment methods; landscape dynamic evolution

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

Land–Water–Energy–Food (LWEF) System Coupling and Sustainable Development of Watersheds

edited by

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and Zhifeng Jin

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11050 | Submission Open

Keywords: land– water– energy– food nexus; climate change adaptation; regional resilience; land use transformation; energy transition; resource management; resources and environment; water– energy– food; carbon peak and neutrality; spatial governance and planning

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

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 26 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 174 | 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)

Green Infrastructure for Resilient Cities: Rethinking Urban Parks and Open Spaces

edited by

Sumita Ghosh

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Sara Jane Wilkinson

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Elizelle Juanee Cilliers

and Louis Lategan

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban parks; ecologies; conservation; resilience; sustainability; landscapes; green spaces; biodiversity; nature-based solutions; mental health; social cohesion

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

Archaeological Landscape and Settlement II

edited by

Paolo Biagi

and

Elisabetta Starnini

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 38259 | Submission Open

Keywords: human impact on the landscape; coastal changes and sea-level rise; settlement pattern and site complementarity; radiocarbon dating; the exploitation of the highland zones

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Contribution of Trail Paths to the Protection and Promotion of the Natural Environment

edited by

Panagiotis Lemonakis

,

Apostolos Kantartzis

and

Chrisovaladis Malesios

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 20110 | 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 Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Spatial Justice in Urban Planning (Second Edition)

edited by

Fox Zhiyong Hu

,

Wendy Yan Chen

and Izzy Yi Jian

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14813 | Submission Open

Keywords: social-spatial justice; distributional and procedural justice; urban redevelopment; environmental justice; green gentrification; right to the city; segregation and discrimination; urban political ecology; capital and capability; co-production

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

Effects of Land Use on the Ecohydrology of River Basin in Accordance with Climate Change II

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12790 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity conservation; spatial modeling; climate policy; land management; soil and water conservation; ecosystem services; nature-based solutions (NBS); ecohydrology; urban resilience; sponge city concepts

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

Rural Tourism Development: Land Use, Ecosystem Services, and Community Interactions

edited by

Ioan Sebastian Jucu

and Cătălina ANCUȚA

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11481 | 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)

New Urbanization: Urban-Rural Coordination and Sustainable Development

edited by

Xiong He

and

Chunshan Zhou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10853 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban and regional planning; urban– rural integration; sustainable development; urban and rural land use; urban governance; urban– rural landscape; urban– rural relations; geographic information systems (GISs) and remote sensing

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

Human–Nature Relations in Urban Landscape Planning

edited by

Rob Roggema

and

Nico Tillie

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10263 | 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)

Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services in Relation to Landscape Design, Planning and Management

edited by Aikaterini Gkoltsiou and

Albert Fekete

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 9703 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape architecture (planning; design and management); ecosystem planning; green roofs/green walls; xeriscaping; green infrastructure strategies; nature based solutions; urban ecosystems; nature and public health; biodiversity conservation; knowledge sharing and participatory decision-making; site preservation

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

Modeling Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Planning (Second Edition)

edited by

Eve Bohnett

and

Eben N. Broadbent

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8166 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; conservation planning; geodesign; modeling; spatial ecology; spatial conservation prioritization; landscape architecture; alternative futures

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

Application of the Ecosystem Service in Landscape Planning: From Cognition to Decision-Making

edited by

Xi Li

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

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8018 | 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)

Social–Ecological Ecosystems in Rewilding Urban Environment: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Multifaceted Wild Natures

edited by

Giovanni Trentanovi

,

Roberta Bartoletti

and

Francesco Sacchetti

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7787 | Submission Open

Keywords: wild urban nature; urban voids; regeneration policies; socio-ecological characters; socio-environmental movements; urban biodiversity; citizen science; contested natures

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

Towards Land System Sustainability: Navigating Global Challenges and Local Realities

edited by

Li Ma

,

Yingnan Zhang

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Yanfeng Jiang

, Chao Liu and Rong Ran

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6707 | Submission Open

Keywords: land systems; theories of land system change; land degradation; human– environment systems; human– land relations; land use/land cover change; land use transition; urban land management; rural land use; sustainable land use; urban sprawl and regeneration; urban– rural migration and housing affairs

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

Soil Legacies, Land Use Change and Forest and Grassland Restoration

edited by

Ken Smith

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Deborah A. McGrath

,

Kuok Ho Daniel Tang

and

Kevin Emmanuel Scriber, II

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6688 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest restoration; grassland restoration; soil legacies; land use change; soil carbon

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

Application of Multi-Source Geographical Big Data in Land Use Decision-Making

edited by

Shi Shen

,

Antonio Miguel Martínez-Graña

,

Sijing Ye

,

Zhuolin Tao

and Min Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5208 | Submission Open

Keywords: geographic information systems (GISs); land use decision-making; land use simulation; GeoAI; multi-source data integration; geospatial big data; land use decision-making; remote sensing data; land use classification; land management; global land use patterns

Feature Papers for Land Planning and Landscape Architecture Section, Second Edition

edited by

Thomas Panagopoulos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5055 | Submission Open

Keywords: participative design; planning and management; climate resilience; energy transition; biophilic design; nature-based solutions; regenerative design; circular solutions for sustainable tourism; environmental footprint; virtual reality to facilitate collaboration

(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 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4791 | 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)

Agroforestry Systems for Sustainable Land Management: Innovations and Challenges

edited by Judit Rubio-Delgado and

J. Francisco Lavado Contador

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4372 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroforestry; sustainability; environmental conservation; ecosystem services; biodiversity; land management innovation; land use/cover dynamics; climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation

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

Land and Drought: An Environmental Assessment Through Remote Sensing

edited by

Keyvan Soltani

,

Silvio José Gumiere

and

Isa Ebtehaj

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3681 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing and drought; drought impacts on land; drought monitoring with remote sensing; satellite-based drought indices; remote sensing applications in drought; climate variability and land systems; geospatial technologies for drought assessment; resilience of land to drought; drought early warning systems; sustainable land management under drought; remote sensing in environmental monitoring

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

Rural Demographic Changes and Land Use Response

edited by

Yuheng Li

, Guoming Du,

Monika Stanny

and

Łukasz Komorowski

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3560 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural demographics; population dynamics; land use change; rural– urban migration; socioeconomic factors

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

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 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3423 | 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)

Observation, Monitoring and Analysis of Savannah Ecosystems

edited by

Paul Aplin

,

Elias Symeonakis

and

Moses Azong Cho

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2823 | Submission Open

Keywords: savannah; monitoring; degradation; biodiversity; climate; human activity

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

Smart City and Architectural Design, Second Edition

edited by

Elisabetta Maria Venco

,

Chiara Garau

and

Emanuele Giorgi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2609 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban and spatial planning policies; sustainable and smart planning; urban life quality; urban environment; digital transition; smart cities

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

Urban Heat Island Effects in Global Cities: Balancing Rapid Urbanization, Land Surface Temperature Dynamics, and Sustainable Adaptation Strategies

edited by

Liliia Hebryn Baidy

and

Gareth Rees

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1784 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island; land surface temperature; urbanization; urban microclimate; land use/land cover change; remote sensing; geoinformatics; GIS modeling; sustainable adaptation strategies; climate change adaptation

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

Frameworks to Evaluate Urbanization Sustainability in a Changing Climate

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1350 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; climate change; sustainable development framework; urban and rural sustainable development; land use/land cover changes; urban expansion; urban climate; food security; environmental pollution; landscape ecology

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

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

edited by Emil Israel and Amnon Frenkel

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1342 | 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)

Urban Resilience and Heritage Management (Second Edition)

edited by

Maria Rosaria Guarini

,

Eduardo Mosquera-Adell

and

Clara Mosquera-Pérez

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1293 | Submission Open

Keywords: cities recovery; cultural property potentials; good practices; heritage stakeholders and actors; heritage values and indicators; information technologies and systems; resilient cities and territories; sustainable development goals; urban planning and politics; withstanding risks and vulnerability

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

Healthy and Inclusive Urban Public Spaces

edited by

Ester Higueras García

,

Andrea Alonso

and María Teresa Baquero Larriva

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1265 | 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)

Land Use, Heritage and Ecosystem Services

edited by Gustavo Ballesteros-Pelegrín,

Carlos Sánchez-García

,

Marcos Francos

and Daniel Ibarra Marinas

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1238 | 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)

Urban Ecological Indicators: Land Use and Coverage

edited by

Lorenzo Paglione

and

Keti Lelo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1214 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecological indicators; land use and land cover change; green and blue infrastructure and ecological networks; environmental justice and equity; walkability and public space accessibility

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

Sustainable Monitoring of Wetland Ecosystems for Environmental Conservation

edited by

Yongheng Gao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetlands; restoration; ecosystems; landscape; wetland protection

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

Agri-Food Systems, Land Transitions and Society in Evolving Africa

edited by

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-food systems; transitions; landscapes; social systems; degradation; rights; intensification; climate change; ecological debt; drivers

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

Rural Land Use, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Nicoleta Mateoc-Sirb

,

Gabriela Popescu

,

Oana Brînzan

and

Ramona Mariana Ciolac

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; food security issues; land resources; land use ” smart” use; "branding" for rural land/agriculture/food products

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

Climate Adaptation, Urban Regeneration, and Regreening Processes: Challenges and Opportunities for Contemporary Cities

edited by Alessandro Deserti,

Beatrice Maria Bellè

,

Manuel Alméstar

and Fabian Dembski

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 289 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; urban planning and governance innovation; digital platforms for decision-making; digital twin and urban simulations; climate resilience; land use planning; systemic innovation

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

Landscape Governance in the Age of Social Media, 3rd Edition

edited by

Nicolas Marine

,

Cecilia Arnaiz Schmitz

and

Yael Allweil

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: user-generated content (UGC); social media; cultural landscapes; landscape governance; participatory processes

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

Patrimony Assessment and Sustainable Land Resource Management (Second Edition)

edited by

Florentina-Cristina Merciu

,

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

and

Maciej J. Nowak

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3649 | Submission Open

Keywords: qualitative and quantitative assessment of cultural heritage; natural heritage assessment; biodiversity and its conservation; management of natural and cultural resources; heritage communities; heritage education versus promotion of heritage sustainability; circular architecture versus cultural heritage sustainability; administrative; regulatory; and legal issues related to the conservation of heritage

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

Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Utilization Trend of Farmland

edited by Maoxin Zhang,

Tingting He

, Andong Guo, Youpeng Lu and

Jose Raul Romo Leon

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1679 | Submission Open

Keywords: farmland change; spatiotemporal analysis; land use dynamics; utilisation efficiency; land system sustainability; innovative farmland governance

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

Coupled Man-Land Relationship for Regional Sustainability

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submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2703 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resources; human– land relationships; sustainability; land planning and management; climate change; anthropogenic activities and their effects; ecological protection; economic development; remote sensing; carbon neutrality

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

Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate-Resilient Soil–Water Systems

edited by

Nunziarita Palazzolo

and

Luca Furnari

submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change adaptation; hydrological extremes; soil– water systems; water scarcity; hydrological modelling; remote sensing and precision agriculture; nature-based solutions; sustainable water management; decision support systems; socio-hydrology

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

Regional Sustainable Development of Yangtze River Delta, China (3rd Edition)

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submission deadline 12 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12390 | Submission Open

Keywords: Yangtze River Delta region; sustainable development; human– earth system coupling; ecosystem services; industry development; innovation network; territorial space; climate change; urban– rural coordination; food security

Spatial Planning and Land-Use Management: 2nd Edition

edited by

Eduardo Gomes

,

Eduarda Marques Da Costa

and

Patrícia Abrantes

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12610 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial planning; land-use management; land use/land cover; participatory planning; system thinking planning; future scenarios; land-use conflicts; accessibility; periurban and rurban territories; geospatial modelling; remote sensing

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

Green Infrastructure Planning and Management for Sustainable Urban Development and Quality of Life

edited by

Xinhao Wang

,

Xin Fu

and Chen Shen

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 11863 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; planning and management; sustainable development; urban resilience; quality of life

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

New Insights in Landscape Approaches for Biodiversity and Community Resilience

edited by Wenyuan Zhang and

Yanjie Xu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4586 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape planning; ecological connectivity; ecosystem services; community resilience; ecological restoration; essential biodiversity variables

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

Big Data-Driven Urban Spatial Perception

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submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban mobility and transportation; human mobility and urban activity patterns; urban spatial perception and city image; sentiment analysis in urban spaces; urban safety and crime prediction; public health and urban environments

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

Advancing Sustainable Urban Development Through Spatial Analysis: Leveraging Digital Technologies and Geographic Data for Smart, Inclusive, and Resilient Cities

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submission deadline 19 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1350 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban spatial analysis; geographic information systems (GISs); remote sensing; real estate valuation; smart cities; big data and AI in urban planning; sustainable urban development; mobility and infrastructure planning; environmental justice and equity; urban sustainability and SDGs

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

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

edited by

Dora Tomić Reljić

, Petra Pereković and

Beata Fornal-Pieniak

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2463 | Submission Open

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

Land Degradation in Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) : Assessment and Conservation (Second Edition)

edited by

Mario Al Sayah

,

Rita Der Sarkissian

and

Rachid Nedjaï

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1135 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; environmentally sensitive areas; land degradation neutrality; land management; innovative land restoration; conservation solutions

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

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