Land | Special Issues

Advances on Land Cover/Land Use Ontologies for Innovative Production/Utilization of Land Information

edited by

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Mohammed Abed Hossain

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Khalid Mahmood

and

Foster Mensah

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15536 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover; land use; interoperability; standardization; geospatial technology; semantic ontology; harmonization; classification; earth observation; remote sensing; sustainable development

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

Spatial Justice in Urban Planning (Second Edition)

edited by

Fox Zhiyong Hu

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Wendy Yan Chen

and Izzy Yi Jian

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5791 | 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)

Monitoring the Effect of Urban Green Space on Environmental Quality

edited by

Marko Bizjak

,

Jihui Yuan

and David Jesenko

submission deadline 16 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 536 | Submission Open

Keywords: green spaces; urban vegetation; monitoring; environmental quality; urban heat island

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

Builders of the Middle Landscape: The Role of Urban Elites in the Construction of Rural Landscapes Between Antiquity and the Renaissance

edited by

Joan Negre

and Julio Navarro Palazón

submission deadline 16 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: antiquity; middle ages; renaissance; villa; almunia; periurban; rural landscape; urban elites

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

Smart Land Management

edited by

Hossein Azadi

and Guy M Robinson

submission deadline 23 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8938 | Submission Open

Keywords: technology innovation; land management; land-use planning; land administration; artificial intelligence

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

Wetland Biodiversity and Habitat Conservation

edited by Rachel R. Fern, Jordan C. Giese and Kelsi Schwind

submission deadline 23 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 895 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetlands; biodiversity; habitat conservation; land use change; remote sensing; landscape modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Participatory Land Planning: Theory, Methods, and Case Studies

edited by Oswaldo Ledesma González and Rafael Merinero Rodríguez

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11633 | 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)

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

edited by

Chryssy Potsiou

and

Gerhard Navratil

submission deadline 26 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5083 | 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)

Soil Ecological Risk Assessment Based on LULC

edited by

Lúcia Barão

submission deadline 26 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3970 | 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)

Soil Erosion and Its Response to Agroforestry Restoration

edited by Zicheng Zheng, Jigen Liu and

Yuhai Bao

submission deadline 27 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2006 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; agricultural restoration practices; forestry restoration practices; land degradation; sustainable land

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

Urban Transitions and Dynamics: Cultural, Ecological, Digital and Degrowth

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 26718 | Submission Open

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

(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 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 19309 | 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)

Governance and Spatial Planning for Sustainable Urban and Rural Development

edited by

Chao Ye

,

Jinliao He

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Uchendu Eugene Chigbu

, Zhituan Deng and Liang Zhuang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 16530 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable theory and practice; sustainable governance and policy; sustainability strategies; urban and rural governance; cooperative governance; climate change adaptation; spatial planning; green infrastructure; technological innovations in planning

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

Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Land: Soil Quality and Contamination

edited by

Nick B. Comerford

,

Paola Grenni

and

Dongxue Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13967 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil quality; soil contamination; soil degradation; land degradation; sustainable land

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

Land Use/Cover Change and Its Impacts on Regional Sustainable Development

edited by

Shengbiao Wu

,

Xiao Zhang

and

Xidong Chen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13743 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/ land cover; change detection; remote sensing; sustainable development; geographic information systems; driving forces; environment

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

Land Transformation, Climate Change and Agroecosystems Response and Adaptation

edited by

Zeyuan Qiu

and

Subhasis Giri

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13137 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecosystems; ecosystem services; urban agriculture; land use change; resilience and adaptation; climate change; climate-smart agriculture

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

Urban and Peri-Urban Forests—Status, Ecosystem Services, and Future Perspectives

edited by

Miglena Zhiyanski

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10036 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forests; green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; ecosystem services (ES); assessment and mapping of ES; socio-ecological assessments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Global Commons Governance and Sustainable Land Use

edited by

Fangzhou Xia

,

Hualin Xie

, Xiaoshun Li and Ling Li

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9733 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use sustainability; global commons; spatial planning and governance; global nature resources; carbon neutrality; climate change

Geoparks as a Form of Tourism Space Management II

edited by

Wojciech Zgłobicki

and

Bogusława Baran-Zgłobicka

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9362 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Navigating the Balance: The Role of National Parks in Ecological Conservation and Socioeconomic Development

edited by

Fanglei Zhong

and Lihua Zhou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8843 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; national parks; mode of management; socioeconomic development; conservation

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

GeoAI for Urban Sustainability Monitoring and Analysis

edited by

Nan Xu

,

Yifu Ou

and Jixiang Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7302 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban; sustainability; GeoAI; remote sensing; big data; geography

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

Land Planning and Urban Regeneration for Achieving Sustainable Development: 2nd Edition

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7163 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; landscape; urban sustainable development; urban regeneration; land planning; multicriteria evaluation

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

Vegetation Cover Changes Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data

edited by Dong Liang,

Barjeece Bashir

and

Min Xu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6427 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation cover change; remote sensing; high spatial resolution; big data; satellite imagery; data processing algorithms; multi-source data integration; climate change impacts; biodiversity monitoring; land management

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

Agroforestry Systems for Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation

edited by

Antonio Santoro

and

Francesco Piras

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6112 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroforestry systems; biodiversity; cultural landscape; landscape conservation; agricultural heritage

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

Celebrating 10 Years of International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem

edited by

Diane Pearson

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5826 | Submission Open

Keywords: rehabilitation; restoration; fragmentation; carbon sequestration; ecosystem functions; ecosystem services; climate adaptation; coastal protection

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

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

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4961 | 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

The Other Perspective. City Networks and Territorial Justice towards a Landscape Ethics

edited by

Maria Rosa Trovato

and

Salvatore Giuffrida

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4005 | Submission Open

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

Synergies in Land Use Planning: Advancing Urban-Rural Integration for Sustainable Development

edited by

Li Tian

,

Yan Song

and

An Huang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3463 | Submission Open

Keywords: land property right; environmental outcome; urban-rural integration development; urban and rural revitalization; intelligent land use planning

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

Vegetation Spatial Dynamics and Plant Diversity Trends of Natural and Urban Landscapes

edited by

Gianmarco Tavilla

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Mauro André Maurício Raposo

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Carlos José Pinto Gomes

and

Sandro Lanfranco

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2923 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate changes; phytosociology; geobotany; vascular flora; plant chorology; plant biodiversity; alpha diversity; vegetation; invasive alien species; ecological data analysis

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

Towards Intelligence and Resilience: Creative Solutions for Further Urban Transition

edited by

Peng Cui

,

Fan Zhang

,

Haibo Feng

and Kailun Feng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2390 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-hazard risk coupling quantification methods; energy security mechanism under extreme events; organizational resilience of emergency commands and dispatch systems; material supply chain security and intelligent operation; health and safety resilience strategies for the urban environment; smart urban renewal towards achieving sustainability; cross-regional action plan for emergency responses

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

Economic Perspectives on Land Use and Valuation

edited by

Ľubica Rumanovská

, Izabela Lipińska and Jarmila Lazíková

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2310 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic perspectives on land use; land valuation; land use policy frameworks; sustainable land use; land use and law

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

Efficient Land Use and Sustainable Development in European Countries

edited by

Armands Auziņš

,

Andreas Hendricks

, Francesco Botticini and

Vida Maliene

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2105 | Submission Open

Keywords: land management; land use and development; value capture instruments; sustainability; comparative analysis; socio-economic evaluation; geospatial analysis; environmental assessment; ecosystem services; territorial governance

Preservation, Reuse and Reveal of Cultural Heritage Through Sustainable Land Management, Rural and Urban Development (Third Edition)

edited by

Antonia Moropoulou

,

Charalabos Ioannidis

and

Ekaterini Delegou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1629 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; remote sensing; 3D modeling; spatial planning; GIS / HBIM; cultural routes; tangible/intangible cultural heritage; historical settlements; historical cities; circular economy; cultural tourism; environmental management

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

Building Resilient and Sustainable Urban Futures

edited by

Angeliki Peponi

, Gonçalo Duarte,

Phelipe da Silva Anjinho

and

Patrícia Abrantes

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 895 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban metabolism; urban ecology; ecosystem services; urban and landscape planning; smart cities; regenerative design

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

Geospatial Data in Landscape Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Todd Robinson

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 691 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape resistance; connectivity; turnover; movement and modelling; refugia; isolation by distance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Urban–Rural Integration and Urban Ecosystems

edited by

Lei Li

,

Kaifeng Duan

and

Shaojun Ma

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 359 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban– rural integration; urban ecosystems; sustainable development; ecosystem services; interdisciplinary research

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

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

edited by Aikaterini Gkoltsiou and

Albert Fekete

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 237 | 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)

Data-Driven City and Society—a Land Perspective

edited by

Szymon Chmielewski

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: data utilization; data-driven; AI; 3D point clouds; urban mapping; historical evolution of cities

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

Just Agriculture and Food Systems Futures—Exploring/Enacting Different Relationships to Land

edited by Colin Charles Dring and Alesandros Glaros

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: land justice; just food futures; relational futurities; just agricultural futures; food temporalities

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

Landscape Restoration in Non-Forest Ecosystems

edited by Daniel Luis Mascia Vieira

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem resilience; ecosystem services; landscape restoration; non-forest ecosystems; ecological balance

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

Advances in Land Use and Land Cover Mapping (Second Edition)

edited by

Kathryn Sheffield

and

Mohammad Abuzar

submission deadline 3 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4683 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use mapping; land cover mapping; climate change; sustainability; validation; data communication

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

Geospatial Technology for Landscape Design

edited by

Carlos Carbonell Carrera

submission deadline 7 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6421 | Submission Open

Keywords: geographic information systems (GISs); geospatial technology; geospatial applications and updates; remote sensing; virtual globes; spatial data infrastructure (SDI geoportal); global positioning system (GPS); 3D virtual environments; augmented reality; virtual reality; geospatial thinking for landscape planning; landscape planning and design

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

Land Use Policy and Food Security: 2nd Edition

edited by

Dingde Xu

,

Shili Guo

and

Shaoquan Liu

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 2963 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use policy; market development; food security; sustainable development

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

Ecology of the Landscape Capital and Urban Capital

edited by

Teodoro Semeraro

submission deadline 16 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 23358 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

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

edited by Mélanie Requier-Desjardins and Generosa Calabrese

submission deadline 20 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 413 | 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)

Integrated Assessment of Global Environmental Change and Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Susete Marques

and Ana Maria Cuartas

submission deadline 25 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; land use changes; policy and management; climate change impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Transport and Urban Green Space Planning

edited by

Renata Żochowska

and Piotr Soczówka

submission deadline 26 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 545 | Submission Open

Keywords: transport system planning; urban green space design; sustainable development; green solutions for transport; sustainable mobility; the harmful impact of transport on the environment

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

Climate Adaptation Planning in Urban Areas

edited by Jin-Oh Kim,

Sangjun Kang

and

Juchul Jung

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2685 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Xinhao Wang

,

Xin Fu

and Chen Shen

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2567 | 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)

Urban Landscape Transformation vs. Memory

edited by

Bojana Bojanic Obad Scitaroci

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Nerma Omićević

and

Tamara Zaninović

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscape transformation; memorialisation; heritage resilience; active vs. passive land use; cultural heritage; natural heritage; heritage urbanism; forgotten urban layers

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

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