Land | Special Issues

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

edited by

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

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2215 | 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)

Institutions in Governance of Land Use: Mitigating Boom and Bust (Second Edition)

edited by Piyush Tiwari, Jyoti Shukla and Godwin Kavaarpuo

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2085 | Submission Open

Keywords: land governance; land assembly; land value; land rights; land expropriation and compensation; disaster management

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

Quantification of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in Basins (Second Edition)

edited by

Vlassios Hrissanthou

and

Konstantinos Kaffas

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 808 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; stream sediment transport; field measurements; laboratory measurements; machine learning methods; fuzzy logic; constructive and management measures

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

Identification, Evaluation and Management of Human-Transformed and Human-Constructed Soils and Landforms

edited by

Cezary Kabala

and

Andrzej Greinert

submission deadline 16 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open

Keywords: technosols; anthrosols; artesols; soil classification systems; soil health; ecosystem services of anthropogenic soils; land management on anthropogenic soils

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

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 17 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8955 | 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)

Rural Space: Between Renewal Processes and Preservation

edited by Hadas Shadar and Irit Amit-Cohen

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7955 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban spatial conflicts; development processes in rural areas; rural heritage; rural preservation; rural sense of place; rural local identity

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

Spatial Data Analysis and Geographic Information Systems for Urban Land Use

edited by

Jin Rui

and

Mengqiu Cao

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4911 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land use; spatial data analysis; geographic information systems (GISs); remote sensing imagery; machine learning; large language models (LLMs); big data; data-driven; urban planning; sustainable cities

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

Carbon Cycling and Carbon Sequestration in Wetlands

edited by

Ligang Xu

,

Xiaobing Chen

, Junxiang Cheng and Jiaxing Xu

submission deadline 21 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2604 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon cycling; carbon sequestration; climate change; soil organic carbon; blue carbon; wetlands

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

Recent Progress in Land Degradation Processes, Control and Restoration

edited by Jianye Li, Weida Gao, Wei Hu,

Qiang Chen

and Xingyi Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9542 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation pathways; land degradation progress; land use; soil erosion; soil carbon; environment effects; ecosystem functions and services; control measures; land restoration; ecosystem restoration and reconstruction

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

Towards Healthy and Sustainable Human Settlement: The Ecological and Cultural Connation of Landsenses (Second Edition)

edited by

Jiang Liu

,

Yuhan Shao

and

Xin-Chen Hong

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2147 | Submission Open

Keywords: landsenses; environmental governance; cultural preservation; health promotion; resilience; restorative landscape; community engagement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Land Use and Land Cover Change Impact on Soil Erosion

edited by

Kwanele Phinzi

,

Quoc Bao Pham

and

Sudhir K. Singh

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 444 | Submission Open

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

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

Economic Perspectives on Land Use and Valuation

edited by

Ľubica Rumanovská

, Izabela Lipińska and Jarmila Lazíková

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16098 | 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)

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 31 Jul 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11438 | 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

Sustainable and AI-Driven Approaches to Managing the Soil-Water Complex in Agriculture

edited by

Anastasia Angelaki

and

Parveen Sihag

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10587 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural hydraulics; irrigation planning; water saving; soil pollution and remediation; efficient land uses; soil degradation; drift analysis; machine learning; artificial intelligence; smart sensors

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

Land Space Optimization and Governance

edited by

Xufeng Cui

,

Walter T. de Vries

, Hamidreza Rabiei-Dastjerdi,

Jie Zhu

, Guan Li and

Zhaojin Yan

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9437 | Submission Open

Keywords: land space optimization; land governance; geospatial technologies; artificial intelligence; big data; sustainable development; urban– rural integration; global case studies; policy innovation; cross-regional coordination

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

Exploring Sustainable Rural Development Models and Environmental Protection Regulations: Interactions and Compatibilities

edited by Julián Mora Aliseda,

Jacinto Garrido Velarde

,

José Manuel Naranjo Gómez

and

José Castro

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3577 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental regulations; socioeconomic development; rural areas; compatible development; sustainable development strategies

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

Spatial Optimization for Multifunctional Land Systems

edited by

Thanh Thi Nguyen

and

Melvin Lippe

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3186 | Submission Open

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

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

Smart Urban Planning: Digital Technologies for Spatial Design

edited by

Yoonshin Kwak

, Si Chen and

Brian Deal

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2615 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart city and smart landscape; evidence-based design; AI-driven planning; planning support system; climate change and urbanization; decision-making; urban and environmental analysis

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

Land Use and Management for Waste Disposal and Wastewater Treatment

edited by Ana Pérez-Gimeno and

Irene Voukkali

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1383 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use planning; dumping sites and conditions; land occupation in urban and periurban areas due to waste disposal; landscape transformation and recovery; land remediation strategies; environmental impact assessment in land planning for waste treatment and disposal; circular economy; land pollution and control

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

Landscape Ecology and Sustainable Land Use Strategies: Examples and Principles

edited by

Diane Pearson

and

Richard Aspinall

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1140 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape ecology; sustainable land use and management; landscape-scale decision-making; sustainable development goals; science; policy; and practice in land systems management and decision-making

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Sustainable Development of Urban Spaces Based by the Principles of Green Urbanism

edited by

Xiwei Shen

,

Rui Wang

,

Hong Wu

and Xuechen Gui

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 884 | Submission Open

Keywords: green urbanism; sustainable urban development; blue-green infrastructure; low-carbon transport; urban renewal; social sustainability in urban realm; climate resilience; urban ecosystem services

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

Urban Green Infrastructure: Enhancing Resilience and Well-Being in the Face of Climate Change and Urbanization (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 876 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; urban green space; urban forests/parks; urban heat island; urban ecosystem services; urban ecology; urban remote sensing; urban planning; urban climate; sustainable development

Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Soil and Water Management

edited by

Nikola Živanović

,

Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira

and

Marijana Kapović-Solomun

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 699 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; integrated land and water management; soil and water conservation; adaptation and resilience; soil erosion

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

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

edited by

Magdalena Myszura-Dymek

and

Grażyna Żukowska

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 648 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; fate of pollutants in soil; effects of soil pollution; methods of assessing soil pollution; ecological environment risk; indicators and methods of assessing ecological environment risk; soil remediation technologies; legal regulations on soil pollution

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

Campus of the University: Spatial Evolution, Societal Response, and Design Innovation

edited by

Gang Feng

and

Fei Chen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 599 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban-campus relationship; campus planning and architectural history; spatial forms and architectural systems; sustainability and green planning; digitalization and learning model transformation; cultural perspectives and mental well-being

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

Cultural Ecosystem Services in Urban Green Spaces

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submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 418 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Antonio Esposito

and

Adrianos Retalis

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open

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

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

Ecosystem Services for Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Planning

edited by

Carmelina Bevilacqua

,

Nourhan Hamdy

, Laura Ricci, Zeina ElZein and Christina Kakderi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Adel Sepehr

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 769 | Submission Open

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

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

Urban and Rural Development Planning for Resilient Human Environments (Second Edition)

edited by

Iva Mrak

,

Giovanna Acampa

and

Maurizio Errigo

submission deadline 3 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10576 | Submission Open

Keywords: quality of life in human environments; resilient human environments; climate adaptation; spatial; urban and rural planning and evaluations; building and construction design; uncertainty adaptation; preparedness; response; recovery; vulnerable groups and resilient human environments; sustainability goals; landscapes; tools for resilient human environments

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

Optimisation of Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts in Natural Resource Management

edited by

Matjaž Glavan

submission deadline 6 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18799 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural resources management; societal needs; economic opportunities; sustainable development goals; environmental impacts

Geodesign and Spatial Data for Inclusive and Accessible Cities: Geomatics, Walkability, and Participatory Urban Planning

edited by

Daniele Treccani

and

Andrea Adami

submission deadline 11 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open

Keywords: geodesign; urban accessibility; walkability analysis; geospatial data and geomatics; GIS-based analysis; GeoAI and artificial intelligence; participatory urban planning; urban digital models and digital twins; accessible public transportation planning; inclusive and accessible public spaces

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

Integrating Participatory Approaches, Ecosystem Services, and Risk Perception for Sustainable Cities

edited by Mahdi Gheitasi,

Daniel Jato-Espino

, Azadeh Shahrad and Mais Jafari

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open

Keywords: participatory approaches; risk perception; ecosystem services; urban planning; sustainability; sustainable cities; green infrastructure; environmental hazards; social-ecological systems; urban resilience; urban transformation; nature-based solutions (NBS); co-creation of green space; planning governance

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

Land Resource Assessment (Second Edition)

edited by

Weiguo Fan

and

Xuechao Wang

submission deadline 19 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4109 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resource efficiency; functional differences evaluation; land resource capitalization; process evaluation and simulation; energy system language and LCA; typical model of land use; ecological security and carrying capacity

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

Urban Land Use Policies and Ecological Sustainability

edited by

Cezary Beker

,

Sandra Wajchman-Świtalska

and

Alina Źróbek-Rózańska

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 437 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial management; urban sustainability; socio-economic geography; local and regional policy; ecosystem service assessment; environmental management; urban green and blue infrastructure

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

Regional Sustainable Development of Yangtze River Delta, China—Fourth Edition

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submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 383 | 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

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

edited by

Sumita Ghosh

,

Sara Jane Wilkinson

,

Elizelle Juanee Cilliers

and Louis Lategan

submission deadline 24 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1407 | 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)

Urban Planning in a Time of Crisis

edited by

Kinga Rybak-Niedziółka

,

Janusz Marchwinski

,

Luis Araújo Santos

and

Eduardo Natividade-Jesus

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1708 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience of urban spaces; sustainability in planning of the built environment; green-blue infrastructure; energy consciousness in urban planning; social equality and quality of life in urban spaces; multifunctional spaces and flexibility in urban design; resident safety in urban design

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

Land-Based Greenhouse Gas Mitigation for Carbon Neutrality (2nd Edition)

edited by

Li'na Liu

,

Zhenhua Zhang

,

Rong Wu

and Suman Aryal

submission deadline 26 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11406 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions; carbon neutrality; climate smart agriculture; forest conservation and restoration; bioenergy and carbon capture; the role of carbon offsets in emissions trading mechanism; carbon emission mitigation; land use; land use change; and forestry (LULUCF); global climate change

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

Eco-Sensitive Areas: Ecosystem Services, Protected Lands, and Current Challenges (Third Edition)

edited by

Shicheng Li

,

Lanhui Li

and Mingjie Song

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2779 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; protected lands; eco-sensitive areas; Tibetan Plateau; land use/cover change; ecological compensation; anthropogenic activities; ecosystem restoration; ecosystem services trade-off

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Grassland Ecosystem Services: Research Advances and Future Directions for Sustainability: 3rd Edition

edited by

Michael Vrahnakis

and

Yannis (Ioannis) Kazoglou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10965 | Submission Open

Keywords: grassland abandonment; grassland ecology; grassland management; grassland biodiversity; grassland hydrology; issues and threats; supporting; provisioning; regulating and cultural grassland ecosystem services; grass cultivation and management

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

Navigating the Balance: The Role of National Parks in Ecological Conservation and Socioeconomic Development, 2nd Edition

edited by

Fanglei Zhong

and Lihua Zhou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9412 | 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)

Novel Methods and Trending Topics in Landscape Archaeology

edited by

Francesca Cigna

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7828 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; LiDAR; artificial intelligence; machine learning; GeoAI; climate change-driven transformations; data mining; big data analytics; geospatial and geophysical surveying

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Land Cover/Use Dynamics and Its Implications for Regional Sustainable Development

edited by

Xidong Chen

,

Xiao Zhang

and

Yuan Gao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6455 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover/use change; remote sensing; sustainable development goals (SDGs); land use transition; spatio-temporal monitoring; land system science

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

The Mechanism of Land-Water Interaction and Management Strategies: Recent Discoveries and the Way Forward

edited by

Carla Rolo Antunes

and

Shiliang Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5847 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; hydrological processes; models; hydrological variables; runoff; infiltration

(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 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5668 | 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)

Feature Papers for "Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions" Section: 2nd Edition

edited by

Dagmar Haase

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5472 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscapes; urban land use change; urban heat island and climate change; urbanization impacts on ecosystems and their services; biodiversity; wildlife; and nature conservation in urban ecosystems; urban planning and governance of green-blue infrastructures; green infrastructure and nature-based solutions; sustainable cities; environmental justice in cities; technology for cities and big data

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

Geodiversity, Land Use and Ecosystem Services: Integrating Abiotic and Biotic Perspectives of Regional Development with Methodological Advances

edited by Ana Vovk, Laura Melelli and

Borut Stojilković

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5092 | Submission Open

Keywords: geodiversity; ecosystem services; geosystem services; abiotic-biotic interactions; sustainable land management; biodiversity and resilience; geoconservation; diversity evaluation techniques

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

Innovations in Soil Erosion Assessment and Management Along Rivers and Coastal Areas：2nd Edition

edited by

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and Francesca Minniti

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5058 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; assessment; management; modeling; natural and anthropogenic factors; extreme events and climate change; river and coastal dynamics; remote sensing; decision making

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

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

edited by