Land | Special Issues

Integrating Nature-Based Tourism, Urban Community Planning, and Sustainable Land Use

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2788 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-system coupling; spatial justice; value realization of ecological products; community resilience; land composite use

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

Recent Progress in Spatial Modeling in Urban Land Dynamics and Planning

edited by Haowei Wang, Zhibang Xu,

Wenkai Liu

and Cuiping Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2778 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land dynamics; urban land planning; urban expansion; urban shrinkage; urban simulation; urban land use; urban sustainable development; urban environment

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

Leveraging Big Data and Emerging Technologies for Agricultural Land Monitoring and Management

edited by Fang Liu,

Erqi Xu

and Xiaocui Wu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2522 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture; land management; big data; GeoAI; remote sensing; climate change; sustainability

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

Ecosystem and Biodiversity Conservation in Protected Areas

edited by

Patrick J. Comer

and Gregory E. Eckert

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2257 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem condition assessment; ecosystem degradation; landscape dynamics; alteration; and stress; place-based conservation priorities; ecosystem management and restoration; socio-ecological systems; climate change vulnerability and adaptation; biodiversity conservation planning; ecosystem monitoring

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

Net Zero Target and Land Use in Agriculture and Forestry: Carbon Auditing, Offsetting and Trading

edited by

Naser Khan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1930 | Submission Open

Keywords: net zero emissions; agricultural and forestry land use strategies; artificial intelligence; carbon auditing; carbon offsetting; carbon trading; climate change mitigation; sustainable agriculture and forestry; emissions management; greenhouse gas reduction; artificial intelligence; emission factor databases

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

Spatial Optimization and Sustainable Development of Land Use (Second Edition)

edited by

Qingsong He

and

Linzi Zheng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1678 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; sustainable development; spatial optimization

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

Cultural Landscapes in Transition: Balancing Heritage, Development, and Sustainability

edited by Isabel Vaz De Freitas and

Fátima Matos Silva

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1546 | Submission Open

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

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

Geospatial Technologies for Land Governance

edited by

Dimitrios Ampatzidis

,

Dionysia-Georgia Perperidou

and

Aritstotelis Vartholomaios

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1300 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial land governance urban planning regional development cadastre spatial data analytics remote sensing global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) geo-AI smart cities UAV/drone-based mapping

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

Advances in Land Consolidation and Land Ecology (Second Edition)

edited by

Yanmei Ye

and

Xiaobin Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1114 | Submission Open

Keywords: land consolidation; land ecology; sustainable land use; landscape construction; nature resource management; cross-disciplinary contributions; technology-driven solutions; land property rights; rural development; land ecological restoration

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

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 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 819 | 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)

Natural Landscape and Cultural Heritage (Second Edition)

edited by

Richard W. Stoffle

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 803 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural landscapes as cultural heritage; landscapes and dramatic places such as volcanos; pilgrimage places and activities; social perception of topography; role of fauna and flora in defining the heritage value of landscapes; landscape interpretation and public policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Advancements in Geospatial Techniques for Land Change Analysis and Management

edited by

Jūratė Sužiedelytė-Visockienė

and

Eglė Tumelienė

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 740 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial data analysis; remote sensing technologies; air pollution; climate change mitigation; land management; land use changes; machine learning and AI

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

Land Management for Climate-Responsive Development

edited by

D. Ary A. Samsura

, Kristoffer Berse, Yusfida Ayu Abdullah and Naim Laeni

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 685 | Submission Open

Keywords: land development; land management; land use; land value capture; land tenureship; climate adaptation; climate mitigation; resilience; urban and regional planning

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

Sustainable Urban and Rural Planning for Tourism: Designing a Better Future for Residents

edited by

Julio Vena-Oya

,

Jesús Barreal

and Juan Antonio Parrilla-González

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 630 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism urban and rural planning; decisions on sustainable urban and rural tourism planning; tourism planning and sustainable development in urban– rural destinations; residents in the context of urban and rural tourism planning; social sustainability of destinations and community-based tourism; tourism planning in emerging destinations

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

Adaptation Strategies of Sustainable Agriculture to Climate Change and Land Use

edited by

Christina-Ioanna Papadopoulou

and

Dimitrios Kalfas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 464 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; climate change; land use; precision agriculture; agroecology; biodiversity

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

Territorial Impact Analysis of Rural Policies: Approaches, Methods and Results from a Multidisciplinary Point of View (Second Edition)

edited by

Francesco Mantino

, Barbara Forcina and Petri Kahila

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural development and regional policies for rural areas; rural proofing; socio-economic and climate– environmental indicators of rural development; sustainable innovation in rural areas; institutional innovations in rural policies; impact assessment of rural policies; distribution of policy support among rural areas; econometric models for impact evaluation of policy schemes for rural areas; community-led local development partnerships

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

Emerging Technologies Towards Sustainable Urban Transitions

edited by

Zoe Kanetaki

and

Maria Sinou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

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

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

Evaluating and Managing Historic Landscapes

edited by

Mariolina Grasso

,

Fabrizio Finucci

, János Gyergyák and Ágnes Borsos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: historic landscapes; evaluation methods; digital tools; heritage conservation; community engagement; landscape protection

The Economic Value in Rural–Urban Landscapes

edited by Carlo Costantino,

Konstantina Douka

and Riccardo Gulli

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

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

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

Soil Security of Peatland Ecosystems: Risk Assessment, Pollution Prevention and Restoration

edited by

Oskars Purmalis

and Marios Drosos

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7768 | Submission Open

Keywords: peatlands; soil security; restoration; peatland ecosystems; water regime of peatlands

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

Technological and Social Innovations in Urban Ecosystems: Perspectives on Green and Blue Infrastructure

edited by

Maurício Lamano Ferreira

, Aline A. Cavalari Corete and Giuliano Maselli Locosselli

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2138 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forest; urban greening; green infrastructure; blue infrastructure; socio-environmental issues; nature-based solutions; ecological patterns and processes in urban environments

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

Urban Risk and Climate Resilience Planning: Tools for Managing Land Use Under Uncertainty

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 565 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban analytics; machine learning for urban planning; land use modelling; digital twins; geospatial analysis; multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA); big data in land management; sustainable development policy; public-private partnerships (PPP); just transition; green infrastructure planning; soil protection policies; integrated urban planning; urban policy innovation; brownfield regeneration; circular urban planning; sustainable land management; geographic information systems (GIS); ESG urban assessment; smart planning tools; predictive modelling; environmental and health risk evaluation

Advances in Urban Flood Modeling: Exploring the Impacts of Land Use, Climate Change, and Green Infrastructure on Flood Risks and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Jinyao Lin

and

Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi

submission deadline 14 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1148 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban flood; waterlogging; land use; urban expansion; impervious surface; green infrastructure; historical flood investigations

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

Cultural Heritage Preservation as a Basis for Sustainable Development and Transformation of Historic Urban Landscapes

edited by

Christer Gustafsson

,

Matthias Ripp

,

Manal Ginzarly

and Zachary Mark Jones

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7116 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; sustainable development; historic urban landscape; urban transformation; resilience; cultural landscapes

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

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Land-Use Systems from Resource-Nexus Perspectives

edited by

Jingying Fu

,

Dong Jiang

and

Gang Lin

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5965 | Submission Open

Keywords: SDGs; resource coupling; resource policy; water-energy-food-materials-land nexus; sustainable development

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

Computational Design and Planning for Socio-Environmental Sustainability of Landscapes and Communities

edited by

Xiwei Shen

, Bo Zhang and

Yang Song

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5952 | Submission Open

Keywords: socio-environmental sustainability; climate change adaption; environment impact assessment; smart cities; green infrastructure; environmental modeling

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

Rural-Urban Interaction in Terms of the Spatial Pattern and Local Development

edited by

Jiaxing Cui

, Rongjun Ao, Wensheng Zheng,

Xuesong Kong

and

Zihao An

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4334 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban integration; urban agglomeration network; population flow network; urban and rural transportation network; urban-rural land transition; innovation network; rural revitalization

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

Innovative Approaches in Urban Planning: Enhancing Community Engagement and Heritage Conservation

edited by

Kęstutis Zaleckis

,

Indre Grazuleviciute-Vileniske

,

Paul Draus

and Jurate Tutlyte

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3051 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation in urban planning; community engagement; heritage preservation; sustainability; simulative modeling; participatory design

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

Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus: Pathway to Low-Carbon Transition

edited by

Ruilian Zhang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1747 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; energy transition; environmental; social; and governance frameworks; sustainable development; low-carbon transition; social impact assessment; environmental sustainability

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

A Livable City: Rational Land Use and Sustainable Urban Space (Second Edition)

edited by

Yangyi Wu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 973 | Submission Open

Keywords: rational land use; sustainable urban space; urban planning and design; spatial optimization; public participation and governance; land-use policy

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

Place-Based Urban Landscape Design Planning: Theory, Methodology and Practice

edited by

Binyi Liu

, Weizhen Chen and

Yue Cheng

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 957 | Submission Open

Keywords: locality; sense of place; local culture; place attachment; landscape design and planning; cultural landscape heritage; urban memory; urban gentrification; landscape narrative; landscape justice; environmental psychology; landscape perception; place experience; interdisciplinary approaches; sustainable development

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

Celebrating World Food Day—Rural Economic Transformation and the Green Development of Agriculture in Developing Countries

edited by

Jikun Huang

, Mercedita Sombilla and

Mohammad Jahangir Alam

submission deadline 16 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6740 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural transformation; structural transformation; inclusive growth; sustainable agriculture; food security; green development; institutional innovation; policy support; investment in agriculture and rural

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

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

edited by

Matjaž Glavan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5498 | Submission Open

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

Blue-Green Infrastructure and Territorial Planning

edited by

Osvaldo Moura Rezende

,

Marcelo Miguez

and Adriana Piperno

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 623 | Submission Open

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

Policies, Programs and Tools for Conservation and Sustainability in Tropical Landscapes

edited by

Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva

and

James D.A. Millington

submission deadline 22 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8293 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural landscapes; payment for environmental services; land-use change; conservation policies; land– environment governance; tropical ecosystems

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

Sustainable Development of the Territory and Use of Natural and Cultural Resources to Improve the Quality of Life of Residents, 2nd Edition

edited by

María de la Cruz del Río-Rama

, María Montserrat Cruz González, Francisco Xabier Sánchez Sellero and

José Álvarez-García

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8628 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable territory; sustainable development; sustainable management; sustainable development goals (SDG); regional and local development; natural and cultural resources; water resources; forest exploitation; mining resources; renewable and non-renewable energy resources; natural spaces; improvement in biodiversity; quality of life; sustainable tourism

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

Building Resilient and Sustainable Territories

edited by

Hossein Azadi

and

André Samora-Arvela

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7893 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; resilience; development; territory; public policies; climate change adaptation; ecosystem services; natural resource management

Understanding Disasters in a Changing Landscape: Causes, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Fotis Maris

,

Panagiotis Angelidis

and

George Papaioannou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7339 | Submission Open

Keywords: floods; soil erosion; landslide; sediment dynamics; wildfire-induced changes in land use patterns; post-disaster rehabilitation and resilience building; modelling advances in flood; soil erosion; sediment; or landslide hazards; impacts; and mitigation; technological innovations for early warning systems; land-related hazards and risk assessment; geomorphology changes after land alternations; wildfires; impact assessment; mitigation strategies; uncertainty

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

Rural Development Strategies in the EU: Strengthening Agricultural Sectors and Local Economies

edited by

Stanislav Zekić

,

Bojan Matkovski

and

Žana Jurjević

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3840 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable rural development; rural development programs and strategies; vision for rural areas; agricultural development; local economic development

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

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Nature-Based Solutions for Landscape Governance and Modification in Urban–Rural Areas

edited by

Yung Yau

and

Jacques Teller

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3764 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solution; landscape governance; land modification; urban renewal and regeneration; sustainable urbanization; brownfields; human– environment systems

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

Urban Ecosystem Services: 6th Edition

edited by

Alessio Russo

and

Giuseppe T. Cirella

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3602 | Submission Open

Keywords: assessing natural capital and ecosystem services; compact cities; ecology in cities; ecosystem services; ecosystem disservices; and well-being; ecosystem service degradation; edible green infrastructure; green infrastructure; green space; green walls; healing garden design; landscape architecture and urban design; mapping and assessing ecosystem services; modelling ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; social-ecological systems; sustainable urbanism; urban agriculture; urban biodiversity and ecosystem services; urban biosphere reserve; urban ecosystems; urban forest; urban geography and development; urban– rural interface; urban sustainability

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

Contemporary Challenges for Urban Built Environment and Landscape Conservation: Social, Cultural and Economic Issues

edited by

Francesca Torrieri

and

Marco Rossitti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3087 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage conservation; cultural landscape; built environment; urban planning; economic evaluation; reuse; participation; social value; decision-making; sustainable development

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

Sustaining the Past and Future: Innovative Approaches to Design, Heritage and Environmental Sustainability

edited by

Celestina Fazia

,

Dorina Camelia Ilieș

and Clara Stella Vicari Aversa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2642 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrating conservation; land consumption; cultural heritage; green areas and water edges; architectural and urban regeneration; waterfront regeneration; architectural heritage and design; landscape restoration; green and blue infrastructure; sustainable cultural tourism; re-use of heritage building; regenerate cities and architecture; sustainable design; regenerative design; climate-resilient design

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

Planning for Sustainable Urban and Land Development, Second Edition

edited by

Zongcai Wei

,

Yuting Liu

and

Andrzej Biłozor

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2441 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban development; urban renewal; urban commercial space; social sustainability; urban green space; urban resilience

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

Computer Vision and Machine Learning Methods for Land Use Land Cover Change Modelling and Forecasting

edited by

Karim Malik

and

Cameron Proctor

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1697 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/land cover forecasting; land cover change simulation; vegetation monitoring; landscape change; remote sensing; land management; land degradation; deep neural networks

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

Estimation of Forest Biomass from High and Medium Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery

edited by Adélia Sousa and

Ana Cristina Gonçalves

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1642 | Submission Open

Keywords: image classification; spectral indices; sustainability; stand structure; datasets; multiple scale; modeling; forest biomass; carbon sequestration

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

Optimizing Land Development: Trends and Best Practices

edited by

Marek Walacik

and Aneta Chmielewska

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1472 | Submission Open

Keywords: land development; optimization strategies; land use dynamics; human– environment dynamics; contemporary trends; best practices; land/land-use/land-cover change; land management

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

Geospatial Data for Landscape Change (Second Edition)

edited by

Szymon Chmielewski

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1178 | Submission Open

Keywords: space-time landscape analysis; landscape quality assessment and monitoring; LULC change detection; landscape 3D mapping and monitoring; landscapes in a changing climate; people’ s perception of landscape change; changes in landscape analysis approaches; landscape geospatial visualization; geospatial data of moon and mars landscape mapping

Virtual Land and Virtual Property Markets: The Real (Virtual) Estate Discipline During the Digital Transformation. Is the Metaverse a New Frontier for Land Investment?

edited by Aurora Greta Ruggeri and

Giuliano Marella

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 923 | Submission Open

Keywords: land; metaverse; land investment; virtual land; real estate; virtual estate

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

The Relationship Between Landscape Sustainability and Urban Ecology

edited by

Luigi La Riccia

and

Angioletta Voghera

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 918 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape sustainability; urban ecology and biodiversity; urban and regional planning; resilience; smart cities and communities; green infrastructures

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

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