Land | Special Issues

Urban Regeneration for a Sustainable and Inclusive Transition: Concepts, Methods and Policy

edited by

, Paola Pucci and

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban regeneration; densification and compact development; land-use mix; sustainable and inclusive mobility; real estate appraisal; xmin city; urban fringe area regeneration; energy efficiency and climate resilience; participation and governance

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

Historic Urban Landscape and Planning

edited by

Isabella Di Lenardo

and

Sander Münster

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: historical landscape modeling; digital heritage mapping; procedural and 3D reconstruction; GISs and historical GISs (HGISs); urban transformation and planning; at-risk cultural landscapes; historical maps and archival sources

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

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 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 191 | 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

Cutting-Edge Research on Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy Systems: Planning Processes, Land Use Policies and Optimization Strategies

edited by Sofia Spyridonidou and

Vasiliki Tsoukala

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: geographic information system (GIS); renewable energy sources; multicriteria decision-making analysis; site selection; strategic spatial planning; land use changes; land use policy; stakeholder engagement; optimization strategies; decarbonization plans

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

Resilient Land Systems in a Changing Climate

edited by

Lingxue Yu

and Zhuoran Yan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient land systems; land cover changes and associated climate feedback; climate change adaptation; sustainable land management; ecosystem restoration; climate-smart agriculture; socio-ecological resilience; land-use planning; biodiversity conservation; governance and policy; remote sensing and land monitoring

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

Valuing Non-Market Benefits of Nature Conservation and Restoration

edited by Giovanni Signorello,

Giuseppe Cucuzza

and

Laura Giuffrida

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature conservation; nature recovery; economic valuation; sustainable land management; non-market benefits

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

Local and Regional Planning for Sustainable Development: 2nd Edition

edited by

Luís Carlos Loures

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape architecture; territorial design; territorial marketing; sustainable development; sustainable design; local and regional planning; stakeholders; environmental impact

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

Forest Ecosystems Under Climate Pressure: Protection, Fire Management and Socio-Economic Dimensions

edited by

Olga Christopoulou

,

Stergios Tampekis

, Stavros Sakellariou and

Fani Samara

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystem resilience; forest conservation; reforestation and afforestation; ecological restoration; sustainable forest management; biodiversity conservation; wildfire regimes; fire ecology; fire risk assessment; fire suppression strategies; climate-driven wildfires; forest-dependent communities; indigenous knowledge; socio-economic impacts; sustainable livelihoods; forest policy and governance; forest law and governance; climate adaptation policies; stakeholder engagement; community-based conservation; forest finance and incentives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Postfire Runoff and Erosion in Forests: Assessment and Management

edited by

Misagh Parhizkar

and

Pietro Denisi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest ecosystems; soil detachment capacity; burned soil; soil conservation; forest fires

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

Landscapes in Transition: The Role of Cultural Landscapes in Land Management

edited by

Andrea Früh-Müller

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural landscapes; land use change; landscape planning; urban and peri-urban landscapes; ecosystem services; participatory planning; multifunctional land use

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Sustainable Evaluation Methodology of Urban and Regional Planning—2nd Edition

edited by Yilun Liu,

Xiaocong Xu

and

Guohua Hu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable evaluation; urban and regional planning; geospatial big data; GeoAI; land use optimization; land use evaluation

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

Rural–Urban Gradients: Landscape and Nature Conservation II

edited by

María Fe Schmitz

and

Cecilia Arnaiz Schmitz

submission deadline 7 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10021 | Submission Open

Keywords: gradient approach; rural– urban divide; effectiveness of protected areas; ecosystem services supply; urban expansion; rural cultural landscapes; social-ecological resilience

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

GeoAI and Remote Sensing for Ecological Security and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands

edited by

Alim Samat

, Jinjie Wang,

Alimujiang Kasimu

, Yang Liu and

Wei Wang

submission deadline 11 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: GeoAI; remote sensing; machine learning; arid environments; ecological security; sustainable development; environmental monitoring; land degradation; climate adaptation; GIS; water resource management

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

Soil Ecological Risk Assessment Based on LULC

edited by

Lúcia Barão

submission deadline 12 Nov 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9450 | 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)

Evolving Landscape Design and Planning: From Infrastructure Landscapes to Future Research Frontiers

edited by Romanos Ioannidis, Nikos Mamassis, Julia Nerantzia Tzortzi, Konstantinos Moraitis and Aspaso-Aspassia Kouzoupi

submission deadline 14 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13968 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape; spatial planning; renewable energy; landscape impacts; participatory processes; cultural heritage; landscape design; visibility analysis; architecture; public perception; social acceptance; landscape and blue/green/grey infrastructure

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

The Dynamics of Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology: Patterns, Processes, and Planning (Second Edition)

edited by

Jana Spulerova

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4683 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; changes biodiversity; loss ecosystem; function and services; management measures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Vulnerability and Resilience of Urban Planning and Design

edited by

João Pedro Monteiro

,

Eduardo Natividade-Jesus

,

Nuno Sousa

and João Coutinho-Rodrigues

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3391 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resiliency; climate adaptation; governance; mobility; smart cities; geographical information systems; sustainable development; green infrastructure; socioeconomic resilient; form and function

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

GeoAI Application in Urban Land Use and Urban Climate

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submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 444 | Submission Open

Keywords: GeoAI; urban land use; urban climate; remote sensing; machine learning; urban sustainability; smart cities; climate resilience

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

Integrating Post-Industrial Landscape Design Approaches with Climate Adaptation and Social Equity

edited by

Niall Kirkwood

, Luca Maria Francesco Fabris and

Quanchuan ‘Cara’ Fu

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 430 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-industrial landscape; social equity and public space; climate adaptation; interdisciplinary landscape planning and design; landscape remediation approaches; environmental justice

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

Denialism and Climate Change: Relevant Experiences and Case Studies on Future Challenges in Sustainable Urban Planning & Territorial Management

edited by

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

and

Josep Lluís Miralles Garcia

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; green infrastructures; land use planning and management; environmental planning; territorial management; sustainable development; spatial analysis; GIS analysis

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

Heritage Landscapes, Their Inventory, Management and Future

edited by Jaromír Kolejka and

Igor Gallay

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5583 | Submission Open

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

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

Quantifying Soil Erosion Processes Using Satellite Data: Progress and Perspectives

edited by Arjun Heimsath

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1011 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Iva Mrak

,

Giovanna Acampa

and

Maurizio Errigo

submission deadline 23 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2137 | 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)

Monitoring Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity Under Land Use Change

edited by Lindsay Claire Maskell and Claire Wood

submission deadline 24 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6533 | Submission Open

Keywords: land-use and land-cover (LULC) change; biodiversity; ecology; protected areas; landscape connectivity; green space; invasive species; ecosystem services; ecosystem disservices; and well-being

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

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 4070 | 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 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8147 | 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 104 | 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

,

Sara Jane Wilkinson

,

Elizelle Juanee Cilliers

and Louis Lategan

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 81 | 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 30637 | 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 18212 | 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)

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

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11447 | 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)

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 11062 | 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)

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 8944 | 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)

Human–Nature Relations in Urban Landscape Planning

edited by

Rob Roggema

and

Nico Tillie

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8853 | 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)

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 6828 | 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)

New Urbanization: Urban-Rural Coordination and Sustainable Development

edited by

Xiong He

and

Chunshan Zhou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 6570 | 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)

Modeling Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Planning (Second Edition)

edited by

Eve Bohnett

and

Eben N. Broadbent

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6404 | 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 6296 | 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)

Soil Legacies, Land Use Change and Forest and Grassland Restoration

edited by

Ken Smith

,

Deborah A. McGrath

,

Kuok Ho Daniel Tang

and

Kevin Emmanuel Scriber, II

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5624 | 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)

Towards Land System Sustainability: Navigating Global Challenges and Local Realities

edited by

Li Ma

,

Yingnan Zhang

,

Yanfeng Jiang

, Chao Liu and Rong Ran

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5397 | 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)

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 4212 | 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

Promoting Anti-Racism in Land System Science and Social Ecological Systems

edited by

Ivis Garcia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4053 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3102 | 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)

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 3001 | 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 2554 | 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)

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 2453 | 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)

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 2161 | 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 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2126 | 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)

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

edited by

Thomas Panagopoulos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1884 | 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)

Observation, Monitoring and Analysis of Savannah Ecosystems

edited by