Land | Special Issues

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 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 497 | 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)

The Impact of Population Transition on Land Value and Planning in Rural Areas

edited by

Huiguang Chen

,

Taiyang Zhong

,

Changjun Jiang

and

Wojciech J. Florkowski

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural population mobility; the urban citizenship of migrant workers; rural aging; rural land function; rural land value; rural land consolidation; rural land use plan; rural revitalization

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

Redefining Urban Landscapes: Land Use and Regional Development in the Era of Urbanization

edited by

Guangzhong Cao

,

Jiajie Liu

and

Yingzhi Qiu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; land use change; metropolitan and megalopolis; spatial structure and planning; urban governance and policy; sustainable development

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

The Land–Energy–Water–Climate Nexus and Sustainable Development Challenges

edited by

Tao Shi

,

Qian Zhou

and

Qiang Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development challenges; spatiotemporal evolutionary; resilient development; climate change; land development; energy change; water utilization; technological innovation; ecological economics

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

Earth’s Drylands: Tackling Desertification in Arid Regions

edited by

Humberto Barbosa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open

Keywords: land desertification; sustainable land management; climate change; drylands

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

Resilient Land Use and Sustainable Regional Development: Insights from SD2025

edited by

Rui Alexandre Castanho

,

Luís Carlos Loures

and

Chané Bruyn

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land use; territorial governance; regional development; cross-border cooperation; ecosystem services; climate change adaptation; circular economy; smart cities and regions; environmental management; sustainable tourism

Use of Halophyte Plants as a Cropping Strategy for Salt-Affected Soils: Agro-Environmental Approaches

edited by

Luiz Guilherme Medeiros Pessoa

,

Maria Betânia Galvão dos Santos Freire

,

Claudivan Feitosa de Lacerda

and Isaya Kisekka

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosaline agriculture ; salt stress ; halophytes ; fitoremediation of salt-affected soils ; agro-environmental sustainability ; soil × water × crop management

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

Wetland Plant Diversity and Ecosystem Function

edited by

Maria Sarika

and

Anastasios Zotos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: marshes; vascular flora; vegetation dynamics; climate change; threats; human impact; conservation; habitat loss

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

Enhancing Biodiversity-Friendly Built Environments in Line with the New European Bauhaus

edited by

Ana Nikezić

,

Slađana Lazarević

and Marco Acri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: built environment; biodiversity friendly; regeneration and renaturing; socio-ecological well-being; resilient landscapes; urban planning; and design; green rural; coastal; and urban communities; New European Bauhaus

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

Ecosystem Services and Residents’ Perceptions: Integrating and Innovating Across Disciplinary Perspectives (2nd Edition)

edited by

Qi Fu

, Hans Skov-Petersen, Xu Bi and Kai Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem service assessment; resident perception; cultural and socio-economic impacts; well-being and quality of life; interdisciplinary research; community participation; urban and rural ecosystems; climate change and biodiversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Land Use and Management for Waste Disposal and Wastewater Treatment

edited by Ana Pérez-Gimeno and

Irene Voukkali

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 99 | 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)

Reconfiguring Human–Climate–Ecosystem Interactions: Patterns, Risks, and Methodology Innovations

edited by

Kunyang Wang

,

Baixue Wang

and Lei Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: coupled human– natural systems; hydrological modeling; land use; ecological risk assessment; spatial heterogeneity; remote sensing and data analytics; environmental resilience; climate adaptation; landscape sustainability; watershed processes

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

Integrating Remote Sensing, Geospatial Technologies, and AI for Sustainable Land and Soil System Management

edited by Carmine Massarelli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI and machine learning; digital twin; soil monitoring; land use change; urban planning; social– ecological systems

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

The Influence of Landscape Disturbance on Catchment Processes

edited by

Hao Chen

, Linjing Qiu and

Wenbin Ding

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; landscape disturbance; watershed hydrology; ecosystem services; land use/land cover change; soil erosion and sediment dynamics; catchment modeling; ecological restoration; hydrological resilience; nature-based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Key Hydrological Processes and Its Controlling Factors in Terrestrial Ecosystems: 2nd Edition

edited by Licong Dai,

Xiaowei Guo

and

Charles Bourque

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological processes ; water infiltration ; runoff ; evapotranspiration ; groundwater recharge ; soil water retention ; terrestrial ecosystems ; land cover change

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

Using Remote Sensing to Assess and Monitor Changes in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Ioannis P. Kokkoris

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: woodland and forest; ecosystem change and monitoring; earth observation; remote sensing; natural capital accounting; biodiversity

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

Wetland Biodiversity and Habitat Conservation

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

submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2202 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Efficient Land Use and Sustainable Development in European Countries

edited by

Armands Auziņš

,

Andreas Hendricks

, Francesco Botticini and

Vida Maliene

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7970 | 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

Landscape Ecological Risk in Mountain Areas

edited by Wei Deng and

Quanzhi Yuan

submission deadline 8 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12253 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape ecological risk; mountain areas; structure and function; changing environment; simulation and prediction; landscape ecological response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

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

edited by

Anastasia Angelaki

and

Parveen Sihag

submission deadline 8 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3131 | 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)

Geospatial Technology for Landscape Design

edited by

Carlos Carbonell Carrera

submission deadline 11 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7482 | 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)

Economic Perspectives on Land Use and Valuation

edited by

Ľubica Rumanovská

, Izabela Lipińska and Jarmila Lazíková

submission deadline 13 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9767 | 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)

Monitoring the Effect of Urban Green Space on Environmental Quality

edited by

Marko Bizjak

,

Jihui Yuan

and David Jesenko

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2128 | 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)

Soils and Land Management Under Climate Change (Second Edition)

edited by

Dionisios Gasparatos

and

Ioannis Charalampopoulos

submission deadline 18 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2043 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil functions; climate changes; soil carbon sequestration; land degradation; soil erosion; crop production; temperature and precipitation

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

Assessing Habitat Risk from Ecosystem Service Impacts Driven by Land Use and Landscape Pattern Changes

edited by

,

,

, Bo Han and

submission deadline 18 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open

Keywords: habitat risk; ecosystem services; land use change; landscape pattern; spatial analysis; risk assessment

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

The Second Edition: Urban Planning Pathways to Carbon Neutrality

edited by

Yan Li

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7760 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban spatial planning; carbon emission; carbon neutrality; spatial layout optimization; green transportation systems; green infrastructure

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

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

edited by

Li'na Liu

,

Zhenhua Zhang

,

Rong Wu

and Suman Aryal

submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5005 | 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)

Spatial Optimization for Multifunctional Land Systems

edited by

Thanh Thi Nguyen

and

Melvin Lippe

submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 103 | 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)

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 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 12099 | 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)

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

edited by

Xiwei Shen

, Bo Zhang and

Yang Song

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11729 | 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)

Integrating Climate, Land, and Water Systems

edited by Krzysztof Raczynski, Jamie Dyer, Łukasz Chabudziński and

Katarzyna Baran-Gurgul

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5721 | Submission Open

Keywords: land; climate; water; integration; system interconnections; system dynamics; geospatial frameworks; interdependencies; resilience; sustainability

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

Connections Between Land Use, Land Policies, and Food Systems

edited by

Xiangzheng Deng

,

Peiheng Yu

and

Yuping Bai

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5040 | Submission Open

Keywords: land management; land use/land cover change; land policies; food systems; urbanization

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

Rural Space: Between Renewal Processes and Preservation

edited by Hadas Shadar and Irit Amit-Cohen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3509 | 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)

Green Spaces and Urban Morphology: Building Sustainable Cities

edited by

Milena D. Lakicevic

,

Mirjana J. Miletić

and

Andrzej Greinert

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1914 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; sustainability; urban design; climate resilient cities; circular cities

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

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 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1800 | 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)

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

edited by Mélanie Requier-Desjardins and Generosa Calabrese

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 971 | 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)

Forest Soil-Water Resilience to Climate Change: Mechanisms and Management

edited by

Jinglong Fan

,

Sameh Kotb Abd-Elmabod

and

Lei Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 849 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; ecosystem; ecological potential; interaction mechanisms; forest management; agriculture techniques; ecologic diversity

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

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

edited by Piyush Tiwari, Jyoti Shukla and Godwin Kavaarpuo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 550 | 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)

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

edited by

Gang Feng

and

Fei Chen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 158 | 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)

Climate Change and Soil Erosion: Challenges and Solutions

edited by Hongliang Kang,

Hai Xiao

, Bing Wu and

Matteo Gentilucci

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; climate change; extreme events; soil and water conservation; vegetation restoration; terrace; land management; carbon cycle

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

Young Researchers in Land–Climate Interactions

edited by

Nir Krakauer

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: global warming; climate adaptation planning; land surface temperature; carbon in agriculture and forestry; biogeochemical cycles; land– atmosphere energy exchange; hydrological feedbacks; urban heat-island effects; extreme weather impacts; greenhouse gas mitigation; carbon neutrality; climate change; land management; land planning; land degradation

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

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 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Urban Land Use Policies and Ecological Sustainability

edited by

Cezary Beker

,

Sandra Wajchman-Świtalska

and

Alina Źróbek-Rózańska

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 93 | 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)

Multiscalar Interactions Between Climate and Land Management Regimes

edited by C. Andrew Day,

Kenneth R. Young

and

Brice B. Hanberry

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; climate change and variability; land– climate interactions; vegetation distribution; soil erosion/sedimentation; water quality; land management/governance; ecosystem services; resilience; multiscale modeling

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

European Forest Ecosystems: Interactions Between Landscape, Ecology, and Health

edited by

Ovidiu Ionescu

and

Michael Manton

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape shifts; wildlife management; human– wildlife interactions; ecosystem sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

New Towns—Past, Present, and Future

edited by Hadas Shadar and

Arnon Golan

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: new towns; urban theories; urban models; urban modernization; population deconcentration and concentration

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

Smart Urban Planning: Digital Technologies for Spatial Design

edited by

Yoonshin Kwak

, Si Chen and

Brian Deal

submission deadline 3 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 555 | 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)

Urban Land Expansion and Regional Inequality

edited by

Montaña Jiménez-Espada

and

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8275 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban sprawl and planning; regional inequality; territorial management; sustainable urban development; demographic challenge; public participation and municipal governance; metropolitan areas; rural areas; geographical accessibility issues

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

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

edited by

Vlassios Hrissanthou

and Konstantinos Kaffas

submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 78 | 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)

New Perspectives in the Management and Monitoring of Mountain Ecosystems

edited by

Oimahmad Rahmonov

and

Michał Sobala

submission deadline 9 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 566 | Submission Open

Keywords: mountains vegetation; disturbances of vegetation; ecosystem services; soil erosion; landscape diversity; land use/cover; livestock rangeland; land abandonment; historical grazing; mountain tourism

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

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