Land | Special Issues

Decentralization and Development: Territorial Dimension and Spatial Disparities Mitigation

edited by

Marija Drobnjaković

,

Milena Panić

and

Eduarda Marques Da Costa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 3734 | Submission Open

Keywords: decentralization; spatial disparities; local development; territorial reform; rural areas integration; local and sub-local governing; community participation

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

Reimagining Cities and Landscapes: AI, Sustainability, Exaptation and Inclusive Urban Futures

edited by Alessandro Melis and Antonio Lara-Hernandez

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3229 | Submission Open

Keywords: architectural exaptation; adaptive reuse; urban resilience; vacant spaces; sustainable urbanism; socio-ecological design

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

Feature Papers for "Land Systems and Global Change" Section: 3rd Edition

edited by

Le Yu

,

Xin Chen

, Zhenrong Du and

Pengyu Hao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3179 | Submission Open

Keywords: land system; global change; datasets; models; time series

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

Spatial Governance Strategies for Enhancing Agricultural Livelihoods at Rural-Urban Transition

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2623 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban transition; agricultural livelihoods; spatial governance; resource efficiency; land-use planning; farmer preferences; sustainable development

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

Land Use Policy and Food Security: 3rd Edition

edited by

Dingde Xu

,

Shili Guo

and

Shaoquan Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2174 | Submission Open

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

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

Large-Scale LULC Mapping on Google Earth Engine (GEE)

edited by

Matteo Cutugno

,

Umberto Robustelli

and

Yasir Hassan Khachoo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1748 | Submission Open

Keywords: LULC; GEE; remote sensing; deep learning; machine learning

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

Selected Papers from the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Land (IECL2025)

edited by

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 1409 | Submission Open

Innovative Strategies for Building Urban Resilience in a Changing Climate

edited by Lina Khaddour,

Bernardino D'Amico

, Hazem Abdo and Cletus Moobela

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1134 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; climate change; decarbonisation; low-carbon cities; disaster risk reduction; circular economy; sustainable urban development

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

Transport Planning in Smart Cities and Sustainable Urban Design

edited by Yuanyuan Guo,

Tao Liu

, Bin Chi,

Mengqiu Cao

and

Haitao Lian

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 875 | Submission Open

Keywords: shared mobility; TOD; land value; urban built environment; mixed land use; spatial planning; smart cities; transport-land use; low-carbon

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

Landscape Restoration in Fragmented Ecosystems: Innovations and Challenges

edited by

Vanessa Assumma

,

Lucia Della Spina

and Ana Jacinta Soares

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 821 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape restoration and enhancement; forecasting and econometric models; human behavior and social impact; mathematical modelling; climate emergency; carbon and energy neutrality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Urban Landscape and Greenway Planning

edited by Dan Chen, Bo Zhang and

Xudong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 731 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscape; greenway; health effects; green infrastructure; urban resilience; environmental justice; ecosystem services; urban ecological networks

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

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling: From Micro Processes to Whole Ecosystems

edited by

Junzhu Pang

,

Yang Cao

and Kaiyan Zhai

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 594 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon cycling; nitrogen cycling; soil; microbial driving mechanisms; ecosystem

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

Teleconnection and Telecoupling in Land System Science

edited by Loredana Mariana Crenganiș,

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

and

Nilanchal Patel

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 520 | Submission Open

Keywords: telecoupling; teleconnection; GIS and spatial modelling; land system science; land-use and land-cover change; global land systems; climate variability; spatial interactions

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

Computational Design and Planning for Socio-Environmental Sustainability of Landscapes and Communities: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xiwei Shen

, Bo Zhang and

Yang Song

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 410 | 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)

Potential for Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Green Infrastructure (2nd Edition)

edited by

Petra Schneider

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 409 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological engineering; ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; land recycling; land transformation; animal-aided design; sustainable urban drainage; climate adaptation; biotope networks

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

Monitoring and Modelling the Water and Carbon Dynamics in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Continuum

edited by Ruodan Zhuang,

Romulus Costache

, Na Li, Tiejun Wang, Joseph Tamale and

Paolo Nasta

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; eco-hydrology; spatial scaling; vadose zone hydrology; soil moisture

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

Rural–Urban Gradients: Landscape and Nature Conservation (Third Edition)

edited by

María Schmitz

and

Cecilia Arnaiz Schmitz

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 247 | 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 Landscape Ecology)

Efficient Land Use and Sustainable Development in European Countries: Second Edition

edited by

Armands Auziņš

,

Andreas Hendricks

, Francesco Botticini and

Vida Maliene

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 242 | 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

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

Fire-Dependent Ecosystems Under Global Change: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services at Risk

edited by

Rut Domènech

, Pepa Moran and Rubén Darío Coria

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire regimes; fire-dependent ecosystems; biodiversity conservation; ecosystem services; fire management; fire ecology; post-fire recovery; fire-adapted species; landscape ecology

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

Innovative Remote Sensing Techniques for Land Observation and Restoration in Mining-Affected Areas

edited by

Daniela Guglietta

,

Rosalda Punturo

,

Isabel Nogues

, Adalgisa Scotti and

Vanesa Analía Silvani

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; spectral libraries; multi-scale data integration; environmental monitoring; restoration; sustainable resource use

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

Strategic Planning for Urban Sustainability (Second Edition)

edited by

Carlos José Lopes Balsas

and

Awais Piracha

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7112 | Submission Open

Keywords: infill redevelopment; urban and suburban retrofit; novel approaches to land use planning; new forms of eco-urbanism; land use planning strategies; tools; and instruments; coordinated land use and transportation planning interventions; land markets and sustainable urbanism; greenway planning and urbanization; parks and urban growth; infrastructure and commercial interventions; science and business parks; vacant land and community economic development; green gentrification; land value capture mechanisms

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

Integrating Spatial Analysis into Sustainable Urban Planning

edited by Apostolos Lagarias,

Despina Dimelli

and

Georgia Pozoukidou

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3899 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial analysis; urban planning; land use modelling; sustainable development; policy making; environmental management; risk management; climate change

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

Co-Creating Resilient Cities: Community Engagement for Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Planning

edited by

Parisa Ziaesaeidi

,

Alessio Russo

and Sara Alidoust

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 1369 | Submission Open

Keywords: community engagement; age-friendly and child-inclusive green spaces; inclusive green infrastructure; urban resilience; co-creation/co-design/co-development; participatory urban planning; social sustainability

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

Monitoring Land Use/Land Cover Change and Forest Dynamics Through Remote Sensing

edited by Alkan Günlü,

Fatih Sivrikaya

and Sinan Bulut

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/land cover change (LULC); remote sensing; forest dynamics; time series analysis; change detection; aboveground biomass estimation; stand parameter estimation; aboveground carbon estimation

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

Urban Landscape Transformation vs. Heritage and Memory

edited by

Bojana Bojanic Obad Scitaroci

,

Nerma Omićević

and

Tamara Zaninović

submission deadline 5 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4049 | Submission Open

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

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

Urban Land Use Planning in Europe: A Comparative Perspective

edited by

Ioannis A. Pissourios

,

Georgia Gemenetzi

and

Giancarlo Cotella

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1590 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; land use planning; European planning systems; spatial policy; urban governance; contextual analysis; comparative study; cross-case analysis

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

Sustainable Forest Landscape Management Towards Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity (Second Edition)

edited by

Guillermo Martinez-Pastur

,

Robert Baldwin

,

Mónica Del Rosario Toro-Manríquez

and

Serban Chivulescu

submission deadline 11 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2673 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forestry; ecosystem services; biodiversity conservation; multi-objective forest planning; synergies and trade-offs; landscape management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Urban Morphology: A Perspective from Space (3rd Edition)

edited by

Marco Maretto

and Nicola Marzot

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7221 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban morphology; public space; urban design; new technologies; trans-disciplinarity

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

Relationship Between Land Use and Land Degradation

edited by Dajing Li, Hongqi Zhang and Fang Liu

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 834 | Submission Open

Keywords: land-use/cover change; land degradation; desertification; human activities; ecosystem services; ecologically fragile regions; sustainable development

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

Mine Site Design, Rehabilitation and Closure for Resilient Landforms

edited by

Afshin Ghahramani

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 691 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine site design; progressive rehabilitation; flooding; tailings storage facilities; soil erosion; landform evolution; water quality; climate change; innovative technologies in rehabilitation; reliability engineering; risk management

Human Activity-Driven Land Use Change: Insights and Perspectives from Novel Data and Methodologies

edited by

Zhiqi Yang

,

Brice B. Hanberry

and Wenpeng Du

submission deadline 16 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– environment systems; land use change; urban sustainability; socio-ecological resilience; machine learning; driving factors

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

Urban Spatial Planning for Health and Well-Being

edited by

, Zhiqiang Feng,

,

and

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5314 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing and street view image; spatio-temporal statistics and disease mapping; GeoAI and LLM; health impact assessment; urban spatial planning; nature-based solution; walkability and bikeability; sustainable development goal; urban built environment; 15-minute city and well-being

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

Wetland Biodiversity and Habitat Conservation

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

submission deadline 21 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4271 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Sustainable Water and Soil Conservation and Management for Agriculture

edited by

Juan M. Trujillo Gonzalez

and

Raimundo Jimenez-Ballesta

submission deadline 23 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4069 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; conservation agriculture; water-footprint assessment; soil mapping; organic amendments; remote sensing monitoring

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

Land–Water–Energy–Food (LWEF) System Coupling and Sustainable Development of Watersheds—Second Edition

edited by

,

,

,

and Zhifeng Jin

submission deadline 23 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 179 | 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)

Vegetation Facing Environmental Changes in Terrestrial Systems: Research, Management and Education

edited by

Eusebio Cano Carmona

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13838 | Submission Open

Keywords: botany; soil science; grasslands; forests; shrublands; dynamics; ecology; teaching; management; climate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Transforming Urban Form and Landscape Architecture for Sustainable and Resilient Cities

edited by

Nebojsa Camprag

and

Aleksandra Stupar

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1222 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban transformation; sustainable urban form; landscape architecture; urban resilience; land use change; climate adaptation and nature-based solutions; urban renewal; human-centered urban design; integrated planning; cultural heritage and identity

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

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 26 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3562 | 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)

Feature Papers for “Land, Soil and Water” Section, 2nd Edition

edited by

Nick B. Comerford

submission deadline 26 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 478 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil and climate change; soil health; sustainable agriculture; soil biodiversity; soil ecosystem service; AI applications for soil; emerging soil contaminants

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

Land Use/Land Cover Mapping Changes Using Earth Observations Techniques

edited by

Frédéric Frappart

,

Lien Rodríguez López

, Bertrand Ygorra and

Luc Bourrel

submission deadline 27 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11654 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; land cover; land use and land cover dynamics; passive and active remote sensing; artificial intelligence; spatio-temporal dynamics

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

Urban Landscapes for Well-Being: Designing Resilient Spaces for Healthier Communities

edited by

Jie Zeng

,

Wanxu Chen

and

Wei Gao

submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5542 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient cities; urban resilience; urban landscapes; human well-being; ecosystem services; information services; spatial governance

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

Conservation of Bio- and Geo-Diversity and Landscape Changes, 3rd Edition

edited by

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

,

Adrian Ursu

and

Ilinca-Valentina Stoica

submission deadline 29 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 239 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; eco-diversity; geo-diversity; land cover and use changes; planning; natural protected areas; local development

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

Healing Place and Planet: Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning

edited by

Richard Smardon

and

Carlos José Lopes Balsas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 11365 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; resilience; urban greenways; landscape and regional planning; landscape/greenspace policy and planning; ecosystem services; green infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Advancements in Geospatial Techniques for Land Change Analysis and Management

edited by

Jūratė Sužiedelytė-Visockienė

and

Eglė Tumelienė

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9341 | 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 Modifications and Impacts on Coastal Areas, Second Edition

edited by

Alexis Mooser

,

Giorgio Anfuso

,

Carlos Mestanza-Ramón

,

Rodolfo Silva

,

Hernando José Bolivar Anillo

and

Rosa Molina

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8071 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal evolution; land use changes; coastal management; coastal natural processes; climate change impacts; human pressure and impacts; coastal contamination

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

Green Spaces and Urban Morphology: Building Sustainable Cities

edited by

Milena D. Lakicevic

,

Mirjana J. Miletić

and

Andrzej Greinert

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7295 | 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)

Geospatial Technologies for Land Governance

edited by

Dimitrios Ampatzidis

,

Dionysia-Georgia Perperidou

and

Aritstotelis Vartholomaios

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7229 | 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)

Urban Heat Island Effects in Global Cities: Balancing Rapid Urbanization, Land Surface Temperature Dynamics, and Sustainable Adaptation Strategies

edited by

Liliia Hebryn Baidy

and

Gareth Rees

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6409 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island; land surface temperature; urbanization; urban microclimate; land use/land cover change; remote sensing; geoinformatics; GIS modeling; sustainable adaptation strategies; climate change adaptation

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

Urban and Peri-Urban Environment: Searching for Sustainable Planning, Design and Management Solutions

edited by

Richard Smardon

and

Maria Ignatieva

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6409 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; planning; landscape design; management; urban; peri-urban

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

Synergistic Use of Time-Series Remote Sensing, Deep Learning, and AI for Land Transformation Monitoring

edited by

Mahdi Panahi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5522 | Submission Open

Keywords: time-series remote sensing; deep learning; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; land transformation; land use change; land cover mapping; synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery; natural hazard monitoring; environmental monitoring; change detection; multi-sensor data integration; predictive modeling; urbanization; climate change impacts; geospatial analysis; sustainable land management; temporal analysis; hazard assessment; remote sensing applications

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

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