Land | Special Issues

Feature Papers for "Land, Soil and Water" Section

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submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 716 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil and climate change; soil health; sustainable agriculture; soil biodiversity; soil ecosystem service; artificial intelligence applications to soil; emerging soil contaminants

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

Land, Ageing, Gender and Environment: Problems and Challenges from Different Disciplines II

edited by

Vanessa Zorrilla-Muñoz

,

Maria Silveria Agulló-Tomás

,

Eduardo Fernandez

,

Sonia de Lucas Santos

,

Jesus Cuadrado Rojo

and

Blanca Criado Quesada

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16879 | Submission Open

Keywords: land/environment/ecology; ageing/ageism/older people; gender/eco/feminisms; rural– urban spaces/frames; health; social services and education aspects; land economic and public policies aspects; work/employment and leisure/tourism aspects; pandemic; psycho-social crisis and climate change aspects

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

Land Resource Use Efficiency and Sustainable Land Use

edited by

Ying Hou

and

Baoyin Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8849 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resources; land use efficiency; land management; rural industrial integration; land conversion; agricultural labor productivity

Landscape Perspectives on Urban Regeneration in Mediterranean Cities

edited by

Luís Mendes

and Teresa Tapada-Berteli

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8473 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban regeneration; urban renovation; urban redevelopment; urban sustainability; urban governance; community resilience; gentrification; community-based urban redevelopment; urban policies

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

Digital Earth and Remote Sensing for Land Management

edited by

Massimo Fabris

and

Djamil Al-Halbouni

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4977 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital earth; satellite imagery; InSAR; digital elevation models (DEM); land monitoring; land use; land cover; urban morphology; GIS tools

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

The 15-Minute City: Land-Use Policy Impacts

edited by

Mara Ladu

,

Ginevra Balletto

,

Giuseppe Borruso

and Daniela Paddeu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2927 | Submission Open

Keywords: 15-minute city model; land use; transport planning; demographic transition

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

Integrating Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (Second Edition)

edited by

Michael Hensel

,

Defne Sunguroglu Hensel

and

Alessandra Battisti

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2894 | Submission Open

Keywords: integration of urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture; urban environmental and ecological restoration; multifunctional land use; integration of green; blue; and grey infrastructure; novel urban green systems; urban agriculture; horticulture; and gardening; urban ecology and multi-species design; decision support systems for integrating urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture; data-driven design for integrating urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture

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

Building Climate-Resilient Farms: Navigating Risks and Adaptation in Agriculture

edited by Nasir Abbas Khan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2785 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; agricultural adaptation; vulnerability and resilience; climate-smart practices; food security; sustainable land management

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

Advances in Urban Planning and Sustainable Mobility

edited by Fernando Fonseca,

Daniel Rodrigues

,

Paulo Ribeiro

and

Antônio Nélson Rodrigues da Silva

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2335 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban planning; sustainable urban mobility; climate-neutral cities; urban transportation policies; urban resilience and adaptation; sustainable and liveable cities

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

Spatial-Temporal Evolution Analysis of Land Use

edited by

Alma Zavodnik Lamovšek

,

Gregor Čok

, Mojca Foški, Lea Petrović Krajnik, Dorota Jopek and Samo Drobne

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1774 | Submission Open

Keywords: which global processes are influenced land use changes in recent decades; land use planning in order to ensure harmonious economic and social development; a healthy living environment and the protection of natural resources; new methodological approaches and new indicators to describe and understand the processes influencing land use development; new solutions and models of land use planning in the circumstances of rapidly global changes; evidence-based analysis for supporting decisions; hybrid sciences to monitor land use development in real time; policy debates on sustainable land use be conducted at international; national; regional and local levels

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

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

edited by

Carla Rolo Antunes

and

Shiliang Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1499 | Submission Open

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

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

Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS for Land Use Change Assessment

edited by

Martin Boltiziar

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

Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; land-use change; land cover; ecosystem services; environmental impact assessment

Rural Social Movements and the Question of the Land in the 21st Century

edited by

Peter Rosset

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 792 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural social movements; agroecology; land grabbing and the defense of land and territory; food sovereignty; peasant and indigenous autonomy; land and territory; peasants and indigenous people

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

Land Use Dynamics, Socioeconomic Transformation, and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Landscapes

edited by Dessalegn Gemeda, Diriba Korecha and Sattam Al Shogoor

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 757 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover dynamics; climate change; climate extremes; socioeconomic transformation; climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation

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

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

edited by

Michael Vrahnakis

and

Yannis (Ioannis) Kazoglou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 681 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by Ana Vovk, Laura Melelli and

Borut Stojilković

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 467 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

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and Francesca Minniti

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open

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

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

Agri-Food Systems, Land Transitions and Society in Evolving Africa

edited by

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: agri-food systems; transitions; landscapes; social systems; degradation; rights; intensification; climate change; ecological debt; drivers

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

Spatial Patterns and Urban Indicators on Land Use and Climate Change

edited by

Federica Gaglione

, Ayiine-Etigo David and

Richard Laing

submission deadline 1 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; land use prediction; land use change; climate change; spatial analysis; GIS; scenario simulation; spatial metrics

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

Optimization of Land Space for High-Quality and Sustainable Development

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and

submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5288 | Submission Open

Keywords: land space; ecological resilience; water– energy– food– land nexus; landslide sensitivity; land use planning; Yellow River Basin; sustainable land use; high-quality development; modeling and simulation of land use

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

edited by

Eusebio Cano Carmona

submission deadline 5 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 696 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Influence of Urbanization-Related Radical Land Modification on Urban Extreme Climate: 2nd Edition

edited by

Guoyu Ren

and

Yali Luo

submission deadline 8 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 855 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; land cover; LULC change; urbanization effect; urban area; extreme climate; climate change; observation; simulation

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

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

edited by

Jie Zeng‬‬‬‬

,

Wanxu Chen

and

Wei Gao

submission deadline 8 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 88 | 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)

Strategic Planning for Urban Sustainability (Second Edition)

edited by

Carlos José Lopes Balsas

and

Awais Piracha

submission deadline 11 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 228 | 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)

Critical Insights on Tenure Security in the Global South

edited by

Laura German

and

Howard Stein

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7783 | Submission Open

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

Evaluating Urban Public Spaces Based on User-Generated Geographic Data

edited by

Annunziata Palermo

and

Lucia Chieffallo

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban public space; urban fabric; urban regeneration; geographic information systems; user-generated geographic data; mobile device; social media; participation

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

Land Development and Investment

edited by

Kwong Wing Chau

and

William Ka Shing Cheung

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 9823 | Submission Open

Keywords: land development; land investment; land financing; land policy; technological innovation; risk management; economic impact; social impact; environmental impact

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

Artificial Intelligence for Soil Erosion Prediction and Modeling

edited by

Nikiforos Samarinas

,

Nikolaos L. Tsakiridis

,

Nikolaos Tziolas

and

Ioannis N. Daliakopoulos

submission deadline 22 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2358 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; artificial intelligence; earth observation; big data; sediment transport; water resources; environmental impact; climate change

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

Untangling Urban Analysis Using Geographic Data and GIS Technologies

edited by

He Jin

and

Joni Downs Firat

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 324 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; urban environment; GIS; geographic data; spatial or spatial-temporal analysis

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

Recent Progress in Land Degradation Processes, Control and Restoration

edited by Jianye Li, Weida Gao, Wei Hu,

Qiang Chen

and Xingyi Zhang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

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

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

Integrating Groundwater Management with Land Use in Agricultural Landscapes

edited by Jonas Satkūnas

submission deadline 29 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater resources and quality; monitoring and mapping of aquifers; resources assessment; water-land management; modelling; climate change

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

Forest Ecosystems: Protection and Restoration II

edited by

Vanessa Winchester

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 72312 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest science; degradation; ecosystem; biodiversity; strategies; resource conflict; forest exploitation; climate change; mechanisms; forest loss

Land Use Effects on Carbon Storage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

edited by

Cole D. Gross

,

Zhengfeng An

and

Scott X. Chang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18451 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; land use management; carbon cycling; carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emissions; climate change; soil health

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

Pollen-Based Reconstruction of Holocene Land-Cover

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and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15891 | Submission Open

Keywords: past land use and anthropogenic land cover changes; vegetation and land cover reconstruction; pollen-based climate reconstruction; holocene vegetation– climate interactions; holocene vegetation dynamics; climate– human interactions; plant diversity and biodiversity

Challenges in the Framework for Integrated Approaches in Vulnerable Coastal Areas: Case Studies & Innovative Proposals

edited by

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15087 | Submission Open

Keywords: Territorial management; Environmental planning; Integrated frameworks and policies; Socio-ecological systems; Protected areas; Risk analysis; Land use sustainability; Territorial anthropization; Diffuse pollution

Advances in the Evolution of the Geomorphological Landscape of Urbanized Areas

edited by

Adam Łajczak

and

Roksana Zarychta

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6030 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape ecology; urbanized areas; geodiversity; geoinformation; topography; relief

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Regional Solutions to Urban-Rural Coordinated Development in the Megacity Regions (3rd Edition)

edited by

Wei Lang

,

Tingting Chen

,

Xun Li

and Eddie Chi-man Hui

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4218 | Submission Open

Keywords: megacity regions; metropolitan coordinating region; urban agglomeration; urban-rural systems; coordinated regional development; regional planning and governance; integrated urban-rural development; structures and networks; rural construction and evaluation; human settlement environment improvement

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

Urban Forestry Dynamics: Management and Mechanization

edited by

Leonardo Bianchini

,

Marcello Biocca

and

Valerio Di Stefano

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3290 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban forest; mechanization; urban forest operations; soil impact; environmental effects; technical and economic performance; new technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

New Technologies and Methods in Spatial Planning, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhigang Li

,

Feng Zhen

and

Yang Xiao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2774 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial planning; urban; governance; data

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

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 2397 | 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 2084 | 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 1735 | 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 1319 | 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)

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 1241 | 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)

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 681 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; sustainable development; spatial optimization

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

Reimagining Public Spaces in Europe: Towards Inclusive, Livable, and Resilient Human-Scale Urban Environments

edited by

Álvaro Bernabeu-Bautista

and

Leticia Serrano-Estrada

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 676 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-scale urban design; resilient public spaces; european cities; urban equity; active mobility; mixed methods

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

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

edited by

Hu Yu

and

Shengrui Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 586 | 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)

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 456 | 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)

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 382 | 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 284 | 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)

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