Land | Special Issues

Harnessing the Power of Land Mapping Data for Effective Land Policy Development

edited by Xiao Huang, Zehua Zhang and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2731 | Submission Open

Keywords: land mapping; land use policy and management; land use and land cover (LULC) monitoring; remote sensing; spatial data; sustainable development; environmental monitoring

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

Feature Papers for "Land, Soil and Water" Section

edited by

Nick B. Comerford

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2718 | 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)

Feature Papers for the ‘Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues’ Section: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals—2nd Edition

edited by

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2645 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land management; socio-economic implications of land use; political dimensions of land governance; land tenure systems; land rights and access; equitable land distribution; rural development and land policies; land-based livelihoods; land use planning; urbanization and land use; land degradation and restoration; gender and land ownership; climate change adaptation and land resilience; ecosystem services and land management; land conflicts and dispute resolution; land-based investments and governance; monitoring and evaluation of land-related SDGs; land administration; zero hunger (SDG 2); life on land (SDG 15); reduced inequalities (SDG 10); climate action (SDG 13)

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

Novel Methods and Trending Topics in Landscape Archaeology

edited by

Francesca Cigna

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2396 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; LiDAR; artificial intelligence; machine learning; GeoAI; climate change-driven transformations; data mining; big data analytics; geospatial and geophysical surveying

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Digital Soil Mapping for Soil Health Monitoring in Agricultural Lands

edited by

João Augusto Coblinski

,

Sylwia Pindral

and

Gabriele Buttafuoco

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1774 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; pedometrics; remote sensing; proximal sensing; soil functions; soil threats; soil ecosystem services; soil modelling

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

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 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1705 | 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)

The Role of Land Policy in Shaping Rural Development Outcomes

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1321 | Submission Open

Keywords: land policy reform; agricultural modernization; sustainable land use; land tenure systems; urban– rural integration; food security governance; rural revitalization strategies; ecological conservation in agriculture

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

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 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1292 | 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)

Spatial Data Analysis and Geographic Information Systems for Urban Land Use

edited by

Jin Rui

and

Mengqiu Cao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1219 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land use; spatial data analysis; geographic information systems (GISs); remote sensing imagery; machine learning; large language models (LLMs); big data; data-driven; urban planning; sustainable cities

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

Exploring Sustainable Rural Development Models and Environmental Protection Reglamentations: Interactions and Compatibilities

edited by Julián Mora Aliseda,

Jacinto Garrido Velarde

,

José Manuel Naranjo Gómez

and

José Castro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1181 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental regulations; socioeconomic development; rural areas; compatible development; sustainable development strategies

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

Water, Energy, Land, and Food (WELF) Nexus: An Ecosystems Perspective

edited by

Reginaldo Geremias

and

Naoki Masuhara

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1106 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable resource management; climate change adaptation; land-use planning; water– energy– food interactions; biodiversity conservation; renewable energy and sustainability; integrated policy and governance; synergies and tradeoffs

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

Climate and Carbon Cycle Impact Assessment of Land Policies, Prospects and Challenges

edited by

Jian Zhang

, Xin Li and

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1017 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use policy; carbon reduction; climate change; carbon and climate simulation; agricultural land; urban land use; land management

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

Species Vulnerability and Habitat Loss (Third Edition)

edited by

Michela Balestri

and

Marco Campera

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 998 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge effect; stress; species trait; threatened species; fragmentation; habitat shift; dispersal; extinction risk; conservation planning

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

Landscape Fragmentation: Effects on Biodiversity and Wildlife

edited by

Jesús Alejandro Prieto-Amparán

,

Federico Villarreal-Guerrero

and

Alfredo Pinedo-Alvarez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 926 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape fragmentation and biodiversity conservation; ecological connectivity modeling; land use/land cover changes (LULCC); habitat quality (HQ); ecosystem services; remote sensing and spatial pattern analysis; machine learning applications; multi-criteria evaluation; sustainable land management; artificial intelligence in landscape analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

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

edited by

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 559 | Submission Open

Land Dynamics in the Urbanization Process: Climate Change, Economic Transitions, and Demographic Shifts

edited by

Sorin Avram

, Luminiţa Chivu,

Irina Ontel

and

Sanda Roșca

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 484 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; land use change; climate change impact; economic restructuring; demographic shifts; land degradation; ecosystem vulnerability; spatial analysis; urban land governance; ai use in remote sensing and GIS

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

Integrated Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture: Best Practices and Innovations

edited by

Angela Maffia

and

Adele Muscolo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 410 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; sustainable agriculture; integrated soil fertility management (ISFM); nutrient use efficiency; soil health

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

Landscapes Across the Mediterranean

edited by

Lucia Della Spina

,

Maria Rosa Trovato

and

Salvatore Giuffrida

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 395 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-scape; coast-scape; urban-scape; rural-scape; real estate-scape; tourism-scape; culture-scape; energy-scape

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

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 331 | 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)

Digital Soil Mapping and Precision Agriculture

edited by

Xiaobo Wu

and

Songchao Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; precision agriculture; geospatial technologies; machine learning; soil health; sustainable land management; remote sensing

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

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 296 | 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 278 | 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 248 | Submission Open

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

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

The Dynamics of Urbanization: Challenges and Solutions in Land Development and Regional Planning

edited by

Tao Liu

,

Yingzhi Qiu

and

Jiajie Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; migration; urban and rural land change; land-use challenges; regional planning and governance; mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural 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 162 | 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

Recent Progress in Land Cadastre

edited by

Anita Kwartnik-Pruc

,

Agnieszka Pęska-Siwik

and Monika Mika

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cadaster; 3D cadaster; cadastral data; cadaster development; cadaster model; land management; quality of cadastral data; spatial policy

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

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 115 | 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)

Research in Urban Ecology: Application into Landscape Design and Green Infrastructure (Second Edition)

edited by

Diana Dushkova

and

Maria Ignatieva

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecology; urban vegetation and urban wildlife; ecological design; nature based solutions in urban areas; landscape and green infrastructure

Wetland Plant Diversity and Ecosystem Function

edited by

Maria Sarika

and

Anastasios Zotos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 94 | 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)

Feature Papers for Land Innovations—Data and Machine Learning: 3rd Edition

edited by

Chuanrong Zhang

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

Keywords: spatial big data; land use and land cover; geospatial artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; big data processing; big data analysis; big data visualization

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

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 75 | 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 71 | 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)

The Influence of Landscape Disturbance on Catchment Processes

edited by

Hao Chen

, Linjing Qiu and

Wenbin Ding

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 62 | 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)

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

edited by

Matteo Cutugno

,

Umberto Robustelli

and

Yasir Hassan Khachoo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

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

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

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 60 | 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)

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 55 | 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)

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 53 | 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)

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 53 | 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)

Using Remote Sensing to Assess and Monitor Changes in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Ioannis P. Kokkoris

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 50 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1524 | 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 5073 | 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 10755 | 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 | Viewed by 823 | 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 7058 | 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 8687 | 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 1403 | 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 1360 | 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 | Viewed by 111 | 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 6617 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2043 | 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)

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