Land | Special Issues

The Next Era of Renewable Energy Deployment: Land-Use Planning, Policy, and Modelling Innovations

edited by Sofia Spyridonidou and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5158 | Submission Open

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

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

Spatial Patterns and Urban Indicators on Land Use and Climate Change

edited by

Federica Gaglione

, Ayiine-Etigo David and

Richard Laing

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4736 | 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)

Sustainable Urban and Rural Planning for Tourism: Designing a Better Future for Residents

edited by

Julio Vena-Oya

,

Jesús Barreal

and Juan Antonio Parrilla-González

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4491 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable tourism urban and rural planning; decisions on sustainable urban and rural tourism planning; tourism planning and sustainable development in urban– rural destinations; residents in the context of urban and rural tourism planning; social sustainability of destinations and community-based tourism; tourism planning in emerging destinations

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

Energy-Water-Land Nexus Under Low-Carbon Globalization

edited by

Mengyao Han

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3576 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy siting; social– ecological impacts; photovoltaic panels; land occupation

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

Morphological and Climatic Adaptations for Sustainable City Living

edited by

Zhonghua Gou

,

Elmira Jamei

and

Hing-Wah Chau

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2396 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban morphology; climatic adaptation; sustainable urban design; thermal comfort; energy self-sufficiency; urban resilience

(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 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2322 | 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)

Using Remote Sensing to Assess and Monitor Changes in Forest Ecosystems

edited by

Ioannis P Kokkoris

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2243 | 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)

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

edited by

Diana Dushkova

and

Maria Ignatieva

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2170 | Submission Open

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

Builders of the Middle Landscape: The Role of Urban Elites in the Construction of Rural Landscapes Between Antiquity and the Renaissance

edited by

Joan Negre

and Julio Navarro Palazón

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2132 | Submission Open

Keywords: antiquity; middle ages; renaissance; villa; almunia; periurban; rural landscape; urban elites

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

Urban–Rural Land Governance and Sustainable Development in New Era

edited by Jingming Liu,

Xianhui Hou

and

Youngseob Eum

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2101 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban– rural land governance; urban– rural land use planning; farmland protection and food security; sustainable development; spatial justice; housing security; social-ecological system resilience; territorial spatial planning

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

Young Researchers in Land–Climate Interactions

edited by

Nir Krakauer

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1852 | 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)

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

edited by

Olga Christopoulou

,

Stergios Tampekis

, Stavros Sakellariou and

Fani Samara

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1700 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Land Degradation: Global Challenges and Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Weicheng Wu

,

Claudio Zucca

and

Eddy de Pauw

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1439 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; sustainable land management; soil quality and health; remote sensing; GIS; artificial intelligence; land degradation neutrality (LDN); policy evaluation; participatory approaches; interdisciplinary research

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

Restoring Forests, Restoring Soils: Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Land Management

edited by

Jorge Mongil-Manso

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1430 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health; land degradation; forest restoration; carbon sequestration; integrated land management; agro-silvo-pastoral systems; biodiversity; climate change adaptation; ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Urban Transitions and Dynamics: Cultural, Ecological, Digital and Degrowth (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1319 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban development; urban resilience; urban dynamics; degrowth theories; circular economies; 15-minute city; urban governance; urban art; culture and social movements; nature-based solutions

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

Soil and Water Resources Management for Combating Desertification in Drylands Under Climate Change

edited by

Mohamed Ouessar

, Elena Bresci and Rabi H. Mohtar

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 1305 | Submission Open

Keywords: desertification; land degradation; soil and water resource management; climate change adaptation; WEFE nexus; environmental monitoring; dryland ecosystems

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

Climate Resilience and Equity Through Nature-Based Solutions for Rainwater Management and Urban Heat Island Mitigation

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1187 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; green-blue infrastructure; urban heat island; rainwater management; data-driven approaches; NbS-integrated planning; GBI policies in urban and rural areas; climate regulation; adaptation; and mitigation; public health and wellbeing; social equity and climate justice

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

Land Use Sustainability from the Viewpoint of Carbon Emission: 3rd Edition

edited by

Xuechao Wang

,

Weize Song

and

Yingjie Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1054 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; sustainability; carbon emissions; carbon emissions neutrality; carbon source; carbon sink; climate change; agriculture; forestry

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

AI-Enabled Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Agricultural Land Use

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 815 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in land use; agricultural decision support systems (DSS); sustainable agriculture; precision agriculture; smart farming; machine learning for soil and crop analysis; deep learning for remote sensing; spatial decision support systems (SDSS); climate-smart agriculture; AI for land degradation assessment; land suitability mapping; internet of things (IoT) in agriculture; big data analytics for agroecosystems; multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA); environmental sustainability and land use

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

The Trade-Off and Coordinated Management of Land Use Compactness and Urban Carbon Sink Ecosystems Towards Net-Zero Goals

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 745 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; urban planning; sustainability; carbon emissions; carbon source; carbon sink; net-zero goals

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

Effects of Rural–Urban Migration on Urban Infrastructure in Fast-Growing Cities

edited by

Tiyan Shen

,

Hao Wang

, Luge Wen and

Eduardo Gomes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 733 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban migration; spatial governance; urban infrastructure; fast-growing cities; land policy simulation; CGE model; land resource allocation; sustainable urban development

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

Nature-Based Solutions in Landscape Planning

edited by

Selma B. Pena

,

Francesca Poggi

and

Onumpai Samkhuntod

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 652 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; ecosystem services; climate adaptation; governance; land use policy; co-design and co-creation; spatial planning; nature futures framework; sustainable landscapes

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

The Price of Land: Unpacking Land Valuation and Land Markets

edited by

Marta Czaplicka

,

Marek Walacik

and Aneta Chmielewska

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 597 | Submission Open

Keywords: land valuation; land markets; GIS; spatial econometrics; mass appraisal; land management; urban planning and zoning; accessibility and amenities

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

Green Infrastructure Planning and Governance for Sustainable Urban Development and Quality of Life—Second Edition

edited by

Xinhao Wang

,

Xin Fu

and Chen Shen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 528 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; planning and governance; sustainable development; urban resilience; climate change; quality of life

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

Participatory Urban Landscapes: Designing to Amplify Local Voices and Ensure Multispecies Health

edited by

Maryam Naghibi

, Gayle Souter-Brown and Rinku Roy Chowdhury

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 410 | Submission Open

Keywords: participatory landscape design; local knowledge and community voices; urban environmental health; multispecies urbanism; green and blue infrastructure; urban climate resilience; public space and wellbeing; community-led design processes; ecological urbanism; spatial and environmental justice

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

Smart Green Infrastructure: Nature-Based Solutions for Sustainable Urban Spatial Planning and Resilient Cities

edited by

Hrvoje Tomić

,

Jaroslaw Janus

, Josip Križanović,

Goran Andlar

and

Samanta Bačić

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open

Keywords: land administration; green infrastructure; spatial data infrastructure; sustainable development goals; resilient cities; urban growth

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

From Tradition to Transformation: Rethinking Resilient for Future Rural Landscapes

edited by

Hossein Azadi

,

André Samora-Arvela

and

Paula Remoaldo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: regional resilience; sustainable development; climate adaptation; rural– urban linkages; socio-ecological systems; rural innovation; agri-Rural Landscapes; land Governance; nature-Based Solutions (NBSs)

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

Spatial Governance for the Fragmented City: Integration and Challenges

edited by

Velislava Simeonova Simeonova

, José-Ignacio Vila-Vázquez, Dolores Sánchez-Aguilera and

Pedro Chamusca

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban fragmentation; socio-spatial inequalities; multi-level governance; housing affordability; urban climate resilience; spatial and urban planning; urban policies and projects

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

Coordinated Development of New-Type Urbanization and Rural Revitalization: International Experience and Technological Empowerment

edited by

Xiong He

,

Chunshan Zhou

and

Orlando Cimino

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban– rural planning; urban– rural integration; rural revitalization; sustainable development; urban– rural land use; urban– rural governance; urban– rural landscape; urban– rural relations; geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing; big data; international experience in urban– rural development

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

Beyond the Urban Heat Island Effect: Designing Resilient Land Systems for Equitable Climate Futures

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island mitigation; land system resilience; climate-adaptive planning; green and blue infrastructure; socio-ecological equity; regional climate regulation; land use/land cover change; health risk

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

Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes: Genesis, Preservation and Regeneration

edited by

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, Sam Turner and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agricultural landscapes; traditional ecological knowledge; ecosystem services; landscape archaeology; land-use legacy; environmental economics; agricultural economics; spatial modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Urban Blue–Green Spaces and Spatial Planning: Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation

edited by Ahmed Mohammed Alhuseen and

Pavel Cudlin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban blue– green spaces; nature-based solution; climate resilience; actual and potential accessibility disparities; green spaces functionality

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

The Role of Cultural Heritage in Land Planning and Urban Regeneration for Sustainable Development

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; landscape; urban sustainable development; urban regeneration; land planning; multicriteria evaluation

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

Green Space Externalities on Housing Markets Integrating Landscape Ecology and Machine Learning

edited by

Yiyi (Frankie) Chen

,

Chun Yin

and

Colin A. Jones

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open

Keywords: green– blue infrastructure; landscape ecology; housing markets; hedonic pricing; spatial econometrics; GeoAI; explainable machine learning; causal inference; accessibility; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Restoring Mountain Landscapes: Innovative Approaches for Long-Term Sustainability

edited by

Ming Li

, Umesh Kumar Mandal and

Suresh Chaudhary

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: mountain sustainability; landscape restoration; socio-ecological systems; climate adaptation; integrated disaster risk reduction; resilient governance; sustainable community development; land use optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Urban Land Expansion and Regional Inequality (Second Edition)

edited by

Montaña Jiménez-Espada

and

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 177 | 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)

Landscape Ecology: Balancing Human Needs and Biodiversity Conservation Under Climate Change

edited by

Kerim Çíçek

,

Derya Gülçin

and

Ali Uğur Özcan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; biodiversity conservation; ecological connectivity; landscape planning; habitat fragmentation; spatial modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Future Prospects in Climate-Smart Soil Management

edited by Shilan Felegari and

Kaveh Ghahraman

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-smart soil management; soil health; digital soil mapping; soil carbon dynamics; soil degradation; remote sensing; earth observation; machine learning; soil resilience; sustainable land systems

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

Coupled Man-Land Relationship for Regional Sustainability

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submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7508 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resources; human– land relationships; sustainability; land planning and management; climate change; anthropogenic activities and their effects; ecological protection; economic development; remote sensing; carbon neutrality

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

Transforming Land Management Through Digital Technologies: Opportunities and Implications

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submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 506 | Submission Open

Keywords: land administration systems (LASs); geospatial analytics; GIS; 3D cadastre; land monitoring; land use; participatory GIS; land use/land cover (LULC); sustainable land management; spatial data infrastructure (SDI)

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

Urban Planning and Ecosystem Protection: A Path to Mutual Benefits

edited by

Naglaa A. Megahed

,

Khalid S. Al-Hagla

and

Asmaa Mohammed Hassan

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; ecosystem protection; nature-based solutions; sustainable urban development; climate-resilient cities; digital twins; artificial intelligence in urban planning; GIS and remote sensing; urban resilience; biodiversity-sensitive planning

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

Urban Planning Drives 3D City Development in Time and Space

edited by

Miro Govedarica

,

Miodrag Roić

and

Aleksandra Radulović

submission deadline 2 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3023 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; three-dimensional city development; three-dimensional cadastral systems; spatiotemporal analysis; land use management; digital twin cities; GIS

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

Innovative Green–Blue Infrastructure Solutions in Urban Planning

edited by

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

and

Lidia Mierzejewska

submission deadline 2 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue; yellow and green infrastructure; urban and spatial planning; nature-based solution; urban nature; urban ecosystem services; climate changes

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

Geoparks as a Form of Tourism Space Management (Third Edition)

edited by

Wojciech Zgłobicki

and

Bogusława Baran-Zgłobicka

submission deadline 7 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1544 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotourism; geoheritage; geoconservation; geoparks; spatial management; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Land and Green Infrastructure Synergies: Advancing Ecological and Social Sustainability in Urban Environments

edited by

Anton Rozhkov

and

Patricia Baptista

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1448 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; urban sustainability; land use and land cover change; climate adaptation and resilience; environmental justice and equity; spatial analysis and GIS; blue– green infrastructure; participatory modeling and co-production; GeoAI and machine learning

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

Smart City Planning with Spatial Information: Evolution, Contextual Adaptation, and Policy Shifts

edited by

Ádám Szalai

and

Eduardo Gomes

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart city; spatial information; urban planning; land use and land governance; data governance; energy and mobility systems; EU cohesion policy and missions; resource dependence; smart village; participation and readiness

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

Advancing Urban Digital Twins: Integrating Geospatial Data and Innovative Geospatial Methods for Smart Cities

edited by

Rafika Hajji

and

Roland Billen

submission deadline 13 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 403 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban digital twin; smart cities; geospatial data integration; 3D Modeling; data-driven decision-making; urban planning

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

Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation of Urban Stormwater Management: Performance Assessment of Blue-Green Infrastructure

edited by Lineker Max Goulart Coelho and

Zhifang Wang

submission deadline 13 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; urban stormwater management; blue– green infrastructure; climate adaptation; climate resilience; sustainable urban infrastructure; urban drainage; performance assessment; climate; land; energy; water; food (CLEWF) NEXUS

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

Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Utilization Trend of Farmland

edited by Maoxin Zhang,

Tingting He

, Andong Guo, Youpeng Lu and

Jose Raul Romo Leon

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5022 | Submission Open

Keywords: farmland change; spatiotemporal analysis; land use dynamics; utilisation efficiency; land system sustainability; innovative farmland governance

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

Digital Technologies and Ecological Modelling for Land Risk Monitoring and Prediction

edited by

Li Tan

and

Antonio Miguel Martínez-Graña

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: GeoAI; ecological modelling; land ecological risk; remote sensing; machine learning; spatiotemporal forecasting; multi-source data fusion; early warning; MRV (monitoring; reporting; verification)

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

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