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The 15-Minute City: Land-Use Policy Impacts submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 40 | 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)
Building Climate-Resilient Farms: Navigating Risks and Adaptation in Agriculture
edited by Nasir Abbas Khan
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 35 | 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)
Soil Contamination—Ecological Environment Risk Assessment and Remediation
edited by Magdalena Myszura-Dymek and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil pollution; fate of pollutants in soil; effects of soil pollution; methods of assessing soil pollution; ecological environment risk; indicators and methods of assessing ecological environment risk; soil remediation technologies; legal regulations on soil pollution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Applications of GIS-Based Methods in Land Change Science
edited by
submission deadline 1 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open
Keywords: land change science (LCS); geographical information sciences (GIS); spatial data integration land use monitoring; land use planning; land degradation; natural resource management; multicriteria analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Computational Design and Planning for Socio-Environmental Sustainability of Landscapes and Communities
edited by , Bo Zhang and
submission deadline 1 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 32 | 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)
Influence of Urbanization-Related Radical Land Modification on Urban Extreme Climate: 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 6 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 37 | 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)
Sustainable Forest Landscape Management towards Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
edited by , , Mónica Toro-Manríquez and
submission deadline 7 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 483 | 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)
Advances in Urban Planning and Sustainable Mobility submission deadline 9 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 41 | 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)
Land Resource Use Efficiency and Sustainable Land Use
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3049 | Submission Open
Keywords: land resources; land use efficiency; land management; rural industrial integration; land conversion; agricultural labor productivity
Strategic Spatial Planning in Urban and Regional Sustainability Transitions
edited by and
submission deadline 11 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11203 | Submission Open
Keywords: strategic spatial planning; land use changes; sustainability transitions; urban and regional development; multi-level and multi-actor governance; stakeholder engagement; spatial justice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Understanding Disasters in a Changing Landscape: Causes, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2788 | Submission Open
Keywords: floods; soil erosion; landslide; sediment dynamics; wildfire-induced changes in land use patterns; post-disaster rehabilitation and resilience building; modelling advances in flood; soil erosion; sediment; or landslide hazards; impacts; and mitigation; technological innovations for early warning systems; land-related hazards and risk assessment; geomorphology changes after land alternations; wildfires; impact assessment; mitigation strategies; uncertainty
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Renewable Energy Siting under Low-Carbon Globalization
edited by
submission deadline 17 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy siting; social– ecological impacts; photovoltaic panels; land occupation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Policies, Programs and Tools for Conservation and Sustainability in Tropical Landscapes submission deadline 21 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1069 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural landscapes; payment for environmental services; land-use change; conservation policies; land– environment governance; tropical ecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Recent Progress in Spatial Modeling in Urban Land Dynamics and Planning
edited by Haowei Wang, Zhibang Xu, and Cuiping Wang
submission deadline 21 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 435 | 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)
Computer Vision and Machine Learning Methods for Land Use Land Cover Change Modelling and Forecasting
edited by Karim Malik and
submission deadline 24 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use/land cover forecasting; land cover change simulation; vegetation monitoring; landscape change; remote sensing; land management; land degradation; deep neural networks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)
Net Zero Target and Land Use in Agriculture and Forestry: Carbon Auditing, Offsetting and Trading
edited by
submission deadline 24 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 21 | 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)
Advances in Land Use and Land Cover Mapping (Second Edition) submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use mapping; land cover mapping; climate change; sustainability; validation; data communication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Landscape Patterns under Land Use Change
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4500 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Advances in the Evolution of the Geomorphological Landscape of Urbanized Areas submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3806 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape ecology; urbanized areas; geodiversity; geoinformation; topography; relief
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Ecosystem and Biodiversity Conservation in Protected Areas
edited by and Gregory E. Eckert
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 162 | 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)
Virtual Land and Virtual Property Markets: The Real (Virtual) Estate Discipline during the Digital Transformation. Is the Metaverse a New Frontier for Land Investment?
edited by Aurora Greta Ruggeri and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open
Keywords: land; metaverse; land investment; virtual land; real estate; virtual estate
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Agroforestry Systems for Sustainable Land Management: Innovations and Challenges
edited by Judit Rubio-Delgado and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open
Keywords: agroforestry; sustainability; environmental conservation; ecosystem services; biodiversity; land management innovation; land use/cover dynamics; climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Monitoring and Simulation of Wetland Ecological Processes (Second Edition) submission deadline 3 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 476 | Submission Open
Keywords: wetland mapping; wetland landscape and functions; biodiversity monitoring; wetland connectivity; assessment; carbon sink; land-use sustainability; simulation of wetland geochemical cycle models; monitoring of wetland restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Artificial Intelligence for Soil Erosion Prediction and Modeling submission deadline 3 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 80 | 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)
Agroforestry for Enhanced Farm Profitability and Climate Resilience
edited by
submission deadline 7 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest farming; forest management; non-timber forest products— NTFPs; farm diversification; understory vegetation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Overtourism and the Disappearance of Sustainable Land Use and Local Knowledge Systems: A New Form of Colonialism?
edited by
submission deadline 28 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 468 | Submission Open
Keywords: overtourism; local food chains; ethnoecology; ecological history; sustainable land use; food sustainability; ethnobiology; small-scale farming; tourism industry; colonialism; touristic services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Sustaining the Past and Future: Innovative Approaches to Design, Heritage and Environmental Sustainability
edited by , and Clara Stella Vicari Aversa
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrating conservation; land consumption; cultural heritage; green areas and water edges; architectural and urban regeneration; waterfront regeneration; architectural heritage and design; landscape restoration; green and blue infrastructure; sustainable cultural tourism; re-use of heritage building; regenerate cities and architecture; sustainable design; regenerative design; climate-resilient design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Vulnerability and Resilience of Urban Planning and Design
edited by , , and João Coutinho-Rodrigues
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban resiliency; climate adaptation; governance; mobility; smart cities; geographical information systems; sustainable development; green infrastructure; socioeconomic resilient; form and function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Rural Development Strategies in the EU: Strengthening Agricultural Sectors and Local Economies submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable rural development; rural development programs and strategies; vision for rural areas; agricultural development; local economic development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
The Dynamics of Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology: Patterns, Processes, and Planning (Second Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use; changes biodiversity; loss ecosystem; function and services; management measures
Promoting Anti-racism in Land System Science and Social Ecological Systems
edited by
submission deadline 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open
Keywords: anti-racism; land system; social ecological system; land use management; landscape planning; community engagement; community planning; community development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Agricultural Land Management to Meet Future Global Food Demand (Second Edition) submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1235 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable land management; food security; agricultural intensification; crop diversification; agricultural adaptations to climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Rural Demographic Changes and Land Use Response
edited by , Guoming Du, and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: rural demographics; population dynamics; land use change; rural– urban migration; socioeconomic factors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Spatial Justice in Urban Planning (Second Edition)
edited by , and Izzy Yi Jian
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 284 | Submission Open
Keywords: social-spatial justice; distributional and procedural justice; urban redevelopment; environmental justice; green gentrification; right to the city; segregation and discrimination; urban political ecology; capital and capability; co-production
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Preservation, Reuse and Reveal of Cultural Heritage through Sustainable Land Management, Rural and Urban Development (Third Edition) submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development; remote sensing; 3D modeling; spatial planning; GIS / HBIM; cultural routes; tangible/intangible cultural heritage; historical settlements; historical cities; circular economy; cultural tourism; environmental management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
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