Land | Special Issues

Nurturing Soil Health for a Sustainable Agricultural Future

edited by

Eloy Conde Barajas

,

Dioselina Álvarez Bernal

and

Silvia Maribel Contreras-Ramos

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon fractions; biochar; soil microbial biomass; nutrient retention; greenhouse gas mitigation; erosion control; soil health indices; digital soil mapping; sustainable land management

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

Emerging Technologies Towards Sustainable Urban Transitions

edited by

Zoe Kanetaki

and

Maria Sinou

submission deadline 1 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2973 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban transitions; artificial intelligence; sustainable land management; smart cities; cultural heritage; sustainable transportation; heat islands; urban microclimate; urban regeneration

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

Global Change and Vulnerable Land Ecosystems: Integrated Vegetation–Hydrology–Climate Responses and Policy Implications for Sustainable Land Governance

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 1 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 857 | Submission Open

Keywords: vulnerable land ecosystems; vegetation responses; hydrological processes; climate change; land– atmosphere interactions

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

Blue-Green Infrastructure and Territorial Planning

edited by

Osvaldo Moura Rezende

,

Marcelo Miguez

and Adriana Piperno

submission deadline 2 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6868 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue-green infrastructure; hybrid infrastructure; nature-based solutions; sustainable territory planning; climate change adaptation; sponge watersheds

Land-Use Impacts on Water Resources and Watershed Management

edited by

Łukasz Borek

,

Joanna Jaskuła

and

Věra Hubačíková

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1418 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use changes; water quality; water monitoring; hydromorphology; water retention; pollution source; surface waters; water management; soil

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

Soil Health Monitoring Systems Enhance Farmland Sustainability

edited by

Aditi Roy

and

Ahmed A. El Baroudy

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 667 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health monitoring; agricultural sustainability; soil quality indicators; land-use management; soil biological assessment; land degradation and restoration; soil sensors and remote sensing; ecosystem services; bio-based soil management

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

Rethinking Rural–Urban Interactions in Terms of Food Security and Agriculture Development (Second Edition)

edited by Yingnan Niu, Gaodi Xie and Luoman Pu

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban interactions; food security; ecological agriculture; agricultural economy; agricultural policy; sustainable development

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

Participatory Land Planning: Theory, Methods, and Case Studies—Second Edition

edited by Oswaldo González Ledesma and Rafael Merinero Rodríguez

submission deadline 18 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 531 | Submission Open

Keywords: collaborative planning; governance; land management; network management; participation; strategic planning; town planning; urban agenda; urban and land planning; urban and land policy

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

Vegetation Facing Environmental Changes in Terrestrial Systems: Research and Management—Second Edition

edited by

Eusebio Cano Carmona

submission deadline 18 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

The Impact of Urban Planning on the Urban Heat Island Effect

edited by

Josep Roca

, Blanca Arellano and Adriana Inés Olivares-González

submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4319 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island; urban planning; urban climate; green infrastructure; climate adaptation; thermal comfort; building energy efficiency; legislation; public policies; and projects aimed at the management of urban heat islands; urban heat island; urban planning; and inequalities; public health and social adaptation to the risk of the urban heat island effect; climate justice

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

Promoting Anti-Racism in Land System Science and Social Ecological Systems

edited by

Ivis Garcia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7480 | 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)

Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis in Dynamic Landscapes

edited by

Sifiso Xulu

,

Romano Lottering

,

Mahlatse Kganyago

and

Humphrey Kgabo Thamaga

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4278 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and land cover change; remote sensing; GIS; machine learning; modelling

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

Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS for Land Use Change Assessment (Second Edition)

edited by

Martin Boltiziar

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3986 | Submission Open

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

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

The Economic Value in Rural–Urban Landscapes

edited by Carlo Costantino,

Konstantina Douka

and Riccardo Gulli

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1910 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural and urban development; innovative tools; participatory processes; landscape integration; new european bauhaus; nature-based solutions; ecological networks; sustainable tourism; adaptive reuse; agriculture

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

Urban Land Use Dynamics and Smart City Governance

edited by

Irma Kveladze

,

Ida Maria Bonnevie

and

Jamal Jokar Arsanjani

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1872 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart-city governance; urban land use modelling; urban land use dynamics; geovisualization; spatial analytics and GIS; generative AI; remote sensing; digital twins; data-driven decision-making; machine learning; spatial planning; participatory planning; citizen engagement; climate adaptation; sustainability and resilience

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

Wildfires in Social-Ecological Systems: Land Governance, Challenges, and Environmental Equity

edited by

Luigi Marfella

, Mark Ashby,

Francesco Niccoli

and Andreas Heinemeyer

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1754 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; ecological disturbance; socio-ecological resilience; environmental management; community adaptation; rural/wildland– urban interface; indigenous communities’ knowledge; integrated fire management; socio-economic and health impacts; fire effects

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

Agricultural Land Economics: Balancing Production, Conservation, and Sustainability

edited by Xin Yang,

Dong Wang

,

Min Song

and

Yurui Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1464 | Submission Open

Keywords: market and non-market value of agricultural land; agricultural economic and ecological efficiency; farmland utilization and conservation; trade-off and synergy among multifunction of agricultural land; sustainable intensive agricultural land use; sustainable agricultural technology

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

Sustainable Urban Planning and Development for Resilient and Equitable Communities

edited by

Xosé Somoza-Medina

,

Karolina Józefowicz

, Hanifa El Motaki and

Qiaofeng (Robin) Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1419 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban development and planning; sustainable cities and urban communities; resilient cities and urban communities; local development strategies; spatial planning and land use; equitable and inclusive cities and urban communities; urban risks management (climate adaptation and urbanization in arid areas); migration impacts; urban governance; vulnerability mapping

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

Rethinking Land Value: The Interplay of Real Estate and Urban Governance

edited by

Thomas Dimopoulos

,

Martha Katafygiotou

,

Małgorzata Renigier-Biłozor

and Frank Harrington

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1352 | Submission Open

Keywords: property and land valuation; sustainability; land and property markets; valuation metrics; AVM; property and land taxation; affordability; land management; tax base models (area vs. value); valuation semantics; standardisation of property descriptions; legal and fiscal interoperability; public finance and land value

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

Synergistic Integration of Transport, Land, and Ecosystems

edited by

Liangen Zeng

,

Zhao Yu

and

Haoyu Hu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 888 | Submission Open

Keywords: transport– land– ecology nexus; sustainable land use planning; low-carbon transportation; ecosystem services; spatial big data; landscape governance

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

Geospatial Solutions for Urban, Rural, and Environmental Challenges

edited by

Ela Ertunc

,

Jaroslaw Janus

and

Hrvoje Tomić

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 779 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); land abandonment; land consolidation; spatial planning; sustainable land management; climate resilience; urban– rural systems; GIS and remote sensing; environmental sustainability

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

Urban Heritage Landscapes: Integrating Conservation into Sustainable Land Management

edited by

Cilísia Ornelas

,

Aliaa AlSadaty

and Isabel Breda-Vázquez

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 690 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heritage landscapes; sustainable land management; integrated conservation; digital assessment; digital twins; risk and impact assessment; change detection and monitoring; GIS-based modelling; participatory governance; morphological analysis

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

Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Landscape Restoration: Strengthening Urban Planning with Innovative Ecological Approaches

edited by

Marianna Olivadese

,

Maria Luisa Dindo

, Patrizia Tassinari and

Daniele Torreggiani

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; urban landscape restoration; green systems; agroecology; urban biodiversity; ecosystem services; sustainable land management; climate adaptation; ecological planning; green infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Resilient Urban Regeneration in European Cities

edited by

Luana Parisi

and

Thomas Panagopoulos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 506 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient urban regeneration; sustainable land use; circular urbanism; adaptive planning; urban governance; climate adaptation

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

Rural Revitalization Strategies and Their Impact on Urban Migration Trends

edited by

,

, Wenjing Han,

and

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 502 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural revitalization; land governance; land tenure reform; land consolidation; urban– rural integration

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

The Digital Transformation of Cadastre: Geospatial Technologies for Land Administration

edited by

George Popescu

,

Adrian Smuleac

, Lucian Dragomir and Cosmin Alin Popescu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 464 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital cadastre; land administration systems; geospatial technologies; UAV photogrammetry; remote sensing for land monitoring; spatial data infrastructures (SDI); artificial intelligence in geospatial analysis; 3D cadastre; geospatial digital transformation

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

Tourism Development and Landscape Conservation: Finding the Balance

edited by

José David Albarrán Periáñez

and

Cristina Lupu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 438 | Submission Open

Keywords: tourism– landscape interactions; landscape conservation; cultural and natural heritage; governance and planning; landscape transformation; tourism development; processes of heritage and tourism valorization; challenges and opportunities

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

Data-Driven Geospatial Methods for Land Use and Land Cover Change Monitoring

edited by Sabah Sabaghy and

Deepak Gautam

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and land cover (LULC); machine learning; deep learning; remote sensing; GIS; change detection; data integration; spatial analysis; precision agriculture; environmental monitoring

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

Water Resources and Land Use Planning (Third Edition)

edited by

Carla Rolo Antunes

and Tiago Brito Ramos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use planning; integrated water resource management; threshold scenarios; sustainability; best management practices; resilience

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

Intelligent Systems Supporting the Assessment of Soil Influence on Crop Yields

edited by

Magdalena Piekutowska

and

Patryk Hara

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; soil physics; plant yield; predictive modelling; geographical information systems (GIS); geochemistry

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

Reframing Urban Morphology: Heritage, Sustainability, and Contemporary Urban Transformation

edited by

Emad Noaime

and

Mohammed Alnaim

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban morphology; heritage; sustainability; urban transformation; urban form; climate adaptation; resilience; historic urban landscape; adaptive reuse; public space; mobility; socio-spatial change; smart cities; digital urbanism; conservation

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

Reconsidering Urban Green Spaces: Biodiversity Functionality, Accessibility, and Wellbeing in Cities

edited by

Melissa Anne Beryl Vogt

and

Alessio Russo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional urban biodiversity; accessibility; human health and urban green spaces

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

Adaptability of Ecological Networks in Urbanization and Agricultural Expansion

edited by

Akuto Akpedze Konou

and

Jérôme Chenal

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological networks; landscape connectivity; landscape fragmentation; urbanization; agricultural expansion; land-use change; green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; landscape ecology; GIS and remote sensing

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

Inhabiting the Just City: Urban Responses to Housing Vulnerability

edited by

Francesca Sabatini

,

Eleonora Perobelli

and

Yung Yau

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use policies; land use planning; housing policies and planning; housing market; housing crisis; housing vulnerability; housing unaffordability; housing governance; housing decommodification; homelessness; just city

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

Land Economics, Institutions, and Resource Governance: Socio-Economic and Political Interplays

edited by

Lan Yao

, Tiangui Lv,

Fuyuan Kuang

and Hongyu Zheng

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: farmland protection system; ecosystem services compensation system; the impact of land property rights institutions on the mobility of labor and land factors; collaborative governance of cross-regional natural resources; implementation effectiveness and constraint mechanisms of territorial spatial use regulation; institutional embedding of digital technologies in land governance

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

Sustainable Urbanscapes: The Role of Green Infrastructure on the Resilience of Ecosystem Services (Second Edition)

edited by

,

, Qianna Wang,

and

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green infrastructure; ecosystem services; climate change; socio-ecological systems; spatial resilience; public health

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

Designing the Climate-Sensitive City: Urban Design and Planning for Urban Resilience

edited by Simona Azzali,

Agatino Rizzo

and

Constantinos Vassiliades

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: climatic-sensitive cities; urban resilience; climate mitigation and adaptation; climate-responsive urban design; urban microclimate; blue-green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; heat adaptation; landscape architecture; ecological urbanism; public realm design

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

Biodiversity Trends amid Land Use and Climate Changes

edited by

Constantin Ion

,

Albano Figueiredo

and Javier Calzada

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity trend; ecological resilience; adaptation; remote sensing; connectivity; climate change

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

Soil Erosion Dynamics and Landform Evolution: Mapping, Modelling and Monitoring

edited by

Valentina Nikolova

and

Ivica Milevski

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion ; gullies ; rills ; erosional landforms ; gully erosion ; riverbank erosion ; sediment transport ; erosion modelling ; geospatial technologies in erosion research ; land degradation

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

Geospatial Technologies for Housing Sustainability and Urban Development

edited by

David Dyason

,

Song Shi

and

Peter Fieger

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial technology; urban growth; affordability; land use; housing sustainability; cities

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

Landscapes for Human-Oriented Smart Cities

edited by

Qing Lu

, John Zacharias and Zhe Sun

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-oriented smart cities; humanistic urban planning; urban landscapes; land use planning; landscape change; territorial spatial planning; ecological infrastructure; AI-enabled urban systems; digital twins; urban livability; nature-based solutions

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

Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Landscape Patterns Under Land Use Change (2nd Edition)

edited by

Priyakant Sinha

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial landscape patterns; temporal landscape patterns; land use change; assessment methods

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

Advances in Forest Biomass Estimation and Its Role in Carbon Sequestration

edited by

Túlio Barroso Queiroz

,

Simón Sandoval Rocha

and

Otávio Campoe

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecophysiology; productivity modeling; silviculture; carbon dynamics; remote sensing; precision forestry

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

Ecosystem Service Flows and Human Well-Being Links Under Landscape Change

edited by

Chenwei Shang

, Honglei Jiang, Lumeng Liu and

Xuening Fang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; landscape change; human well-being; ecosystem services flows; ecosystem health; land use change; spatial modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Rethinking Urban–Rural Dynamics Through the Lens of Social Geography

edited by Claudia Popescu and

Bianca Mitricǎ

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 992 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban– rural; hybridization; dynamics; functionality; identity; power relations; development; policy

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

Environmental Monitoring and Sustainable Transition in Post-Mining Landscapes: Challenges, Innovations, and Policy Implications

edited by

Csaba Lorinț

, Sorin Mihai Radu and Florin Sala

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-mining landscapes; environmental monitoring; land degradation; ecological restoration; sustainable development; soil and water contamination; remote sensing; GIS; risk assessment; land use planning

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

Digital Soil Mapping and Land-Use Planning

edited by Marmar Sabetizade and

Robert Milewski

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: land-use planning; soil health assessment; remote sensing and geospatial modeling; soil carbon and climate mitigation; decision-support systems; ecosystem services; sustainable land management; data integration

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

Adaptive Management of Coastal Landscapes

edited by

Daniele Trogu

,

John F. Weishampel

and

Maria Ferentinou

submission deadline 6 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 664 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions (NbSs); ecosystem services; coastal resilience; coastal vulnerability; urban beaches; foredune systems; coastal monitoring; sea-level rise (SLR); remote sensing and GIS; data-driven decision support

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

Ecosystem Services Design from Single Space Solution to Landscape Vision—Second Edition

edited by

Teodoro Semeraro

submission deadline 9 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3538 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services design; landscape and urban planning; natural-based solutions; green infrastructure; ecological restoration

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

Post-Disaster Urban Futures: Disruptive Planning, Design and Resilience in Climate Crisis and Conflict

edited by Inés Aquilué Junyent, Javier Ruiz Sanchez, Roger Joan Sauquet Llonch,

Alvaro Ardura Urquiaga

and

Ho Gul Kim

submission deadline 10 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1053 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; urban and territorial planning; post-disaster design; catastrophes; urban recovery; climate change

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

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