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Selected Papers from the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Land (IECL2025)
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open
Land Dynamics in the Urbanization Process: Climate Change, Economic Transitions, and Demographic Shifts
edited by , Luminiţa Chivu, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 355 | 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)
Digital Soil Mapping and Precision Agriculture
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 236 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 231 | 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)
Climate and Carbon Cycle Impact Assessment of Land Policies, Prospects and Challenges
edited by , Xin Li and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 217 | 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)
The Land–Energy–Water–Climate Nexus and Sustainable Development Challenges
edited by , and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 210 | 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
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 184 | 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 , and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 176 | 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)
Spatial Data Analysis and Geographic Information Systems for Urban Land Use
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 128 | 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)
Resilient Land Use and Sustainable Regional Development: Insights from SD2025 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 87 | 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 
Use of Halophyte Plants as a Cropping Strategy for Salt-Affected Soils: Agro-Environmental Approaches submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 86 | 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)
The Impact of Population Transition on Land Value and Planning in Rural Areas submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 75 | 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)
Enhancing Biodiversity-Friendly Built Environments in Line with the New European Bauhaus
edited by , and Marco Acri
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 54 | 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)
Wetland Plant Diversity and Ecosystem Function submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 47 | 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)
The Influence of Landscape Disturbance on Catchment Processes
edited by , Linjing Qiu and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 42 | 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)
Recent Progress in Land Cadastre
edited by , and Monika Mika
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 42 | 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)
Research in Urban Ecology: Application into Landscape Design and Green Infrastructure (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban ecology; urban vegetation and urban wildlife; ecological design; nature based solutions in urban areas; landscape and green infrastructure
Landscapes Across the Mediterranean submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 40 | 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)
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 38 | 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)
Ecosystem Services and Residents’ Perceptions: Integrating and Innovating Across Disciplinary Perspectives (2nd Edition)
edited by , Hans Skov-Petersen, Xu Bi and Kai Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 32 | 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)
Large-Scale LULC Mapping on Google Earth Engine (GEE) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 28 | 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
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 28 | 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)
Feature Papers for Land Innovations—Data and Machine Learning: 3rd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 24 | 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)
Using Remote Sensing to Assess and Monitor Changes in Forest Ecosystems submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 22 | 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)
Reconfiguring Human–Climate–Ecosystem Interactions: Patterns, Risks, and Methodology Innovations
edited by , and Lei Wang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 19 | 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)
Integrated Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture: Best Practices and Innovations submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 17 | 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)
Species Vulnerability and Habitat Loss (Third Edition) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 16 | 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)
Key Hydrological Processes and Its Controlling Factors in Terrestrial Ecosystems: 2nd Edition
edited by Licong Dai, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 13 | 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)
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 1322 | Submission Open
Keywords: wetlands; biodiversity; habitat conservation; land use change; remote sensing; landscape modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Sustainable and AI-Driven Approaches to Managing the Soil-Water Complex in Agriculture submission deadline 8 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 686 | 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 submission deadline 11 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6742 | 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 , Izabela Lipińska and Jarmila Lazíková
submission deadline 13 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7726 | 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 , and David Jesenko
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 913 | 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)
Land Use, Ecosystem Services and Environmental Management in Mediterranean Climate Areas
edited by Mélanie Requier-Desjardins and Generosa Calabrese
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 501 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; food system; livelihoods; climate change; land degradation; biodiversity loss; agroecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Land Space Optimization and Governance
edited by , , Hamidreza Rabiei-Dastjerdi, , Guan Li and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open
Keywords: land space optimization; land governance; geospatial technologies; artificial intelligence; big data; sustainable development; urban– rural integration; global case studies; policy innovation; cross-regional coordination
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Towards Healthy and Sustainable Human Settlement: The Ecological and Cultural Connation of Landsenses (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open
Keywords: landsenses; environmental governance; cultural preservation; health promotion; resilience; restorative landscape; community engagement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Forest Soil-Water Resilience to Climate Change: Mechanisms and Management submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; ecosystem; ecological potential; interaction mechanisms; forest management; agriculture techniques; ecologic diversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Multiscalar Interactions between Climate and Land Management Regimes
edited by C. Andrew Day, and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use change; climate change and variability; land– climate interactions; vegetation distribution; soil erosion/sedimentation; water quality; land management/governance; ecosystem services; resilience; multiscale modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Smart Urban Planning: Digital Technologies for Spatial Design
edited by , Si Chen and
submission deadline 3 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart city and smart landscape; evidence-based design; AI-driven planning; planning support system; climate change and urbanization; decision-making; urban and environmental analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Quantification of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in Basins (Second Edition)
edited by and Konstantinos Kaffas
submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; stream sediment transport; field measurements; laboratory measurements; machine learning methods; fuzzy logic; constructive and management measures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Economic Valuation Assessment and Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services: From Theory to Policy Applications
edited by and
submission deadline 13 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; economic valuation; land use policy; sustainable management; environmental decision-making; non-market valuation; environmental policy; land use conflicts; ES trade-offs; land use planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)
Land, Security, and Digital Transformation
edited by , Kirsikka Riekkinen, , Daniel Paez, and Jaap Zevenbergen
submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open
Keywords: land administration; land management; cadastre; land registration; entrepreneurship; cybersecurity
Feature Papers on Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability submission deadline 23 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use and land management policies; land use and land management practices; land use impact assessment; sustainable land management; land use decision making; nature restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)
Land Use/Land Cover Mapping Changes Using Earth Observations Techniques
edited by , , Bertrand Ygorra and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1617 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use; land cover; land use and land cover dynamics; passive and active remote sensing; artificial intelligence; spatio-temporal dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
National Parks and Natural Protected Area Systems
edited by , Liang Li and Liyuan Qian
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open
Keywords: national park management; natural protected area system construction; ecological connectivity; biodiversity conservation; climate change; ecosystem governance; urban threats; tourism control; human– environment interation; restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Eco-Sensitive Areas: Ecosystem Services, Protected Lands, and Current Challenges (Third Edition)
edited by , and Mingjie Song
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; protected lands; eco-sensitive areas; Tibetan Plateau; land use/cover change; ecological compensation; anthropogenic activities; ecosystem restoration; ecosystem services trade-off
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Integrating Spatial Analysis into Sustainable Urban Planning
edited by Apostolos Lagarias, and
submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatial analysis; urban planning; land use modelling; sustainable development; policy making; environmental management; risk management; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Land Degradation: Global Challenges and Sustainable Solutions submission deadline 17 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 54 | 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)
Geomatics and Sustainability: Examples and Application in Urban and Landscape Management (Second Edition)
edited by , and Emiliana Valentini
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 841 | Submission Open
Keywords: geomatics; GIS and remote sensing application; land and landscape management; natural resources management (soil; water; sediment); urban development; critical infrastructures; land– climate interaction; coastal erosion; landslides; natural hazards; wetland reclamation; agricultural land detection
Urban Planning Drives 3D City Development in Time and Space submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 432 | 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)
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