Land | Special Issues

Advances in the Evolution of the Geomorphological Landscape of Urbanized Areas

edited by

Adam Łajczak

and

Roksana Zarychta

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7879 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape ecology; urbanized areas; geodiversity; geoinformation; topography; relief

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Integrating Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (Second Edition)

edited by

Michael Hensel

,

Defne Sunguroglu Hensel

and

Alessandra Battisti

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7158 | Submission Open

Keywords: integration of urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture; urban environmental and ecological restoration; multifunctional land use; integration of green; blue; and grey infrastructure; novel urban green systems; urban agriculture; horticulture; and gardening; urban ecology and multi-species design; decision support systems for integrating urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture; data-driven design for integrating urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture

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

Advances in Urban Planning and Sustainable Mobility

edited by Fernando Fonseca,

Daniel Rodrigues

,

Paulo Ribeiro

and

Antônio Nélson Rodrigues da Silva

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5051 | 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)

Nature-Based Solutions for Soil-Water Related Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Kristina Potočki

and

Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4254 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land management (SLM); nature-based solutions (NBS); ecosystem services; land degradation neutrality (LDN); mitigation of weather extremes

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

Geospatial Technologies for Land Governance

edited by

Dimitrios Ampatzidis

,

Dionysia-Georgia Perperidou

and

Aritstotelis Vartholomaios

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3296 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial land governance urban planning regional development cadastre spatial data analytics remote sensing global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) geo-AI smart cities UAV/drone-based mapping

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

Advancements in Geospatial Techniques for Land Change Analysis and Management

edited by

Jūratė Sužiedelytė-Visockienė

and

Eglė Tumelienė

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3238 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial data analysis; remote sensing technologies; air pollution; climate change mitigation; land management; land use changes; machine learning and AI

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

Urban and Peri-Urban Environment: Searching for Sustainable Planning, Design and Management Solutions

edited by

Richard Smardon

and

Maria Ignatieva

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1785 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; planning; landscape design; management; urban; peri-urban

(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 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1576 | 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)

Land Management for Climate-Responsive Development

edited by

D. Ary A. Samsura

, Kristoffer Berse, Yusfida Ayu Abdullah and Naim Laeni

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 1566 | Submission Open

Keywords: land development; land management; land use; land value capture; land tenureship; climate adaptation; climate mitigation; resilience; urban and regional planning

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

Geomatics and Sustainability: Examples and Application in Urban and Landscape Management (Second Edition)

edited by

Maurizio Pollino

,

Sergio Cappucci

and Emiliana Valentini

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1416 | 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

Comprehensive Transportation and Territorial Space Coordinated Planning

edited by Gaoru Zhu,

Linchuan Yang

and Jing Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 701 | Submission Open

Keywords: comprehensive transportation network planning; the impact of transportation on land use; the impact of land use on transportation; the interaction between transportation network and territorial space; territorial space development guided by transportation (transit oriented development); ecological effects of transportation and protection of territorial space; evolution of port-coastal zone and integration of port industry and city; optimization of transportation infrastructure layout (highways; railways; airports; ports); connection and coordination between transportation and territorial spatial planning; development and protection synergistic transportation systems; resilient transportation and resilient territory

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

The Past and the Present of Food Sustainability and Resilience of Local Food Production: 2nd Edition

edited by

Désirée Gmür

and

Tobias Haller

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 694 | Submission Open

Keywords: food sustainability; food resilience; food systems; food security; food consumption; food security state policies; global dynamics of food production; malnutrition; natural resource management systems and food security; institutional changes and food sustainability; landscape evolution; agro-industrial transformations; sustainable diets; local foods; archaeology of food archaeobotany

Healing Place and Planet: Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning

edited by

Richard Smardon

and

Carlos José Lopes Balsas

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 651 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; resilience; urban greenways; landscape and regional planning; landscape/greenspace policy and planning; ecosystem services; green infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Urban Planning Drives 3D City Development in Time and Space

edited by

Miro Govedarica

,

Miodrag Roić

and

Aleksandra Radulović

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 558 | 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)

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

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 438 | 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)

Climate Adaptation and Recovery Strategies: Reimagining Governance in Urban Regions

edited by

Anastasia Nikologianni

, Kathryn Moore,

Marina Cervera

and

Bruno Marques

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate crisis; landscape strategies; landscape governance; climate adaptation; landscape design; regional approaches; landscape approaches; governance; landscape environmental policy; indigenous knowledge

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

Energy and Landscape: Consensus, Uncertainties and Challenges

edited by

Elena Lucchi

and

Tianyi Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy technologies; bioenergy; wind energy; solar energy; agrivoltaics; land-use trade-offs; carbon neutrality; carbon sequestration; resilience assessment; sustainable coupling; sustainable feedstocks; lifecycle assessment; bioenergy policy

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

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

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 263 | 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)

Sustainable Development and Urban Land Use Efficiency: Strategies for Effective Land Management

edited by

,

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban renewal; land use efficiency; sustainable development; compact city; brownfield regeneration; transit-oriented development; GIS and remote sensing; climate change adaptation

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

Land Use and Land Cover Change Analysis in Dynamic Landscapes

edited by

Sifiso Xulu

,

Romano Lottering

,

Mahlatse Kganyago

and

Humphrey Kgabo Thamaga

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 239 | 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)

Urban Land Use Dynamics and Smart City Governance

edited by

Irma Kveladze

,

Ida Maria Bonnevie

and

Jamal Jokar Arsanjani

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 194 | 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)

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 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 169 | 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)

Beyond Boundaries: Exploring the Nexus of People, Land, and Water Along Land Use Gradients

edited by

Sang-Woo Lee

and

Lu Liang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use gradient; people– land– water nexus; ecological services; GIS and spatial modeling; rural– urban transition; landscape governance; aquatic ecosystems; stream impairment and restoration; human perception

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Spatial Governance Strategies for Enhancing Agricultural Livelihoods at Rural-Urban Transition

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban transition; agricultural livelihoods; spatial governance; resource efficiency; land-use planning; farmer preferences; sustainable development

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

Agritourism as a Driver of Sustainable Land Management

edited by

Dora I. R. Ferreira

and

J. M. Sánchez-Martín

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: agritourism; rural tourism; rural planning; land management; urban– rural food systems; cultural landscapes; food landscapes; regional or local analysis of tourism; creation of tourist itineraries; GIS applied to tourism

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

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

edited by

Jorge Mongil-Manso

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 116 | 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)

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

edited by

Wojciech Zgłobicki

and

Bogusława Baran-Zgłobicka

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Land System Dynamics and Climate-Related Hazards

edited by

Anam Ashraf

, Sheikh Saeed Ahmad, Muhammad Israr and

Todd Robinson

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: land system dynamics; climate-related hazards; land use change; hydrological hazards; landscape fragmentation; land degradation; climate change impacts; sustainable land management; socio-ecological vulnerability; environmental risks

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

Land Governance and Socio-Economic Sustainability: Insights from Territorial Planning and Land Use Transitions Under Climate Disruptions

edited by Majid Amani-Beni,

Yang Chen

and Jerzy Bański

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: land governance; spatial planning; adaptive land use; climate disruptions; socio-economic sustainability; land use transitions; territorial resilience; environmental change

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

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

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 76 | 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)

Intelligent Systems Supporting the Assessment of Soil Influence on Crop Yields

edited by

Magdalena Piekutowska

and

Patryk Hara

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 73 | 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)

Cultural Landscapes: Education and Citizen Participation for Their Recovery and Conservation

edited by Ana María Hernández Carretero,

Rebeca Guillén-Peñafiel

and

J. M. Sánchez-Martín

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural landscape; heritage education; citizen participation; sustainability; landscape education; planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Land, Ageing, Gender and Environment: Problems and Challenges from Different Disciplines (Third Edition)

edited by

Vanessa Zorrilla-Muñoz

,

Maria Silveria Agulló-Tomás

,

Eduardo Fernandez

,

Sonia de Lucas Santos

and

Jesus Cuadrado Rojo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: land; ageing/ageism/older people; gender/eco/feminism; environmental issues/climate change; health (physical; social and psychological level); technologies (IA and emerging); evaluation of programmes; different disciplines; intersectionality/diversity; rural– urban spaces/frames; demography; policy; social services and education aspects; work/employment and leisure/tourism aspects

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

Sustainable Land Management Practices in the Face of Climate Change

edited by

Inmaculada Gómez Jiménez

,

Javier Velázquez Saornil

and

Rui Alexandre Castanho

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land management (SLM); urban adaptation; socio-ecological systems; landscape water management; climate resilience; land use policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate 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 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 42 | 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)

State of the Art on Agriculture in Rural Areas: For Sustainable Land Management 2nd Edition

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; farmland; intensification; resilience; rural; livelihood; policy; optimization; interdisciplinary

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

Climate Adaptation Planning in Urban Areas (Second Edition)

edited by

Juchul Jung

,

Sangjun Kang

and Jin-Oh Kim

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate adaptation planning; urban resilience; green infrastructure; community-based adaptation; climate policy and governance

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

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

edited by Ahmed Mohammed Alhuseen and

Pavel Cudlin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 31 | 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)

Optimizing Brownfield Strategies in Urbanization Processes

edited by

Kamila Turečková

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: brownfields; strategy and reuse planning; urbanization; regeneration; environmental and social responsibility; urban development planning; circularity in construction; sustainability; regional development; local and national government

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

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

edited by

Martin Boltiziar

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 30 | 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)

Water Resources and Land Use Planning (Third Edition)

edited by

Carla Rolo Antunes

and Tiago Brito Ramos

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 28 | 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)

Decentralization and Development: Territorial Dimension and Spatial Disparities Mitigation

edited by

Marija Drobnjaković

,

Milena Panić

and

Eduarda Marques Da Costa

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: decentralization; spatial disparities; local development; territorial reform; rural areas integration; local and sub-local governing; community participation

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

Urban Land Use Planning in Europe: A Comparative Perspective

edited by

Ioannis A. Pissourios

,

Georgia Gemenetzi

and

Giancarlo Cotella

submission deadline 1 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; land use planning; European planning systems; spatial policy; urban governance; contextual analysis; comparative study; cross-case analysis

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

Sustainable Land Reclamation Strategies for Post-Mining Areas: From Theory to Practice

edited by

Florin G. Faur

,

Izabela Maria Apostu

and

Todd Robinson

submission deadline 1 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-mining areas; slope stability; land reclamation; landscape restoration; ecological reconstruction; repurposing; open pit lakes; energy storage; land use planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Integrating Groundwater Management with Land Use in Agricultural Landscapes

edited by Jonas Satkūnas

submission deadline 6 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater resources and quality; monitoring and mapping of aquifers; resources assessment; water-land management; modelling; climate change

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

Land Planning to Integrate Ecosystem Resilience and Human Well-Being

edited by

Alice Stocco

,

Mita Drius

and Silvia Pulina

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: land planning; land use management; urban planning; green and blue spaces; green infrastructures; human well-being; sustainable land use; landscape management; landscape design

(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 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 21 | 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)

The Second Edition: Ecology of the Landscape Capital and Urban Capital

edited by

Teodoro Semeraro

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; ecosystem services; natural-based solution; green infrastructure; urban planning; landscape planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

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 29 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 43 | 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)

Contemporary Challenges for Urban Built Environment and Landscape Conservation: Social, Cultural and Economic Issues

edited by

Francesca Torrieri

and

Marco Rossitti

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5191 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage conservation; cultural landscape; built environment; urban planning; economic evaluation; reuse; participation; social value; decision-making; sustainable development

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

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Special Issues

Further Information

Guidelines

MDPI Initiatives

Follow MDPI