Land | Special Issues

Spatial Optimization for Multifunctional Land Systems

edited by

and

submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial optimization ; multifunctional land use ; land use planning ; trade-off analysis ; sustainable land management

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

Integrating Climate, Land, and Water Systems

edited by Krzysztof Raczynski, Jamie Dyer, Łukasz Chabudziński and

Katarzyna Baran-Gurgul

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3739 | Submission Open

Keywords: land; climate; water; integration; system interconnections; system dynamics; geospatial frameworks; interdependencies; resilience; sustainability

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

Connections Between Land Use, Land Policies, and Food Systems

edited by

Xiangzheng Deng

,

Peiheng Yu

and

Yuping Bai

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2470 | Submission Open

Keywords: land management; land use/land cover change; land policies; food systems; urbanization

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

Land Space Optimization and Governance

edited by

Xufeng Cui

,

Walter T. de Vries

, Hamidreza Rabiei-Dastjerdi,

Jie Zhu

, Guan Li and

Zhaojin Yan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 815 | 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)

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 547 | 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)

Green Spaces and Urban Morphology: Building Sustainable Cities

edited by

Milena D. Lakicevic

,

Mirjana J. Miletić

and

Andrzej Greinert

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 507 | Submission Open

Keywords: green infrastructure; sustainability; urban design; climate resilient cities; circular cities

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

Campus of the University: Spatial Evolution, Societal Response, and Design Innovation

edited by

Gang Feng

and

Fei Chen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban-campus relationship; campus planning and architectural history; spatial forms and architectural systems; sustainability and green planning; digitalization and learning model transformation; cultural perspectives and mental well-being

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

Forest Soil-Water Resilience to Climate Change: Mechanisms and Management

edited by

Jinglong Fan

,

Sameh Kotb Abd-Elmabod

and

Lei Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 71 | 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)

Young Researchers in Land–Climate Interactions

edited by

Nir Krakauer

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 56 | 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)

Climate Change and Soil Erosion: Challenges and Solutions

edited by Hongliang Kang,

Hai Xiao

, Bing Wu and

Matteo Gentilucci

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 50 | 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)

Towards Healthy and Sustainable Human Settlement: The Ecological and Cultural Connation of Landsenses (Second Edition)

edited by

Jiang Liu

,

Yuhan Shao

and

Xin-Chen Hong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: landsenses; environmental governance; cultural preservation; health promotion; resilience; restorative landscape; community engagement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Multiscalar Interactions Between Climate and Land Management Regimes

edited by C. Andrew Day,

Kenneth R. Young

and

Brice B. Hanberry

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 45 | 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)

Urban Land Use Policies and Ecological Sustainability

edited by

Cezary Beker

,

Sandra Wajchman-Świtalska

and

Alina Źróbek-Rózańska

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial management; urban sustainability; socio-economic geography; local and regional policy; ecosystem service assessment; environmental management; urban green and blue infrastructure

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

European Forest Ecosystems: Interactions Between Landscape, Ecology, and Health

edited by

Ovidiu Ionescu

and

Michael Manton

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape shifts; wildlife management; human– wildlife interactions; ecosystem sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

New Towns—Past, Present, and Future

edited by Hadas Shadar and

Arnon Golan

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open

Keywords: new towns; urban theories; urban models; urban modernization; population concentration

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

Smart Urban Planning: Digital Technologies for Spatial Design

edited by

Yoonshin Kwak

, Si Chen and

Brian Deal

submission deadline 3 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 392 | 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)

Urban Land Expansion and Regional Inequality

edited by

Montaña Jiménez-Espada

and

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7103 | 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)

Quantification of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in Basins (Second Edition)

edited by

Vlassios Hrissanthou

and Konstantinos Kaffas

submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 43 | 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)

New Perspectives in the Management and Monitoring of Mountain Ecosystems

edited by

Oimahmad Rahmonov

and

Michał Sobala

submission deadline 9 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 496 | Submission Open

Keywords: mountains vegetation; disturbances of vegetation; ecosystem services; soil erosion; landscape diversity; land use/cover; livestock rangeland; land abandonment; historical grazing; mountain tourism

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

Urban Landscape Transformation vs. Memory

edited by

Bojana Bojanic Obad Scitaroci

,

Nerma Omićević

and

Tamara Zaninović

submission deadline 13 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1247 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscape transformation; memorialisation; heritage resilience; active vs. passive land use; cultural heritage; natural heritage; heritage urbanism; forgotten urban layers

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

Economic Valuation Assessment and Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services: From Theory to Policy Applications

edited by

Chi-Ok Oh

and

Hyun No Kim

submission deadline 13 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 473 | 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)

Innovations in Soil Erosion Assessment and Management Along Rivers and Coastal Areas：2nd Edition

edited by

,

,

,

and Francesca Minniti

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1698 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; assessment; management; modeling; natural and anthropogenic factors; extreme events and climate change; river and coastal dynamics; remote sensing; decision making

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

Spatial Optimization of Land Use: A Perspective on Carbon Emission and Energy Landscape Planning

edited by Jing Huang, Wenjing Han, Chai Duo, Jing Lan and Shan Guo

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1130 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial optimization; land use planning; climate resilience; carbon neutrality; climate change mitigation; environmental impacts; energy transition; resilient energy landscapes; energy infrastructure planning

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

Reimagining Cities and Landscapes: AI, Sustainability, Exaptation and Inclusive Urban Futures

edited by Alessandro Melis and Antonio Lara-Hernandez

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 849 | Submission Open

Keywords: architectural exaptation; adaptive reuse; urban resilience; vacant spaces; sustainable urbanism; socio-ecological design

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

Potential for Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Green Infrastructure (2nd Edition)

edited by

Petra Schneider

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological engineering; ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; green infrastructure; land recycling; land transformation; animal-aided design; sustainable urban drainage; climate adaptation; biotope networks

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

Land, Security, and Digital Transformation

edited by

Rohan Bennett

, Kirsikka Riekkinen,

Trias Aditya

, Daniel Paez,

Jerome Donovan

and Jaap Zevenbergen

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: land administration; land management; cadastre; land registration; entrepreneurship; cybersecurity

Urban Spatial Planning for Health and Well-Being

edited by

, Zhiqiang Feng,

,

,

and

submission deadline 21 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing and street view image; spatio-temporal statistics and disease mapping; GeoAI and LLM; health impact assessment; urban spatial planning; nature-based solution; walkability and bikeability; sustainable development goal; urban built environment; 15-minute city and well-being

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

Feature Papers on Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability

edited by

Lucia Rocchi

and

Giovanni Ottomano Palmisano

submission deadline 23 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 76 | 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)

Urban Planning in a Time of Crisis

edited by

Kinga Rybak-Niedziółka

,

Janusz Marchwinski

,

Luis Araújo Santos

and

Eduardo Natividade-Jesus

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience of urban spaces; sustainability in planning of the built environment; green-blue infrastructure; energy consciousness in urban planning; social equality and quality of life in urban spaces; multifunctional spaces and flexibility in urban design; resident safety in urban design

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

Land Resource Assessment (Second Edition)

edited by

Weiguo Fan

and

Xuechao Wang

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 686 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resource efficiency; functional differences evaluation; land resource capitalization; process evaluation and simulation; energy system language and LCA; typical model of land use; ecological security and carrying capacity

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

Sustainable Brownfield (Re)Developments Versus Urban Growth Demands: Opportunities and Challenges

edited by

Talib E. Butt

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; urbanization; brownfield; (re)development; urban growth demands; spatial planning; risk assessment; contaminated land

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

Rethinking Rural-Urban Interactions in Terms of Food Security and Agriculture Development

edited by Yingnan Niu, Gaodi Xie and Luoman Pu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5873 | 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)

Urban Green Spaces: An Effective Tool to Regulate Urban Climate and Biodiversity, 2nd Edition

edited by

Nikolaos Proutsos

and

Alexandra D. Solomou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3256 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green spaces; urban climate and climate change in cities; urban biodiversity; urban trees and vegetation management; meteorological monitoring of urban green areas; Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Urban Cool Island (UCI); thermal comfort; natural and artificial climate-friendly materials; nature-based solutions and good practices in cities; plant species selection criteria in cities; water and maintenance requirements of urban vegetation

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

Land Use/Land Cover Mapping Changes Using Earth Observations Techniques

edited by

Frédéric Frappart

,

Lien Rodríguez López

, Bertrand Ygorra and

Luc Bourrel

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2727 | 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)

The Mechanism of Land-Water Interaction and Management Strategies: Recent Discoveries and the Way Forward

edited by

Carla Rolo Antunes

and

Shiliang Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2109 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; hydrological processes; models; hydrological variables; runoff; infiltration

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

Urban, Rural, and Agricultural Infrastructures for Resource Recovery: Fostering Environmental Sustainability, Ecological Balance, and a Resilient Circular Bioeconomy

edited by

Tiziana Crovella

, Teodoro Gallucci and

Annarita Paiano

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1017 | Submission Open

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

Geodiversity, Land Use and Ecosystem Services: Integrating Abiotic and Biotic Perspectives of Regional Development with Methodological Advances

edited by Ana Vovk, Laura Melelli and

Borut Stojilković

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 925 | Submission Open

Keywords: geodiversity; ecosystem services; geosystem services; abiotic-biotic interactions; sustainable land management; biodiversity and resilience; geoconservation; diversity evaluation techniques

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

Science-Based Approaches to Promote Sustainable Land and Resource Management in Protected Areas: Latest Insights from the Fields of Geography and Recreation Ecology

edited by Ting Wang,

Teiji Watanabe

and

Yu-Fai Leung

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 655 | Submission Open

Keywords: protected areas; recreation use; impacts monitoring; visitor management; voluntary data analysis; partnership; resource management; participatory assessment approach

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

National Parks and Natural Protected Area Systems

edited by

Chris Zevenbergen

, Liang Li and Liyuan Qian

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 164 | 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

Shicheng Li

,

Lanhui Li

and Mingjie Song

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 115 | 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)

Urban Planning Innovation Based on Big-Data, AI, and Digital Technology

edited by

Heechul Kim

, Sungjoo Hwang, Seungho Yang and Jihyon Hwang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning innovation; big data analytics; artificial intelligence (AI); digital technology; data-driven urban governance; sustainable and resilient cities; urban informatics; integrating AI with planning theory

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

Feature Papers for Land Systems and Global Change Section: 3rd Edition

edited by

Le Yu

,

Xin Chen

, Zhenrong Du and

Pengyu Hao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: land system; global change; datasets; models; time series

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

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

edited by

Xuechao Wang

,

Weize Song

and

Yingjie Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 35 | 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)

Urban Morphology: A Perspective from Space (3rd Edition)

edited by

Marco Maretto

and Nicola Marzot

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban morphology; public space; urban design; new technologies; trans-disciplinarity

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

AI-Enabled Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Agricultural Land Use

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 17 | 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)

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 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 4 | 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)

Integrating Spatial Analysis into Sustainable Urban Planning

edited by Apostolos Lagarias,

Despina Dimelli

and

Georgia Pozoukidou

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 110 | 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)

Sustainable Water and Soil Conservation and Management for Agriculture

edited by

Juan M. Trujillo Gonzalez

and

Raimundo Jimenez-Ballesta

submission deadline 3 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision irrigation; conservation agriculture; water-footprint assessment; soil mapping; organic amendments; remote sensing monitoring

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

Sustainable Forest Landscape Management Towards Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity (Second Edition)

edited by

Guillermo Martinez-Pastur

,

Robert Baldwin

,

Mónica Del Rosario Toro-Manríquez

and

Serban Chivulescu

submission deadline 13 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 29 | 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)

Relationship Between Land Use and Land Degradation

edited by Dajing Li, Hongqi Zhang and Fang Liu

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: land-use/cover change; land degradation; desertification; human activities; ecosystem services; ecologically fragile regions; sustainable development

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

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