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Navigating the Balance: The Role of National Parks in Ecological Conservation and Socioeconomic Development, 2nd Edition

edited by

Fanglei Zhong

and Lihua Zhou

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; national parks; mode of management; socioeconomic development; conservation

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

Land Degradation: Global Challenges and Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Weicheng Wu

Claudio Zucca

and

Eddy de Pauw

submission deadline 17 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 111 | 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)

Feature Papers for Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing Section, Second Edition

edited by

Sean Sloan

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: land-change dynamics; biodiversity; human wellbeing; resilience; conservation planning

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

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

edited by

Teodoro Semeraro

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 5 | 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)

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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3218 | 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)

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 1134 | 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 and Peri-Urban Environment: Searching for Sustainable Planning, Design and Management Solutions

edited by

Richard Smardon

and

Maria Ignatieva

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 587 | Submission Open

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

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

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 490 | 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)

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 457 | 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 380 | 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 | Viewed by 306 | 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)

Energy and Landscape: Consensus, Uncertainties and Challenges

edited by

Elena Lucchi

and

Tianyi Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 184 | 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 151 | 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)

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 98 | 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)

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 | Viewed by 95 | 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)

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

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 48 | 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)

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

edited by

Jorge Mongil-Manso

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 44 | 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 42 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

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 37 | 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)

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 34 | 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)

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 28 | 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)

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 21 | 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)

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 8 | 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 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 31 | 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)

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 62 | 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)

Green and Blue Infrastructure, Climate Change, and Urban Resilience: Best Practices and Adaptive Implementation

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: green and blue infrastructure; urban heat island effect; nature-based solutions; resilient and sustainable built environment; biodiversity; liveability; water-sensitive urban design; water-sensitive stormwater management; community engagement; global warming

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

Linking Ecological Networks and Ecosystem Service Flow: Toward Regional Ecological Conservation and Sustainability

edited by

Shiliang Liu

and

Jinyan Zhan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological network; ecosystem service flow; ecological security pattern; habitat fragmentation; ecosystem service; landscape connectivity; ecological restoration; land use change; species migration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Soil Engineering for Improving Water, Solutes, and Heat Dynamics of Arid Lands

edited by

Said Al-Ismaily

Daniel Menezes-Blackburn

Abdulrasoul Al-Omran

and Ali Akbar Moosavi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 9 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil engineering; smart irrigation; soil– water– atmosphere interactions; engineered capillary barriers; water retention efficiency; solute transport control; heat flow in soils; waterlogging mitigation; arid land agriculture; rhizosphere engineering; soil amendments; irrigation water quality; ai for sustainable agricultural production

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

Brownfield Redevelopment: Soil Remediation for Sustainable Cities

edited by

Fei Li

Jia Wen

and

Chuanrong Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil contamination; remediation technologies; bioremediation; phytoremediation; sustainable development; community engagement; green infrastructure; spatio-temporal management framework; economic impact; environmental resilience

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

Applications of Trajectory Analysis to Describe Changes in a Time Series of Maps

edited by

Robert Gilmore Pontius, Jr.

and Thomas Mumuni Bilintoh

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 1217 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternation; GIS; land change; Latin America; pattern; resolution; spatial; trajectories; temporal; time series

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

Land Cover/Use Dynamics and Its Implications for Regional Sustainable Development

edited by

Xidong Chen

Xiao Zhang

and

Yuan Gao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover/use change; remote sensing; sustainable development goals (SDGs); land use transition; spatio-temporal monitoring; land system science

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

Morphological and Climatic Adaptations for Sustainable City Living

edited by

Zhonghua Gou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban morphology; climatic adaptation; sustainable urban design; thermal comfort; energy self-sufficiency; urban resilience

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

Urban Planning for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Jan Cudzik

Yu Wang

Javier Orozco-Messana

and

Avar Almukhtar

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable urban mobility; green infrastructure and biodiversity; climate-resilient urban design; digital innovation for smart cities; heritage in transformation; nature-based solutions; governance for just transitions

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

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