Land | Special Issues

Rural–Urban Gradients: Landscape and Nature Conservation II

edited by

and

submission deadline 8 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8431

Keywords: gradient approach; rural– urban divide; effectiveness of protected areas; ecosystem services supply; urban expansion; rural cultural landscapes; social-ecological resilience

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

Spatiotemporal Data Analytics and Modeling of Land Systems: Shaping Sustainable Landscape, Second Edition

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 12 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2301 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatiotemporal modeling spatial-temporal; landscape patterns and processes landscape; sustainability and resilience; geospatial technologies; land use/land cover; land change; modeling landscape; assessment methods; landscape dynamic evolution

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

The 2nd Conference on Future Challenges in Sustainable Urban Planning & Territorial Management

edited by

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

and

Josep Lluís Miralles Garcia

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 15271 | Submission Open

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

Evolving Landscape Design and Planning: From Infrastructure Landscapes to Future Research Frontiers

edited by Romanos Ioannidis, Nikos Mamassis, Julia Nerantzia Tzortzi, Konstantinos Moraitis and Aspaso-Aspassia Kouzoupi

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10740 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape; spatial planning; renewable energy; landscape impacts; participatory processes; cultural heritage; landscape design; visibility analysis; architecture; public perception; social acceptance; landscape and blue/green/grey infrastructure

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

Modeling Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Planning (Second Edition)

edited by

Eve Bohnett

and

Eben N. Broadbent

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4201 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; conservation planning; geodesign; modeling; spatial ecology; spatial conservation prioritization; landscape architecture; alternative futures

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

Innovative Approaches in Urban Planning: Enhancing Community Engagement and Heritage Conservation

edited by

Kęstutis Zaleckis

,

Indre Grazuleviciute-Vileniske

,

Paul Draus

and Jurate Tutlyte

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1069 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation in urban planning; community engagement; heritage preservation; sustainability; simulative modeling; participatory design

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

New Insights in Landscape Approaches for Biodiversity and Community Resilience

edited by Wenyuan Zhang and

Yanjie Xu

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 662 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape planning; ecological connectivity; ecosystem services; community resilience; ecological restoration; essential biodiversity variables

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

The Role Played by Agriculture in Inland Areas

edited by

Orlando Cimino

,

Concetta Cardillo

and Giuseppe Gaudio

submission deadline 19 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10152 | Submission Open

Keywords: inland areas; agriculture in inland areas; vulnerability and resilience of inland areas; governance and policy of inland resources; sustainability (environmental; social; and economic); ecosystem services and sustainable development of inland areas; management policies and strategies regarding inland areas; models and analytical tools for land management in inland areas; examples of good practices in inland areas

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

Urban and Rural Development Planning for Resilient Human Environments (Second Edition)

edited by

Iva Mrak

,

Giovanna Acampa

and

Maurizio Errigo

submission deadline 23 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 963 | Submission Open

Keywords: quality of life in human environments; resilient human environments; climate adaptation; spatial; urban and rural planning and evaluations; building and construction design; uncertainty adaptation; preparedness; response; recovery; vulnerable groups and resilient human environments; sustainability goals; landscapes; tools for resilient human environments

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

Sustainable Monitoring of Wetland Ecosystems for Environmental Conservation

edited by

Yongheng Gao

submission deadline 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetlands; restoration; ecosystems; landscape; wetland protection

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

Application of Multi-Source Geographical Big Data in Land Use Decision-Making

edited by

Shi Shen

,

Antonio Miguel Martínez-Graña

,

Sijing Ye

,

Zhuolin Tao

and Min Zhao

submission deadline 27 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1475 | Submission Open

Keywords: geographic information systems (GISs); land use decision-making; land use simulation; GeoAI; multi-source data integration; geospatial big data; land use decision-making; remote sensing data; land use classification; land management; global land use patterns

In Situ Conservation Tools to Mitigate Impacts from Global Change on Biodiversity

edited by

David Rodríguez-Rodríguez

and

Javier Martínez-Vega

submission deadline 28 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 22908 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity crisis; pressure assessment; protected area effectiveness; conservation outcome; land use– land cover change; climate change; ecological restoration; OECM; community conserved area; Anthropocene

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

Geographic Information Technologies and the New Challenges of Globalization in a Changing Environment

edited by

Ana Nieto Masot

,

Gema Cárdenas

and

José A. Gutiérrez Gallego

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16098 | Submission Open

Keywords: Geographic Information Systems; ; Remote Sensing; ; Geoinformation; ; Sustainable development; ; Spatial decision support; ; Spatial analysis; ; Geographic knowledge

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

Planning and Designing Livable and Sustainable Regions: Integrating Urban and Regional Perspectives

edited by

Yuan Yuan

,

Yang Xiao

and

Jianxi Feng

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11702 | Submission Open

Keywords: livability; urban and regional planning; urban design; regional development; spatial planning; urban and regional resilience; community and neighborhood; habitat; human settlements; sustainable development goals

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

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Sun Yat-Sen University in Urban Planning and Land

edited by

Tingting Chen

,

Weilin Liao

, Xinhui Wu and Zhi He

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9260 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; land; urban– rural interactions; landscapes; climate change; GIS application

Spatial Planning and Land-Use Management: 2nd Edition

edited by

Eduardo Gomes

,

Eduarda Marques Da Costa

and

Patrícia Abrantes

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7586 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial planning; land-use management; land use/land cover; participatory planning; system thinking planning; future scenarios; land-use conflicts; accessibility; periurban and rurban territories; geospatial modelling; remote sensing

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

Agricultural Land Management to Meet Future Global Food Demand (Second Edition)

edited by

Uttam Khanal

and

Sanzidur Rahman

submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3212 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land management; food security; agricultural intensification; crop diversification; agricultural adaptations to climate change

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

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

edited by

Bangbang Zhang

,

Xinyuan Liang

and

Lulu Qu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19486 | Submission Open

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

Ground Deformation Monitoring via Remote Sensing Time Series Data

edited by

Ebrahim Ghaderpour

and

Paolo Mazzanti

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 18514 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; change detection; ground deformation; PS-InSAR; monitoring; synthetic aperture radar; time series; trend analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

Landscape Architecture and Design in Urban and Peri-Urban Environment: 2nd Edition

edited by

Richard Smardon

and

Maria Ignatieva

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 17472 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape architecture; urban design; urban expansion; land use; land use change; urban context; built-up area; adaptive governance; urban regeneration; ecosystem services: environmental health benefits

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

Towards Healthy and Sustainable Human Settlement: The Ecological and Cultural Connation of Landsenses

edited by

Jiang Liu

,

Yuhan Shao

and

Xin-Chen Hong

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14980 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Species Vulnerability and Habitat Loss II

edited by

Michela Balestri

and

Marco Campera

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 12014 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge effect; stress; species trait; threatened species; fragmentation; habitat shift; dispersal; extinction risk; conservation planning

Ecosystem Services and Residents’ Perceptions: Integrating and Innovating Across Disciplinary Perspectives

edited by

Qi Fu

, Hans Skov-Petersen, Xu Bi and Kai Li

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11692 | 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)

Feature Papers for Land Innovations—Data and Machine Learning: 2nd Edition

edited by

Chuanrong Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11371 | 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)

Research in Urban Ecology: Application into Landscape Design and Green Infrastructure

edited by

Maria Ignatieva

and

Diana Dushkova

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11079 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecology; urban vegetation and urban wildlife; ecological design; nature based solutions in urban areas

Eco-Sensitive Areas: Ecosystem Services, Protected Lands, and Current Challenges (Second Edition)

edited by

Shicheng Li

,

Lanhui Li

and Mingjie Song

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10066 | 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)

Key Hydrological Processes and Its Controlling Factors in Terrestrial Ecosystems

edited by Licong Dai,

Xiaowei Guo

and

Charles Bourque

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8214 | 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)

Land Management Practices for Enhancing Ecosystem Services: Cases and Experiences

edited by

Wei Liu

, Le Yin, Xi Chu and

Jinyan Zhan

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8177 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem service; sustainable land use management; trade-offs/synergy analysis; ecological restoration; policy frameworks; ecosystem resilience; policy implications; land use efficiency; governance models

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

Urban Land Use Change and Its Spatial Planning

edited by

Barbara Goličnik Marušić

,

Vita Žlender

,

Manfred Schrenk

and Kasper Kok

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7870 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; dynamic processes; planning; policy; quality; sustainability; participation

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

Urban Morphology: A Perspective from Space (Second Edition)

edited by

Marco Maretto

and Nicola Marzot

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7523 | 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)

Urban Planning and Housing Market II

edited by

Agnieszka Szczepańska

and

Radosław Cellmer

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7022 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; spatial planning; housing market; housing needs; housing demand and supply; real-estate value; spatial analysis

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

Dynamics of Terrestrial Environmental Systems

edited by

Hezi Yizhaq

and Zhiwei Xu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6827 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex environmental system; ecosystems; climate change; remote sensing; mathematical modelling; drylands; tipping points; pattern formation; aeolian processes; geomorphological systems

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

Human–Nature Relations in Urban Landscape Planning

edited by

Rob Roggema

and

Nico Tillie

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6736 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscape; urban ecosystem; landscape planning; spatial planning; resilient design; landscape design; landscape-based urban design; design-led approach; green and blue grids; nature-based solutions; biourbanism; regenerative design

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

Sustainability and Peri-Urban Agriculture II

edited by

Roberto Henke

and

Francesca Giare

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6540 | Submission Open

Keywords: peri-urban agriculture; land sustainability; multifunctionality; farm diversification; new income sources in agriculture; urban food systems; urban– rural linkages; land use policy; social farming; rural-urban services

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

Innovations in Agricultural Green Infrastructure

edited by

Wendy McWilliam

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5411 | Submission Open

Keywords: greening agricultural systems; environmental impacts; farm system resilience; green infrastructure; agrichemical use; indigenous biodiversity; green branding

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

Social–Ecological Ecosystems in Rewilding Urban Environment: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Multifaceted Wild Natures

edited by

Giovanni Trentanovi

,

Roberta Bartoletti

and

Francesco Sacchetti

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5362 | Submission Open

Keywords: wild urban nature; urban voids; regeneration policies; socio-ecological characters; socio-environmental movements; urban biodiversity; citizen science; contested natures

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

Soil Legacies, Land Use Change and Forest and Grassland Restoration

edited by

Ken Smith

,

Deborah A. McGrath

,

Kuok Ho Daniel Tang

and

Kevin Emmanuel Scriber, II

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4862 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest restoration; grassland restoration; soil legacies; land use change; soil carbon

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

The Role of Land Policy in Shaping Tourism Development

edited by

Dunja Demirović Bajrami

and

Adriana Radosavac

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4285 | Submission Open

Keywords: land policy; tourism development; sustainable tourism; urban planning; zoning laws; property rights; local economies; policy innovation

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

Ecosystem Disturbances and Soil Properties (Second Edition)

edited by

Víctor Fernández-García

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3044 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfires; herbivory; soil structure; soil nutrients; soil carbon; soil biota

Application of the Ecosystem Service in Landscape Planning: From Cognition to Decision-Making

edited by

Xi Li

, Kai Li, Yuejing Rong, Hao Xia and Ruhong Xin

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2050 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem service; landscape planning and design; ecosystem management decision-making; trade-off and synergy; human wellbeing; green infrastructure; socio-ecological interaction; landscape conservation and restoration; nature-based solutions

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

Rural Demographic Changes and Land Use Response

edited by

Yuheng Li

, Guoming Du,

Monika Stanny

and

Łukasz Komorowski

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2043 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural demographics; population dynamics; land use change; rural– urban migration; socioeconomic factors

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

Urban Ecosystem Services: 6th Edition

edited by

Alessio Russo

and

Giuseppe T. Cirella

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1257 | Submission Open

Keywords: assessing natural capital and ecosystem services; compact cities; ecology in cities; ecosystem services; ecosystem disservices; and well-being; ecosystem service degradation; edible green infrastructure; green infrastructure; green space; green walls; healing garden design; landscape architecture and urban design; mapping and assessing ecosystem services; modelling ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; social-ecological systems; sustainable urbanism; urban agriculture; urban biodiversity and ecosystem services; urban biosphere reserve; urban ecosystems; urban forest; urban geography and development; urban– rural interface; urban sustainability

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

Territorial Space and Transportation Coordinated Development

edited by Gaoru Zhu,

Linchuan Yang

and Jing Chen

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1060 | 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 developmemt); tcological effects of transportation and protection of territorial space; evolution of port-coastal zone and itegration 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)

Heritage Landscapes, Their Inventory, Management and Future

edited by Jaromír Kolejka and

Igor Gallay

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 883 | Submission Open

Keywords: historical landscapes; identification criteria; inventory procedures; classification and typology; management; protection and planning; sustainable tourism

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

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Landscape Analysis and Landscape Protection

edited by

Dora Tomić Reljić

, Petra Pereković and

Beata Fornal-Pieniak

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 746 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape planning; landscape value; landscape protection; landscape quality; GIS; sustainable development

The New Suburbia: Redefining Suburban Growth—Exploring Deeper Meanings and Dynamics

edited by Emil Israel and Amnon Frenkel

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open

Keywords: suburbanization; sustainability; suburban inequality; social justice; suburban sprwal; housing; labor market; mobility and transportation; planning and policy

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

Quantification of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in Basins

edited by

Vlassios Hrissanthou

and

Konstantinos Kaffas

submission deadline 6 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17838 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; stream sediment transport; field measurements; laboratory measurements; machine learning methods; fuzzy logic; constructive and management measures

Land–Water–Energy–Food (LWEF) System Coupling and Sustainable Development of Watersheds

edited by

,

,

,

and Zhifeng Jin

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4498 | Submission Open

Keywords: land– water– energy– food nexus; climate change adaptation; regional resilience; land use transformation; energy transition; resource management; resources and environment; water– energy– food; carbon peak and neutrality; spatial governance and planning

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

Building Resilient and Sustainable Territories

edited by

Hossein Azadi

and

André Samora-Arvela

submission deadline 12 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6715 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; resilience; development; territory; public policies; climate change adaptation; ecosystem services; natural resource management

Patrimony Assessment and Sustainable Land Resource Management (Second Edition)

edited by

Florentina-Cristina Merciu

,

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

and

Maciej J. Nowak

submission deadline 13 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1235 | Submission Open

Keywords: qualitative and quantitative assessment of cultural heritage; natural heritage assessment; biodiversity and its conservation; management of natural and cultural resources; heritage communities; heritage education versus promotion of heritage sustainability; circular architecture versus cultural heritage sustainability; administrative; regulatory; and legal issues related to the conservation of heritage

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

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