Cultivated Land Resources: Protection, Transformation and Sustainable Governance
A Special Issue of Resources (ISSN 2079-9276).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 2001
Editors
Interests: land consolidation; land use and ecosystem services; land evaluation
Interests: food safety and farmland utilization; urban and rural development; comprehensive land consolidation throughout the region
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the global population growth, the intensification of climate change and the acceleration of urbanization, the quantitative protection, quality improvement and spatial optimization of cultivated land resources have become the core issues for ensuring food security, ecological security and achieving the sustainable development goals. This Special Issue aims to bring together multidisciplinary perspectives to explore the cutting-edge theories, innovative technologies and policy practices in the management of cultivated land resources.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
Innovations in Cultivated Land Monitoring and Assessment
- Application of high-resolution remote sensing and AI technologies in dynamic cultivated land monitoring;
- Construction of multi-dimensional evaluation index systems for cultivated land quality;
- Assessment methods for cultivated land ecological health and carbon sequestration capacity.
Cultivated Land Protection and Ecological Restoration
- Ecological restoration technologies and models for degraded cultivated land (e.g., saline-alkali land, contaminated farmland remediation);
- Pathways for enhancing ecosystem services of cultivated land.
Cultivated Land Use Transformation and Sustainable Management
- Climate-smart agriculture and adaptive cultivated land management;
- Optimization of cultivated land use under eco-agricultural models;
- Multifunctional use of cultivated land in the context of urban-rural integration.
Policy and Institutional Innovation for Cultivated Land Governance
- Cultivated land protection compensation mechanisms and the realization of ecological product value;
- Global food trade and transboundary management of cultivated land resources;
- Digital technology-enabled smart supervision systems for cultivated land.
Regional Case Studies and Comparative Research
- Comparative studies on cultivated land resource changes in typical global regions;
- Sustainable cultivated land management practices;
- Resilience building for cultivated land in fragile ecological zones (e.g., high-altitude, arid areas).
Dr. Jian Zhou
Dr. Zhen Xie
Prof. Dr. Bailin Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cultivated land
- monitoring and assessment
- protection and ecological restoration
- transformation and sustainable management
- policy and institutional innovation
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