Landscape Planning Between Coastal and Inland Areas
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability in Geographic Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 97
Special Issue Editors
Interests: landscape planning; urban sustainability; land use planning; urban planning; spatial planning; environmental planning; urban development; regional planning; sustainable development; landscape architecture
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Interests: spatial planning; landscape architecture; landscape planning
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Interests: urban planning; disaster risk reduction; building back better; transformative resilience; community readiness and empowerment; digital platforms for community engagement and participatory planning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to examine the complexity of interwoven landscape patterns and the relationships between coastal and inland areas that often, though not always, develop through river valley systems that connect inland areas to the coast, and which are the structural background and framework of landscapes in constant transformation.
The coast often hosts the most important conurbations, while inland areas preserve a vast natural heritage. Multiple fields of knowledge intersect to build a complex and systemic vision of the network of relationships that underpin these dynamics—archaeological, hydrogeological, botanical, silvicultural, socio-economic, historical–cultural, perceptual, etc. To address these dynamics, cross-border collaborations, policy frameworks, and regional landscape observatories are being established worldwide. These serve as illustrative models for international and interdisciplinary engagement in sustainable landscape planning.
This Special Issue welcomes global contributions that explore diverse geographical, ecological, socioeconomic, and cultural contexts, and supports Sustainability’s mission by promoting tools to measure, monitor, and manage sustainability in rapidly transforming coastal and inland territories. The invitation is open to researchers worldwide interested in systemic, interdisciplinary approaches to resilient and sustainable landscape governance.
Prof. Dr. Massimo Sargolini
Dr. Ana Sopina
Dr. Valentina Polci
Dr. Flavio Stimilli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coastal–inland landscape dynamics
- sustainable landscape planning
- environmental transformation
- interdisciplinary landscape research
- river valley systems
- ecological and cultural connectivity
- landscape governance
- resilient territorial development
- landscape observatory
- integrated spatial planning
- socioecological networks
- communication processes
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