Land | Feature Papers from the Second Half of 2024 (IV)

We are delighted to present a list of papers published in Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in the second half of 2024 that have received considerable attention.

1. “Early Detection of Wild Ungulate Herbivory Cessation in Mediterranean Landscapes Using Hill Numbers as Vascular Plant Diversity Indices”
by José M. García del Barrio, Ramón Perea, Rafael Villafuerte-Jordán and María Martínez Jaúregui
Land 2024, 13(12), 2006; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122006
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2006

2. “Planning Policies and Housing Development: Evaluating Ireland’s Fast-Track Planning Scheme 2017–2021”
by Hualuoye Yang, Declan Redmond and Brendan Williams
Land 2024, 13(12), 2044; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122044
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2044

3. “Long-Term Monitoring of Trends in Xerothermality and Vegetation Condition of a Northeast Mediterranean Island Using Meteorological and Remote Sensing Data”
by Panteleimon Xofis, Elissavet Feloni, Dimitrios Emmanouloudis, Stavros Chatzigiovanakis, Kalliopi Kravari, Elena Samourkasidou, George Kefalas and Panagiotis Nastos
Land 2024, 13(12), 2129; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122129
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2129

4. “Evaluating the Economic Efficiency of Fuel Reduction Treatments in Sagebrush Ecosystems That Vary in Ecological Resilience and Invasion Resistance”
by Thomas A. Bridges-Lyman, Jessi L. Brown, Jeanne C. Chambers, Lisa M. Ellsworth, Matthew C. Reeves, Karen C. Short, Eva K. Strand and Michael H. Taylor
Land 2024, 13(12), 2131; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122131
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2131

5. “Effects of Temperature and Carrier Gas on Phosphorus Transformation in Biosolids Biochar”
by Shefali Aktar, Md Afzal Hossain, Gabriel Gasco, Ana Mendez, Cicero Celio de Figueiredo, Kalpit Shah and Jorge Paz-Ferreiro
Land 2024, 13(12), 2132; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122132
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2132

6. “What Brings People to Riverfronts? Revealing Key Factors from Mobility Patterns Using De Facto Population Data”
by Mingu Kang and Youngsang Kwon
Land 2024, 13(12), 2188; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122188
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2188

7. “Google Earth as a Tool for Supporting Geospatial Thinking”
by Allison J. Jaeger
Land 2024, 13(12), 2218; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122218
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2218

8. “Early Study on Visible (Vis) and Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) Spectroscopy for Assessing Water Content in Olive Fruits: Towards Sustainable Land and Agricultural Practices”
by Giuseppe Bonifazi, Riccardo Gasbarrone, Davide Gattabria, Eugenio Lendaro, Luciana Mosca, Roberto Mattioli and Silvia Serranti
Land 2024, 13(12), 2231; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122231
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2231

9. “Linking Plant Diversity and Urban Uses at the City-Block Scale to Inform Urban Planning”
by Muriel Deparis, Nicolas Legay, Arthur Castellanos, Chloé Duque, Ulysse Guilloteau, Francis Isselin-Nondedeu and Sébastien Bonthoux
Land 2025, 14(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010003
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/3

10. “Mapping Groundwater Vulnerability in Arid Regions: A Comparative Risk Assessment Using Modified DRASTIC Models, Land Use, and Climate Change Factors”
by Simone A. Williams, Sharon B. Megdal, Adriana A. Zuniga-Teran, David M. Quanrud and Gary Christopherson
Land 2025, 14(1), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14010058
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/1/58