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Land | Issue Cover Articles in 2025

24 December 2025

The articles below have been selected as 2025 Issue Cover Articles by the Editorial Office of Land (ISSN: 2073-445X). These articles came from multiple fields within the scope of Land, and we hope they can provide insights and references for scholars in related fields.

1.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

2. Mapping Soil Organic Carbon in Degraded Ecosystems Through Upscaled Multispectral Unmanned Aerial Vehicle–Satellite Imagery
by Lorena Salgado, Lidia Moriano González, José Luis R. Gallego, Carlos A. López-Sánchez, Arturo Colina and Rubén Forján
Land 2025, 14(2), 377; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020377
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/2/377

3. Spatial and Temporal Pervasiveness of Indigenous Settlement in Oak Landscapes of Southern New England, US, During the Late Holocene
by Stephen J. Tulowiecki,Brice B. Hanberry andMarc D. Abrams
Land 2025, 14(3), 525; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14030525
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/3/525

4. A Historical Review of the Land Subsidence Phenomena Interaction with Flooding, Land Use Changes, and Storms at the East Thessaly Basin—Insights from InSAR Data
by Nikolaos Antoniadis and Constantinos Loupasakis
Land 2025, 14(4), 827; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040827
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/4/827

5. Native vs. Non-Native Plants: Public Preferences, Ecosystem Services, and Conservation Strategies for Climate-Resilient Urban Green Spaces
by Alessio Russo, Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Annick St-Denis and Mark G. Tjoelker
Land 2025, 14(5), 954; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14050954
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/5/954

6. Tree Canopies Drive δ13C and δ15N Patterns in Mediterranean Wood Pastures of the Iberian Peninsula
by Mercedes Ibañez, Salvador Aljazairi, María José Leiva, Cristina Chocarro, Roland A. Werner, Jaleh Ghashghaie and Maria-Teresa Sebastià
Land 2025, 14(6), 1135; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14061135
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/6/1135

7. SDI-Enabled Smart Governance: A Review (2015–2025) of IoT, AI and Geospatial Technologies—Applications and Challenges
by Sofianos Sofianopoulos, Antigoni Faka and Christos Chalkias
Land 2025, 14(7), 1399; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14071399
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/7/1399

8. Estimating Urbanization’s Impact on Soil Erosion: A Global Comparative Analysis and Case Study of Phoenix, USA
by Ara Jeong, Dylan S. Connor, Ronald I. Dorn and Yeong Bae Seong
Land 2025, 14(8), 1590; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14081590
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/8/1590

9. The CUGA Method: A Reliable Framework for Identifying Public Urban Green Spaces in Metropolitan Regions
by Borja Ruiz-Apilánez and Francesco Pilla
Land 2025, 14(9), 1751; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14091751
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/9/1751

10. Application of Standard Ecological Community Classification (CMECS) to Coastal Zone Management and Conservation on Small Islands
by Kathleen Sullivan Sealey and Jacob Patus
Land 2025, 14(10), 1939; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14101939
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/10/1939

11. Contribution of European Agroforestry Systems to Climate Change Mitigation: Current and Future Land Use Scenarios
by Salim Edris, V. Anthony Gabourel-Landaverde, Susanne Schnabel, Judit Rubio-Delgado and Rodrigo Olave
Land 2025, 14(11), 2162; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112162
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/11/2162

12. The Potential of Deep Learning for Studying Wilderness with Copernicus Sentinel-2 Data: Some Critical Insights
by Gaia Vallarino, Nicola Genzano and Marco Gianinetto
Land 2025, 14(12), 2333; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14122333
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/12/2333