Land | Invitation to Read the Papers Selected from Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2026
We are delighted to announce that Issue 10, Volume 15 of Land (ISSN 2073-445X), was released in October 2026. The following is a list of partial articles which we believe will be of interest to you:
Cover Story:
“Voluntary Carbon Markets in Scotland: A Geospatial Analysis Linking Land Systems, Climate Change, and Ecosystem Services”
by Jason P. Julian, Fatema Tarin, Anupa Bhatta, Kaitlynn Dusek and P. Carolina Cambron
Land 2026, 15(10), 1880; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101880
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1880
Section: “Land Systems and Global Change”
“Voluntary Carbon Markets in Scotland: A Geospatial Analysis Linking Land Systems, Climate Change, and Ecosystem Services”
by Jason P. Julian, Fatema Tarin, Anupa Bhatta, Kaitlynn Dusek and P. Carolina Cambron
Land 2026, 15(10), 1880; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101880
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1880
Section: “Landscape Ecology”
“Differences in Soil Organic Carbon Among Field Areas and Land Types”
by Sito-Obong Ukeme Udofia, Lisa K. Williams, Alison P. Wills, Tim Bevan and Matt J. Bell
Land 2026, 15(10), 1808; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101808
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1808
Section: “Land, Soil and Water”
“Integrated Land, Soil and Crop Information Systems in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda: Institutional Readiness and Implications for Climate-Smart Agriculture”
by John Walker Recha, Andre Kooiman, Thaïsa van der Woude, Hanneke Heesmans, Ermias Aynekulu, Angela Gitau, Pascal Debons, Frank van Weert, Michael Okoti, Elizabeth Adobi Okwuosa et al.
Land 2026, 15(10), 1776; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101776
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1776
Section: “Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues”
“Land System Couplings: From Telecoupling to an Integrated Framework and Its Application in Slovakia”
by Danka Moravčíková, Martina Hanová, Hana Zach, Filip Tkáč, Franziska Wolf, Nikolaos Theodosiou and Mihaela Sima
Land 2026, 15(10), 1881; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101881
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1881
Section: “Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions”
“Do Assumptions About Cultural Ecosystem Services Hold in the City? An Intersectional PPGIS Assessment of the Natural–Urban Dichotomy in Chile”
by Montserrat Delpino-Chamy and Yolanda Pérez-Albert
Land 2026, 15(10), 1809; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101809
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1809
Section: “Land–Climate Interactions”
“Potential of Carbon Sequestration by Urban Green Space to Support Carbon Neutrality in Khung Bang Kachao, Thailand”
by Thanphitcha Muaksang, Sapit Diloksumphun, Bernard Dell, Wirongrong Duangjai, Jamroon Srichaichana, Pongchai Dumrongrojwatthana and Montathip Sommeechai
Land 2026, 15(10), 1954; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101954
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1954
Section: “Landscape Archaeology”
“Simulating the Ancient Incense Trade Route Between Qaryat Al-Faw and Al-Yamama: A GIS-Based Hydro-Archeological and Least-Cost Path Approach”
by Abdullah Alshami and Mohamed Metwaly
Land 2026, 15(10), 1986; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101986
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1986
Section: “Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing”
“Evaluating Ornamental and Coverage Quality of Traditional and Underutilized Groundcover Species Under Optimal and Suboptimal Planting Densities”
by Thomas M. McKeown, Damon Abdi, Heather Kirk-Ballard, Jeff Kuehny and Jeb S. Fields
Land 2026, 15(10), 1956; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101956
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1956
Section: “Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability”
“Monitoring and Future Projection of Land Use Land Cover Dynamics in Northeastern Bangladesh Using Remote Sensing and CA-ANN Modeling”
by Monira Rahman Mim, Tahmina Afroz, Tamanna Tabassum, Md. Ridwanul Haque, Rana Roy and Mohammad Samiul Ahsan Talucder
Land 2026, 15(10), 1819; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101819
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1819
Section: “Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning”
“Measuring Land Cover Changes in a Mining Area in Mexico Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning”
by Saúl Dávila-Cisneros, Ana G. Castañeda-Miranda, Erick Dante Mattos-Villarroel, Víktor Iván Rodríguez-Abdalá, Carlos Francisco Bautista-Capetillo, Cruz Octavio Robles Rovelo, Dania Isaura Pasillas-Pasillas, Lorena Ceballos-Pérez, Alejandra Noemí López-Díaz and Luis Alberto Flores Chaires
Land 2026, 15(10), 1826; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101826
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1826
Section: “Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus”
“Farmland Transfer Contract Stability and Green Production Technology Adoption: Evidence from Guizhou, China”
by Qiong Shi, Mingyong Hong, Zhen Hu, Fan Yang and Long Qian
Land 2026, 15(10), 1775; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101775
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1775
Section: “Land – Observation and Monitoring”
“Monitoring Variations in Forage Production and Grazing Capacity Across Grasslands in Different Altitudinal Zones in Northwestern Greece Using Remote Sensing Techniques”
by Ioannis Mountousis, Maria Yiakoulaki, Maria Koidou, Dimitrios Kapsalis, Vassilios Dotas and Konstantinos Papanikolaou
Land 2026, 15(10), 1767; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101767
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1767
Section: “Land Planning and Landscape Architecture”
“Inspecting Transport–Land Synergy in Transit-Oriented Station Areas from the Perspective of Jobs–Housing Relationship Typology: A Case Study of the Highest-Density Built-Up Zone of Shenzhen, China”
by Hao Geng, Zhitao Zhong, Fang Liu, Yusong Zhu and Jingyi Zhang
Land 2026, 15(10), 1834; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101834
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1834
General
“Long-Term NDVI Monitoring of Relict Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Forests in Mediterranean Historic Landscapes: Evidence of Vegetation Resilience Patterns”
by Flavia Bartoli, Giorgia Battelli, Francesco Salvini and Giulia Caneva
Land 2026, 15(10), 1836; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101836
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1836
“Landscape Perceptions, Similarities, Differences and Overlaps of Agricultural Landscapes and Their Effects on Evaluation and Management”
by Csaba Centeri, Alexandra Kruse, Sophia Philipp, Eleni A. Athanasiadou, Martina Slámová, Jana Špulerová and Ákos Malatinszky
Land 2026, 15(10), 1948; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15101948
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/10/1948