Land, Ageing, Gender and Environment: Problems and Challenges

Topic Information

Dear Colleagues,

Recent studies have argued that we are facing a silent and relatively longstanding socio-environmental crisis, which confirms the need for continued evaluation and research on several key aspects of land and the environment from different approaches and disciplines. While some research has linked land and environmental issues to gender, fewer studies have examined the relationship between older people and green societies. Therefore, the main aim of this Topic, in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is to bring together researchers from different fields and open up dialogue on gaps in land and environment research, including ageing and gender relationships.

This Topic is open to the submission of previously unpublished works on all aspects of land and environment, with a particular focus on the following topics:

• Land and the environment from sociological, health, psychological, political, technological, economic, communication, and engineering sciences.
• Active ageing and dependent old age, i.e., studies on older people’s role in relation to environment and land, with special reference to older women.
• Gender studies regarding environmental issues, land, green economy impacts, and different social-spatial habitats (rural–intermediate–urban and residential environments) which inclusion, and reflect a feminist and non-ageist perspective.
• Evaluation of programmes and initiatives at different levels (education, health, climate change and social climate action, technology, innovation, AI and/or emerging technologies, work, circular economy, etc.) whose purpose is related with reducing ageism and the gap between the land and older people and/or promoting sustainable development and public policies.
• Land interactions that address social health and related impacts on health (physical and psychosocial), circular economy, and quality of life from generational and gender perspectives and/or in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and current crisis scenarios (for example, new geopolitics and wars).
• Images, stereotypes, and attitudes from the different socio-political agents—population, education, employment, mass media, etc.—around any mentioned area, mainly the relationships between the environment, land, ageing, and gender.
• New technologies, AI, and technological and economic approaches contributing to land research and the improvement of environmental management, among other things. This includes emerging technologies such as agriculture machinery, vertical farming, and artificial intelligence applied to land.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Dr. Vanessa Zorrilla-Muñoz
Prof. Dr. Maria Silveria Agulló-Tomás
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Fernandez
Prof. Dr. Sonia de Lucas Santos
Prof. Dr. Jesus Cuadrado Rojo
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics jgg	0.9	1.2	1953	47.1 Days	CHF 1200	Submit
Land land	3.5	6.4	2012	16.4 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Sci sci	4.1	5.4	2019	28.2 Days	CHF 1400	Submit
Social Sciences socsci	2.0	3.5	2012	30.3 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Technologies technologies	5.2	6.7	2013	17 Days	CHF 1800	Submit

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