Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2nd Edition

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Dear Colleagues,

With the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, climate change is now an indisputable fact, posing great challenges to the environment, economies, and communities. These challenges are further compounded by inaction, which can lead to severe impacts on human health, food security, and global stability. Fortunately, a number of studies have been made in acquiring knowledge of climate change and its impacts on the ecosystem and national sectors such as agriculture, forestry, water resources, etc. However, there are still a lot of uncertainties that impact assessment results and practical adaptive measures due to limited data, methodology, and the scale of study. Therefore, case studies should be strengthened and broadened to reduce the uncertainties and develop practical adaptive measures to cope with climate change.

This Special Issue seeks to bring together interdisciplinary perspectives to address the ever-expanding importance of climate change impacts and adaptation. Despite a wide range of research undertaken by countries, organizations and industries to address climate change, a great deal of very important work remains to be carried out to effectively assess the impacts of climate change and to understand the extent to which adaptation measures can reduce the negative impacts of climate change.

For this Special Issue, we warmly invite scientists working in climatology, ecology, geography, remote sensing and GIS, environmental science, and social science to contribute novel theories, observations, and modeling studies on climate change impacts and adaptation across different time scales (historical to future) and spatial scales (regional to global). Contributions can include but are not limited to the following topics: observation-based regional climate change analysis, detection and attribution of regional climate change, the measurement and modeling of land surface–atmosphere interaction, impacts and risks of climate change on different regions (or sectors), meteorological disaster risk management, climate change and sustainable development, international climate governance, etc.

Dr. Cheng Li
Prof. Dr. Fei Zhang
Dr. Mou Leong Tan
Dr. Kwok Pan Chun
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Agronomy agronomy	3.3	6.2	2011	17.6 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Applied Sciences applsci	2.5	5.3	2011	18.4 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Climate climate	3.0	5.5	2013	19.7 Days	CHF 1800	Submit
Forests forests	2.4	4.4	2010	16.2 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information ijgi	2.8	6.9	2012	35.8 Days	CHF 1900	Submit
Sustainability sustainability	3.3	6.8	2009	19.7 Days	CHF 2400	Submit
Plants plants	4.0	6.5	2012	18.9 Days	CHF 2700	Submit

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Construction of a Cold Island Spatial Pattern from the Perspective of Landscape Connectivity to Alleviate the Urban Heat Island Effect

by Qianli Ouyang, Bohong Zheng, Junyou Liu, Xi Luo, Shengyan Wu and Zhaoqian Sun

ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2025, 14(6), 209; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14060209 - 23 May 2025

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This study presents an innovative approach to mitigating the urban heat island (UHI) effect by constructing a cold island spatial pattern (CSP) from the perspective of landscape connectivity, integrating three-dimensional (3D) urban morphology and meteorological factors for the first time. Unlike traditional studies [...] Read more.

This study presents an innovative approach to mitigating the urban heat island (UHI) effect by constructing a cold island spatial pattern (CSP) from the perspective of landscape connectivity, integrating three-dimensional (3D) urban morphology and meteorological factors for the first time. Unlike traditional studies that focus on isolated patches or single-city scales, we propose a hierarchical framework for urban agglomerations, combining morphological spatial pattern analysis (MSPA), landscape connectivity assessment, and circuit theory to a construct CSP at the scale of urban agglomeration. By incorporating wind environment data and 3D building features (e.g., height, density) into the resistance surface, we enhance the accuracy of cooling network identification, revealing 39 cold island sources, 89 cooling corridors, and optimal corridor widths (600 m) in the Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan urban agglomeration (CZXUA). Ultimately, a three-tiered heat island mitigation framework for urban agglomerations was established based on the CSP. This study offers an innovative perspective on urban climate adaptability planning within the context of contemporary urbanization. Our methodology and findings provide critical insights for future studies to integrate multiscale, multidimensional, and climate-adaptive approaches in urban thermal environment governance, fostering sustainable urbanization under escalating climate challenges. Full article

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