Special Issues

Land publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Assess the Effects of Climate and Land-Use Change on Plant Species Distribution submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5234 | Submission Open
Keywords: Anthropocene; biodiversity conservation; biodiversity patterns; conservation biogeography; conservation biology; conservation genetics; climate change; conservation prioritization; cultural ecology; ecosystems services; ethnobotany; environmental management; ex situ conservation; extinction risk; in situ conservation; genetic; taxonomic; phylogenetic and functional diversity; management; land-use change; plant-pollinator networks; plant conservation; phylogeography; physiology; policymaking; policy evaluation; population genetics; species distribution modelling; sustainable development; taxonomy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Urban Land Use Planning and Evaluation of Environmental Carrying Capacity
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1293 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental carrying capacity; land use planning; land use management; human-land relationships; environment performance; urban and regional system
Biochar-Complemented Compost: Production, Characterization, and Application
edited by Naser Khan and
submission deadline 19 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12268 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste management; compost; biochar; soil quality; nutrient; carbon; agriculture; bioremediation
Geographic Information Technologies and the New Challenges of Globalization in a Changing Environment submission deadline 19 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6664 | Submission Open
Keywords: Geographic Information Systems; ; Remote Sensing; ; Geoinformation; ; Sustainable development; ; Spatial decision support; ; Spatial analysis; ; Geographic knowledge
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Ecological Restoration and Reusing Brownfield Sites
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1753 | Submission Open
Keywords: brownfield sites; ecological restoration; reuse; land improvement; recreation; tourism; the revival of local vitality; regional transformation development; green development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Land Degradation and Land Productivity Assessment Using Remote Sensing submission deadline 21 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3065 | Submission Open
Keywords: land degradation; desertification; drought; soil erosion; land use/cover change; machine learning; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); vegetation indices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Impact of Farmland Abandonment on Soil Conservation submission deadline 21 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1080 | Submission Open
Keywords: drivers; land abandonment; decrease land use intensity; soil conservation; carbon sequestration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Land: Soil Quality and Contamination submission deadline 24 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1612 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil quality; soil contamination; soil degradation; land degradation; sustainable land
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Sustainable Solutions for Land Degradation and Its Socio-Economic Impact in Rural and Peri-Urban Areas: Looking Back and into the Future
edited by
submission deadline 24 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 367 | Submission Open
Keywords: land degradation; sustainable land management; livelihoods; climate change; biodiversity loss; food security; sustainability; land resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Monitoring and Simulation of Wetland Ecological Processes submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 14 articles | Viewed by 22510 | Submission Open
Keywords: wetland mapping; wetland landscape and functions; biodiversity monitoring; wetland connectivity assessment; carbon sink; land-use sustainability; simulation of wetland geochemical cycle models; monitoring of wetland restoration
Global Change in Mediterranean Regions: Potential Impact of Climate Drift and Land Use on Soil Erosion and Land Degradation submission deadline 26 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7714 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; land degradation; Mediterranean context; climate change; land use; monitoring and modelling
Landscape Design, Evaluation and Management Created by Novel Technologies
edited by , Mary Padua, , Bo Zhang, and Rosalea Monacella
submission deadline 26 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6872 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape design; conservation and management; innovated technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Future Scenarios of Land Use and Land Cover Change
edited by , and Rebecca Kariuki
submission deadline 27 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13194 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use land cover change; scenario analysis; land use trajectory; stakeholders; diverse visions; multiple scales
In Situ Conservation Tools to Mitigate Impacts from Global Change on Biodiversity submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12950 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity crisis; pressure assessment; protected area effectiveness; conservation outcome; land use– land cover change; climate change; ecological restoration; OECM; community conserved area; Anthropocene
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Innovations in Soil Erosion Assessment and Management along Rivers and Coastal Areas submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12332 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; assessment; management; modeling; natural and anthropogenic factors; extreme events and climate change; river and coastal dynamics; remote sensing; decision making
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Smart Land Management
edited by and Guy M Robinson
submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3835 | Submission Open
Keywords: technology innovation; land management; land-use planning; land administration; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Desertification Impacts on Land Use submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open
Keywords: early warning systems; Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN); drylands; food security; telecoupling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Preservation, Reuse and Reveal of Cultural Heritage through Sustainable Land Management, Rural and Urban Development II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 22951 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development; remote sensing; 3D modeling; spatial planning; GIS / HBIM; cultural routes; tangible/intangible cultural heritage; historical settlements; historical cities; circular economy; cultural tourism; environmental management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Economic Valuation of Urban Green Spaces submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16751 | Submission Open
Keywords: economic valuation; green spaces; decision-making; sustainable development; green benefits
Land Use Sustainability from the Viewpoint of Carbon Emission submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12515 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use; sustainability; carbon emissions; carbon emissions neutrality; carbon source; carbon sink; climate change; agriculture; forestry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Advances in Landscape Perception Based on New Approaches & Technologies
edited by and Chen Yang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9803 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital landscape; landscape perception; 3D scanning; green space; landscape; machine learning; big data
State of the Art on Agriculture in Rural Areas: For Sustainable Land Management submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7230 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; farmland; intensification; resilience; rural; livelihood; policy; optimization; interdisciplinary
Green Roofs in Arid and Semi-arid Climates submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6603 | Submission Open
Keywords: green roofs; arid and semi-arid climates; urban landscape and environment; drought/heat resistance and tolerance; biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Driving Future to Shape Sustainable Agricultural System: Urban-Rural Land Management and Environment Protection submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5801 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision agriculture; agriculture and big data; climate change; agricultural drought; agriculture and conflict; soil; greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector; soil-water relations; land degradation (erosion; salinization; ); crop production (maize; wheat; etc.); land suitability assessment; land use changes; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Regional Solutions to Urban-Rural Coordinated Development in the Megacity Regions II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3927 | Submission Open
Keywords: megacity regions; metropolitan coordinating region; urban agglomeration; urban-rural systems; coordinated regional development; regional planning and governance; integrated urban-rural development; structures and networks; rural construction and evaluation; human settlement environment improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Mega-City Regions in the Global South submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3877 | Submission Open
Keywords: mega-city regions; global city; southern urbanism; comparative urbanism; regional development; social and spatial inequality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Restoration of Tropical Peatlands: Science Policy and Practice
edited by Momon Sodik Imanudin, , and Budi Leksono
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3876 | Submission Open
Analysis and Evaluation of Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Mediterranean, Temperate and Tropical Climates
edited by and Ana Cano-Ortíz
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2682 | Submission Open
Keywords: earth sciences; botany; ecology; agriculture; bioclimatology and biogeography; climate change; research methodologies; natural disasters; socioculture; socioeconomics; forests; scrub; vegetal dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Impact of Climate Change on Land and Water Systems
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1270 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change impact; water; climate change adaptation; soil; hydrology; erosion; landscape
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Big Data in Urban Land Use Planning submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 608 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); big data; technology; urban land; land use planning; data fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Land Use Transformation in River Basins: Green Options and Their Effects
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 366 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural green development; river basin economics; ecological restoration and protection; climate change awareness and response; rural economic development; water crisis awareness and response; sustainable livelihoods; cleaner production behavior; land use transformation; ecological restoration
Climate Change Impacts on Coastal and Marine Ecosystems: Integrated Assessment and Best Adaptation Options submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change impacts; coastal areas; integrated assessment; adaptation strategies; participative governance; economic and non-market valuation
Landscape Ecological Risk in Mountain Areas
edited by Wei Deng and
submission deadline 3 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2661 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape ecological risk; mountain areas; structure and function; changing environment; simulation and prediction; landscape ecological response
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Integrating Urban Design and Landscape Architecture submission deadline 5 Jul 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 33946 | Submission Open
Keywords: Integration of urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture; Urban environmental and ecological restoration; Multifunctional land use; Integration of green; blue; and grey infrastructure; Novel urban green systems; Urban agriculture; horticulture; and gardening; Urban ecology and multi-species design; Decision support systems for integrating urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture; Data-driven design for integrating urban design; landscape architecture; and architecture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Predictive Soil Mapping Contributing to Sustainable Soil Management
edited by and Kwabena Abrefa Nketia
submission deadline 9 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1332 | Submission Open
The Third Edition: Sustainable Land Management and Land Tenure: Experiences for the Future submission deadline 10 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 837 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable land management; land tenure; land planning processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Biosphere Reserves in the Global South submission deadline 12 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1128 | Submission Open
Keywords: UNESCO; biosphere; sustainability; natural resources; human capital; mountains; transboundary; land use
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
Feature Papers for Land–Climate Interactions Section II
edited by
submission deadline 14 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1202 | Submission Open
Keywords: land surface; global climate science; net zero
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Urban Transitions and Dynamics: Cultural, Ecological, Digital and Degrowth submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9589 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable urban development; urban resilience; urban dynamics; degrowth theories; circular economies; 15-minute city; urban governance; urban art; culture and social movements
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Water Resources and Land Use Planning II
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8827 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use planning; integrated water resource management; threshold scenarios; sustainability; best management practices; resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Land Degradation and Soil Mapping
edited by Zahn Münch, and
submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2449 | Submission Open
Keywords: land degradation; digital soil mapping; predictive mapping; land use management; soil management; sustainable agriculture; ecosystem restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Managing Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services submission deadline 15 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1454 | Submission Open
Keywords: land management; urban green infrastructure; ecosystem services; geoinformation; decision making; sustainable urban development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Key Hydrological Processes and Its Controlling Factors in Terrestrial Ecosystems
edited by Licong Dai, and
submission deadline 18 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 701 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrological processes; water infiltration; runoff; evapotranspiration; groundwater recharge; soil water retention; terrestrial ecosystems; land cover change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Imbricating Socioeconomic and Environmental Data to Model Spatial Patterns of Peri-Urbanisation and Their Consequences
edited by and
submission deadline 22 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6011 | Submission Open
Keywords: planned and unplanned urban expansion; land use change; decision support context; peri-urban growth and socioeconomic factors; socio-ecological interactions; spatio-temporal patterns; socio-economic and environmental data integration; peri-urban growth and landscape dynamics; peri-urban ecosystem degradation and quality of life; socio-environmental consequences
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Land Use and Food Security in China's Urbanizing Regions: Problems and Possibilities
edited by and
submission deadline 22 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use change; land protection; food security; food production; spatial planning and design; urban management; environmental governance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Advances on Land Cover/Land Use Ontologies for Innovative Production/Utilization of Land Information submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6007 | Submission Open
Keywords: land cover; land use; interoperability; standardization; geospatial technology; semantic ontology; harmonization; classification; earth observation; remote sensing; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Forest Ecosystems: Protection and Restoration II
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1572 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest science; degradation; ecosystem; biodiversity; strategies; resource conflict; forest exploitation; climate change; mechanisms; forest loss
The Second Edition: Urban Planning Pathways to Carbon Neutrality
edited by
submission deadline 25 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban spatial planning; carbon emission; carbon neutrality; spatial layout optimization; green transportation systems; green infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Land Use/Land Cover and Natural Hazards: Interactions, Changes, and Impacts II submission deadline 26 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14783 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use/land cover (LULC); historical LULC; present LULC; LULC scenarios; natural hazards mapping; floods; landslides; erosion; geographic information systems (GIS); remote sensing (RS); statistical modeling; numerical modeling; machine learning modeling; urban and environmental planning; green infrastructure; nature-based solutions (NbS); ecosystem services
Effects of Human-Environment Interaction on Land Ecosystem since Holocene II
edited by , Shanjia Zhang and Zhiping Zhang
submission deadline 26 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6695 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; human activity; human-environment interaction; ecosystem; holocene; subsistence strategy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
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