Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) is an international and cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal of land system science, landscape, soil–sediment–water systems, urban study, land–climate interactions, water–energy–land–food (WELF) nexus, biodiversity research and health nexus, land modeling and data processing, ecosystem services, multifunctionality and sustainability, etc., published monthly online by MDPI. The International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE), European Land-use Institute (ELI), Landscape Institute (LI), and Urban Land Institute (ULI) are affiliated with Land, and their members receive a discount on the Article Processing Charge.

We invite you to read our most cited papers published in 2022 below:

1. “Impact of Power on Uneven Development: Evaluating Built-Up Area Changes in Chengdu Based on NPP-VIIRS Images (2015–2019)”
by Long Liu, Zhichao Li, Xinyi Fu, Xuan Liu, Zehao Li and Wenfeng Zheng
Land 2022, 11(4), 489; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11040489
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/4/489

2. “Forecasting Urban Land Use Change Based on Cellular Automata and the PLUS Model”
by Linfeng Xu, Xuan Liu, De Tong, Zhixin Liu, Lirong Yin and Wenfeng Zheng
Land 2022, 11(5), 652; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11050652
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/5/652

3. “Spatiotemporal Variation in Land Use Land Cover in the Response to Local Climate Change Using Multispectral Remote Sensing Data”
by Sajjad Hussain, Linlin Lu, Muhammad Mubeen, Wajid Nasim, Shankar Karuppannan, Shah Fahad, Aqil Tariq, B. G. Mousa, Faisal Mumtaz and Muhammad Aslam
Land 2022, 11(5), 595; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11050595
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/5/595

4. “How Land Finance Drives Urban Expansion under Fiscal Pressure: Evidence from Chinese Cities”
by De Tong, Jun Chu, Qing Han and Xuan Liu
Land 2022, 11(2), 253; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020253
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/2/253

5. “Managing Land Carrying Capacity: Key to Achieving Sustainable Production Systems for Food Security”
by Xiukang Wang
Land 2022, 11(4), 484; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11040484
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/4/484

6. “Spatial Responses of Ecosystem Service Value during the Development of Urban Agglomerations”
by Huisheng Yu, Jun Yang, Dongqi Sun, Tong Li and Yanjun Liu
Land 2022, 11(2), 165; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020165
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/2/165

7. “Exploring the Role of Agricultural Services in Production Efficiency in Chinese Agriculture: A Case of the Socialized Agricultural Service System”
by Tao Chen, Muhammad Rizwan and Azhar Abbas
Land 2022, 11(3), 347; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11030347
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/3/347

8. “Combining MSPA-MCR Model to Evaluate the Ecological Network in Wuhan, China”
by Chunguang Hu, Ziyi Wang, Yu Wang, Dongqi Sun and Jingxiang Zhang
Land 2022, 11(2), 213; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020213
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/2/213

9. “Application of the Optimal Parameter Geographic Detector Model in the Identification of Influencing Factors of Ecological Quality in Guangzhou, China”
by Maomao Zhang, Abdulla-Al Kafy, Bing Ren, Yanwei Zhang, Shukui Tan and Jianxing Li
Land 2022, 11(8), 1303; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11081303
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/8/1303

10. “Insect Outbreak and Long-Term Post-Fire Effects on Soil Erosion in Mediterranean Suburban Forest”
by Aristeidis Kastridis, Dimitrios Stathis, Marios Sapountzis and Georgios Theodosiou
Land 2022, 11(6), 911; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11060911
Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/6/911

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