Land | Editor’s Choice Articles from 2023 Related to Urban Contexts and Urban–Rural Interactions

Editor's Choice Articles are selected based on suggestions from Land’s Academic Editors. The Editors select a small number of recently published articles that they consider particularly interesting to our readers or important in their respective fields of research. You are welcome to read the Editor's Choice Articles related to urban contexts and urban–rural interactions, a curated list of high-quality articles published in Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in 2023. The full list of Editor's Choice Articles can be viewed at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/editors_choice. The list of relevant papers can be seen below.

1. “Managing the Conflict of Human–Wildlife Coexistence: A Community-Based Approach”
by Stilianos Tampakis, Veronika Andrea, Thomas Panagopoulos, Paraskevi Karanikola, Rallou Gkarmiri and Theodora Georgoula
Land 2023, 12(4), 832; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040832
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/4/832

2. “Mixed Land Use as an Intrinsic Feature of Sprawl: A Short-Term Analysis of Settlement Growth and Population Distribution Using European Urban Atlas”
by Alessia D’Agata , Giovanni Quaranta, Rosanna Salvia, Margherita Carlucci and Luca Salvati
Land 2023, 12(5), 972; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12050972
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/5/972

3. “Comparative Analysis of Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment Systems from the USA (LEED–ND), Germany (DGNB–UD), and India (GRIHA–LD)”
by Swati Bahale and Thorsten Schuetze
Land 2023, 12(5), 1002; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051002
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/5/1002

4. “Measuring Access to Services of General Interest as a Diagnostic Tool to Identify Well-Being Disparities between Rural Areas in Europe”
by Mar Ortega-Reig, Carsten Schürmann, Adrian Ferrandis Martínez and Andrew Copus
Land 2023, 12(5), 1049; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051049
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/5/1049

5. “On Farmland and Floodplains—Modeling Urban Growth Impacts Based on Global Population Scenarios in Pune, India”
by Raphael Karutz, Christian J. A. Klassert and Sigrun Kabisch
Land 2023, 12(5), 1051; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051051
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/5/1051

6. “Evaluating the Applicability of Global LULC Products and an Author-Generated Phenology-Based Map for Regional Analysis: A Case Study in Ecuador’s Ecoregions”
by Gladys Maria Villegas Rugel, Daniel Ochoa, Jose Miguel Menendez and Frieke Van Coillie
Land 2023, 12(5), 1112; https://doi.org/10.3390/land120511122
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/5/1112

7. “Comparative Resilience Evaluation—Case Study for Six Cities in China, Europe, and the Americas”
by Bruno Oliveira and Brian D. Fath
Land 2023, 12(6), 1182; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061182
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/6/1182

8. “Form and Structure of the Knowledge Framework for Urban Planning: Methodological Approach and Assessment Issues: The Case Study of the Municipality of Fondi Urban Plan”
by Saverio Torzoni, Carlo Pisano and Fabrizio Battisti
Land 2023, 12(6), 1201; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061201
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/6/1201

9. “Urbanization Heat Flux Modeling Confirms It Is a Likely Cause of Significant Global Warming: Urbanization Mitigation Requirements”
by Alec Feinberg
Land 2023, 12(6), 1222; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061222
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/6/1222

10. “Investigation and Comparison of Spatial–Temporal Characteristics of Farmland Fragmentation in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region, China, and Bavaria, Germany”
by Lu Niu, Mengyao Xu and Walter Timo de Vries
Land 2023, 12(7), 1410; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12071410
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/7/1410

11. “Urban Development and Transportation: Investigating Spatial Performance Indicators of 12 European Union Coastal Regions”
by Paraskevas Nikolaou and Socrates Basbas
Land 2023, 12(9), 1757; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091757
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/9/1757

12. “Managing Urban Green Areas: The Benefits of Collaborative Governance for Green Spaces”
by Danny Casprini, Alessandra Oppio, Giulia Rossi and Irene Bengo
Land 2023, 12(10), 1872; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101872
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/10/1872

13. “Mapping Urban Structure Types Based on Remote Sensing Data—A Universal and Adaptable Framework for Spatial Analyses of Cities”
by Andreas Braun, Gebhard Warth, Felix Bachofer, Michael Schultz and Volker Hochschild
Land 2023, 12(10), 1885; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101885
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/10/1885

14. “Clustering Business Models of Heterogeneous Nature-Based Solutions Implementing Innovative Governance and Financing Concepts”
by Simon Stork, Bernd Pölling, Wolf Lorleberg, Rolf Morgenstern and Jan-Henning Feil
Land 2023, 12(12), 2116; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122116
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/12/2116

15. “Micromobility in Urban Trail Paths: Expanding and Strengthening the Planning of 15-Minute Cities”
by Chrysa Vizmpa, George Botzoris, Panagiotis Lemonakis and Athanasios Galanis
Land 2023, 12(12), 2181; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122181
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/12/2181

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