**1. Introduction**

Being a former graduate student (MLA 1973) mentored by Emeritus Professor Julius Gy Fábos, I am very pleased to guest edit this Special Issue of *land* entitled "*Selected Papers from the 6th Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning: Adapting and Expanding Contracting Cities.*" This Special Issue of *land* contains six papers—most of which were presented at the 6th Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning [1] held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst 28–30 March 2019.

The Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning is held every three years to bring together scholars who are influencing landscape planning, policy making and greenway development from local to international levels. The aim is to explore how landscape architects and planners from different countries have approached greenway planning and to understand how greenways can be tailored to each country or region's geographic, cultural and political contexts. The 2019 Fábos conference theme was to explore the social and economic potential of linear green spaces in urban areas that are declining or expanding.
