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Sustainable Evaluation Methodology of Urban and Regional Planning
edited by Yilun Liu, and
submission deadline 22 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13860
Keywords: sustainable evaluation; urban and regional planning; geospatial big data; GeoAI; land use optimization; land use evaluation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) and Sustainable Development
edited by , Eva Maria Unger and Abdullah Kara
submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15301 | Submission Open
Keywords: land administration domain model (LADM); sustainable development goals (SDGs); land value; marine space; poverty eradication; food security; gender equality; sustainable urban planning; disaster management; land tenure; land governance; land use planning; spatial data infrastructure; urbanization and rural development; environmental sustainability; social equity; economic growth; inclusive land policies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)
Interrelations in Urban–Rural Transects: Planning Sustainable Transformations for Human Wellbeing
edited by Luca Barbarossa, and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8166 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban– rural transect; urban fringes; human well-being; active mobility; sustainable urban transformation; environmental and landscape planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Climate Mitigation Potential of Urban Ecological Restoration
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4426 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecological restoration projects; urbanization; urban greening; urban surface temperature; vegetation management; ecological restoration; climate mitigation; driving mechanisms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Quantifying Soil Erosion Processes Using Satellite Data: Progress and Perspectives
edited by Arjun Heimsath
submission deadline 26 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; land degradation; land use change; remote sensing; satellite data; human impacts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Future Scenarios of Land Use and Land Cover Change
edited by , and Rebecca Kariuki
submission deadline 28 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 26446 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use land cover change; scenario analysis; land use trajectory; stakeholders; diverse visions; multiple scales
Governance and Spatial Planning for Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
edited by , , , Zhituan Deng and Liang Zhuang
submission deadline 28 Apr 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 15490 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development; sustainable theory and practice; sustainable governance and policy; sustainability strategies; urban and rural governance; cooperative governance; climate change adaptation; spatial planning; green infrastructure; technological innovations in planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Overtourism and the Disappearance of Sustainable Land Use and Local Knowledge Systems: A New Form of Colonialism?
edited by
submission deadline 28 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2156 | Submission Open
Keywords: overtourism; local food chains; ethnoecology; ecological history; sustainable land use; food sustainability; ethnobiology; small-scale farming; tourism industry; colonialism; touristic services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Feature Papers for Land Planning and Landscape Architecture Section submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 22328 | Submission Open
Keywords: land planning; landscape management; landscape protection; landscape architecture; landscape urbanism; environmental design; landscape perception
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Tillage Methods on Soil Properties and Crop Growth submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15937 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation tillage; no tillage; zero tillage; tillage practices; crop yields; soil physics; soil chemistry; soil biology; soil microbiology; soil erosion; nitrate leaching; soil organic carbon; greenhouse gas emissions; water use efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Smart Land Use Planning II submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14527 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatial planning; big data; geospatial science; artificial intelligence; experience and best practices; sustainable land use
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Co-Benefits of Heritage Protection and Urban Planning
edited by Jiaming Liu, Linsheng Zhong, and Shuying Zhang
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12612 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban heritage; urban regeneration; stakeholders; policy; protection of urban heritage; heritage tourism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Global Savanna Variation in Form and Function: Theory & Practice
edited by Kelley Crews and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11341 | Submission Open
Keywords: savanna systems; land grabs and land tenure; disturbance ecology; tree: grass ratio; remote sensing; socio-ecological systems; landuse / landcover change; ecosystem services; conservation policy and econometric modeling; climate change and ecological feedbacks in savannas
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Landscape-Based Spatial Planning in Europe submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8931 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape planning; spatial planning; European landscape convention; landscape-based solutions; regional planning; spatial policies
Soil Security of Peatland Ecosystems: Risk Assessment, Pollution Prevention and Restoration
edited by and Marios Drosos
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6356 | Submission Open
Keywords: peatlands; soil security; restoration; peatland ecosystems; water regime of peatlands
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Monitoring and Simulation of Wetland Ecological Processes (Second Edition) submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3421 | 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
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Rural Development Strategies in the EU: Strengthening Agricultural Sectors and Local Economies submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2321 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable rural development; rural development programs and strategies; vision for rural areas; agricultural development; local economic development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
The Dynamics of Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology: Patterns, Processes, and Planning (Second Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2052 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use; changes biodiversity; loss ecosystem; function and services; management measures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Towards Land System Sustainability: Navigating Global Challenges and Local Realities
edited by , , , Chao Liu and Rong Ran
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1829 | Submission Open
Keywords: land systems; theories of land system change; land degradation; human– environment systems; human– land relations; land use/land cover change; land use transition; urban land management; rural land use; sustainable land use; urban sprawl and regeneration; urban– rural migration and housing affairs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Celebrating World Soil Day
edited by and Arwyn Jones
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 901 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil health; soil protection; soil communication; soil awareness; citizen engagement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Advances in Land Consolidation and Land Ecology (Second Edition)
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 845 | Submission Open
Keywords: land consolidation; land ecology; sustainable land use; landscape construction; nature resource management; cross-disciplinary contributions; technology-driven solutions; land property rights; rural development; land ecological restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Modeling Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Land Development
edited by Emre Tepe
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatio-temporal modeling; urban growth; land use changes; spillover effects; marginal effects; spatial dependencies; machine learning; urban simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Sustainable Urbanscapes: The Role of Green Infrastructure on the Resilience of Ecosystem Services
edited by , and Wenxiao Jia
submission deadline 1 May 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 16290 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban green infrastructure; ecosystem services; climate change; socio-ecological systems; spatial resilience; public health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Rural–Urban Gradients: Landscape and Nature Conservation II submission deadline 8 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8184 | Submission Open
Keywords: gradient approach; rural– urban divide; effectiveness of protected areas; ecosystem services supply; urban expansion; rural cultural landscapes; social-ecological resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Territorial Space and Transportation Coordinated Development
edited by Gaoru Zhu, and Jing Chen
submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 372 | Submission Open
Keywords: comprehensive transportation network planning; the impact of transportation on land use; the impact of land use on transportation; the interaction between transportation network and territorial space; territorial space development guided by transportation (Transit oriented developmemt); tcological effects of transportation and protection of territorial space; evolution of port-coastal zone and itegration of port industry and city; optimization of transportation infrastructure layout (highways; railways; Airports; Ports); connection and coordination between transportation and territorial spatial planning; development and protection synergistic transportation systems; resilient transportation and resilient territory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Spatiotemporal Data Analytics and Modeling of Land Systems: Shaping Sustainable Landscape, Second Edition submission deadline 12 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2075 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatiotemporal modeling spatial-temporal; landscape patterns and processes landscape; sustainability and resilience; geospatial technologies; land use/land cover; land change; modeling landscape; assessment methods; landscape dynamic evolution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)
The 2nd Conference on Future Challenges in Sustainable Urban Planning & Territorial Management submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 14069 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Evolving Landscape Design and Planning: From Infrastructure Landscapes to Future Research Frontiers
edited by Romanos Ioannidis, Nikos Mamassis, Julia Nerantzia Tzortzi, Konstantinos Moraitis and Aspaso-Aspassia Kouzoupi
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10209 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape; spatial planning; renewable energy; landscape impacts; participatory processes; cultural heritage; landscape design; visibility analysis; architecture; public perception; social acceptance; landscape and blue/green/grey infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Modeling Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Planning (Second Edition) submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3990 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; conservation planning; geodesign; modeling; spatial ecology; spatial conservation prioritization; landscape architecture; alternative futures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
Innovative Approaches in Urban Planning: Enhancing Community Engagement and Heritage Conservation submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 890 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovation in urban planning; community engagement; heritage preservation; sustainability; simulative modeling; participatory design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
New Insights in Landscape Approaches for Biodiversity and Community Resilience
edited by Wenyuan Zhang and
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 570 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape planning; ecological connectivity; ecosystem services; community resilience; ecological restoration; essential biodiversity variables
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
The Role Played by Agriculture in Inland Areas
edited by , and Giuseppe Gaudio
submission deadline 19 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9644 | Submission Open
Keywords: inland areas; agriculture in inland areas; vulnerability and resilience of inland areas; governance and policy of inland resources; sustainability (environmental; social; and economic); ecosystem services and sustainable development of inland areas; management policies and strategies regarding inland areas; models and analytical tools for land management in inland areas; examples of good practices in inland areas
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Urban and Rural Development Planning for Resilient Human Environments (Second Edition) submission deadline 23 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 882 | Submission Open
Keywords: quality of life in human environments; resilient human environments; climate adaptation; spatial; urban and rural planning and evaluations; building and construction design; uncertainty adaptation; preparedness; response; recovery; vulnerable groups and resilient human environments; sustainability goals; landscapes; tools for resilient human environments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability)
Sustainable Monitoring of Wetland Ecosystems for Environmental Conservation
edited by
submission deadline 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open
Keywords: wetlands; restoration; ecosystems; landscape; wetland protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Application of Multi-Source Geographical Big Data in Land Use Decision-Making submission deadline 27 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1292 | Submission Open
Keywords: geographic information systems (GISs); land use decision-making; land use simulation; GeoAI; multi-source data integration; geospatial big data; land use decision-making; remote sensing data; land use classification; land management; global land use patterns
In Situ Conservation Tools to Mitigate Impacts from Global Change on Biodiversity submission deadline 28 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 22446 | 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)
Geographic Information Technologies and the New Challenges of Globalization in a Changing Environment submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15512 | 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)
Planning and Designing Livable and Sustainable Regions: Integrating Urban and Regional Perspectives submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11179 | Submission Open
Keywords: livability; urban and regional planning; urban design; regional development; spatial planning; urban and regional resilience; community and neighborhood; habitat; human settlements; sustainable development goals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Sun Yat-Sen University in Urban Planning and Land
edited by , , Xinhui Wu and Zhi He
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8719 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban planning; land; urban– rural interactions; landscapes; climate change; GIS application
Spatial Planning and Land-Use Management: 2nd Edition submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7331 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatial planning; land-use management; land use/land cover; participatory planning; system thinking planning; future scenarios; land-use conflicts; accessibility; periurban and rurban territories; geospatial modelling; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Agricultural Land Management to Meet Future Global Food Demand (Second Edition) submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3153 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable land management; food security; agricultural intensification; crop diversification; agricultural adaptations to climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
State of the Art on Agriculture in Rural Areas: For Sustainable Land Management submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18803 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; farmland; intensification; resilience; rural; livelihood; policy; optimization; interdisciplinary
Ground Deformation Monitoring via Remote Sensing Time Series Data submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 17937 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; change detection; ground deformation; PS-InSAR; monitoring; synthetic aperture radar; time series; trend analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Landscape Architecture and Design in Urban and Peri-Urban Environment: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 15786 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape architecture; urban design; urban expansion; land use; land use change; urban context; built-up area; adaptive governance; urban regeneration; ecosystem services: environmental health benefits
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Towards Healthy and Sustainable Human Settlement: The Ecological and Cultural Connation of Landsenses submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13983 | Submission Open
Keywords: landsenses; environmental governance; cultural preservation; health promotion; resilience; restorative landscapes; community engagement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Ecosystem Services and Residents’ Perceptions: Integrating and Innovating Across Disciplinary Perspectives
edited by , Hans Skov-Petersen, Xu Bi and Kai Li
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11163 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem service assessment; resident perception; cultural and socio-economic impacts; well-being and quality of life; interdisciplinary research; community participation; urban and rural ecosystems; climate change and biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Species Vulnerability and Habitat Loss II submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 11113 | Submission Open
Keywords: edge effect; stress; species trait; threatened species; fragmentation; habitat shift; dispersal; extinction risk; conservation planning
Feature Papers for Land Innovations—Data and Machine Learning: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10758 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatial big data  ; land use and land cover; geospatial artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; big data processing; big data analysis; big data visualization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)
Eco-Sensitive Areas: Ecosystem Services, Protected Lands, and Current Challenges (Second Edition)
edited by , and Mingjie Song
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 9655 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; protected lands; eco-sensitive areas; Tibetan Plateau; land use/cover change; ecological compensation; anthropogenic activities; ecosystem restoration; ecosystem services trade-off
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Effects of Land Use on the Ecohydrology of River Basin in Accordance with Climate Change II submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9048 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity conservation; spatial modeling; climate policy; land management; soil and water conservation; ecosystem services; nature-based solutions (NBS); ecohydrology; urban resilience; sponge city concepts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
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