Land | Special Issues

Soil Security of Peatland Ecosystems: Risk Assessment, Pollution Prevention and Restoration

edited by

Oskars Purmalis

and Marios Drosos

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2524 | Submission Open

Keywords: peatlands; soil security; restoration; peatland ecosystems; water regime of peatlands

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Planning and Designing Livable and Sustainable Regions: Integrating Urban and Regional Perspectives

edited by

Yuan Yuan

,

Yang Xiao

and

Jianxi Feng

submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6104 | 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)

Quantification of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in Basins

edited by

Vlassios Hrissanthou

and

Konstantinos Kaffas

submission deadline 23 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13621 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; stream sediment transport; field measurements; laboratory measurements; machine learning methods; fuzzy logic; constructive and management measures

Impact of Globalization on Rural Areas: Changes in Land Use and Functions, Deagrarianization, Tertiarization, Urbanization, and Mobility

edited by

Carmen Delgado-Viñas

and

María L. Gómez-Moreno

submission deadline 23 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2967 | Submission Open

Keywords: globalization; deagrarianization; rural tertiarization; urbanization of rural areas; mobility; ecosystem services; integrated rural– urban development; land use and landscape management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Co-benefits of Heritage Protection and Urban Planning

edited by Jiaming Liu, Linsheng Zhong,

Chung-Shing Johnson Chan

and Shuying Zhang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3973 | 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)

Spatiotemporal Data Analytics and Modeling of Land Systems: Shaping Sustainable Landscape

edited by

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submission deadline 28 Oct 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 13688 | 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 Utilization of National Parks’ Natural Resources and Community Livelihood

edited by

Hu Yu

submission deadline 28 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9826 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural resource management; ecological landscape; community development; sustainable development goals; national park

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)

Dynamics of Urbanization and Ecosystem Services Provision II

edited by

Luca Congedo

,

Francesca Assennato

and

Michele Munafò

submission deadline 29 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10928 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; land consumption; land cover change; remote sensing; spatial analysis; indicators

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Developing 3D Cadastre for Urban Land Use

edited by

Karel Janečka

submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5559 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D cadastre; 3D urban planning; rights; restrictions and responsibilities to land; 3D land use; property; building information modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Conservation of Bio- and Geo-Diversity and Landscape Changes II

edited by

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

,

Adrian Ursu

and

Ilinca-Valentina Stoica

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15033 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; eco-diversity; geo-diversity; land cover and use changes; planning; natural protected areas; local development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)

Ecosystem Services and Urban Green Spaces: Planning, Policy Development and Governance Implications

edited by

Luca Battisti

,

Fabrizio Aimar

and

Federico Cuomo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 14763 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; green areas; urban ecology; green infrastructure; urban forest; urban resilience; urban planning and policies; urban governance; urban horticulture; cemeteries and sacred places

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Grassland Ecosystem Services: Research Advances and Future Directions for Sustainability II

edited by

Michael Vrahnakis

and

Yannis (Ioannis) Kazoglou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 13314 | Submission Open

Keywords: grassland abandonment; grassland ecology; grassland management; grassland biodiversity; grassland hydrology; issues and threats; supporting; provisioning; regulating; cultural grassland ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)

Advances on Land Cover/Land Use Ontologies for Innovative Production/Utilization of Land Information

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Mohammed Abed Hossain

,

Khalid Mahmood

and

Foster Mensah

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9989 | 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)

Urban Ecosystem Services: 5th Edition

edited by

Alessio Russo

and

Giuseppe T. Cirella

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8471 | Submission Open

Keywords: assessing natural capital and ecosystem services; compact cities; ecosystem services; ecosystem disservices; and well-being; ecosystem service degradation; edible green infrastructure; green infrastructure; green space; green walls; healing garden design; landscape architecture and urban design; mapping and assessing ecosystem services; modelling ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; social-ecological systems; sustainable urbanism; urban agriculture; urban biodiversity and ecosystem services; urban biosphere reserve; urban ecosystems; urban forest; urban geography and development; urban– rural interface; urban sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Ecological and Cultural Ecosystem Services in Coastal Areas

edited by

Mita Drius

,

Maria Laura Carranza

and

Robert Philipp Wagensommer

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8421 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal ecosystem services; coastal ecosystem conservation; cultural ecosystem services; coastal biodiversity conservation; coastal integrated management; threatened coastal plant species; socio-ecological approach

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Feature Papers for Land Planning and Landscape Architecture Section

edited by

Thomas Panagopoulos

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7756 | 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)

Species Vulnerability and Habitat Loss II

edited by

Michela Balestri

and

Marco Campera

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3948 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge effect; stress; species trait; threatened species; fragmentation; habitat shift; dispersal; extinction risk; conservation planning

Dynamics of Terrestrial Environmental Systems

edited by

Hezi Yizhaq

and Zhiwei Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3833 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex environmental system; ecosystems; climate change; remote sensing; mathematical modelling; drylands; tipping points; pattern formation; aeolian processes; geomorphological systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)

Celebrating 10 Years of International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem

edited by

Diane Pearson

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1764 | Submission Open

Keywords: rehabilitation; restoration; fragmentation; carbon sequestration; ecosystem functions; ecosystem services; climate adaptation; coastal protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)

Green Space Planning, Design and Governance for Enhanced Human Wellbeing (Second Edition)

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1461 | Submission Open

Keywords: health; landscape architecture; ecosystem services; landscape governance; landscape planning; evidence-based landscape practice; action-oriented research; human wellbeing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Urban Resilience and Urban Sustainability under Climate Change (Second Edition)

edited by

Nir Y. Krakauer

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; urban sustainability; climate change; urban use of resources (water; electricity; etc.); urban citizens and freight movements; responsive government and resilience

Smart City and Architectural Design, Second Edition

edited by

Elisabetta Maria Venco

,

Chiara Garau

and

Emanuele Giorgi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban and spatial planning policies; sustainable and smart planning; urban life quality; urban environment; digital transition; smart cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Public Spaces: Socioeconomic Challenges (Second Edition)

edited by

Teresa de Noronha

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: public space; urban-rural contex; urban green space; socio-economic; regional economics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)

Land Use Policy and Food Security

edited by

Dingde Xu

,

Shili Guo

and

Shaoquan Liu

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5677 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use policy; food security; moderate scale management; social service scale management; sustainable rural development; agricultural systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus)

Direct and Indirect Impacts of Land Use on the Management of Riverine and Riparian Ecosystems within Vegetated Water Systems

edited by

Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama

and

Cosimo Peruzzi

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 395 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydraulics; ecohydrology; flow resistance; land use; river restoration; vegetated water bodies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Applying Earth Observation Data for Urban Land-Use Change Mapping

edited by

Jūratė Sužiedelytė-Visockienė

submission deadline 4 Nov 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13544 | Submission Open

Keywords: photogrammetry; imagery; land cover; land classification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Land Use Planning for Post COVID-19 Urban Transport Transformations

edited by

Georgios Georgiadis

, Elena Cocuzza and

Tiziana Campisi

submission deadline 13 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2913 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and transport planning; urban space design; 15-minute city; accessibility; public transport; public space

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Challenges in the Framework for Integrated Approaches in Vulnerable Coastal Areas: Case Studies & Innovative Proposals

edited by

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11936 | Submission Open

Keywords: Territorial management; Environmental planning; Integrated frameworks and policies; Socio-ecological systems; Protected areas; Risk analysis; Land use sustainability; Territorial anthropization; Diffuse pollution

Assessment of Land Use/Cover Change Using Geospatial Technology

edited by

Weicheng Wu

, Brice Anselme,

Yalan Liu

and Qiulin Xiong

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10706 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/cover (LUC); land use/cover change (LUCC); remote sensing and GIS; modeling; simulation and prediction; artificial intelligence and big data mining; land degradation assessment; man– nature interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

Surface Runoff and Soil Erosion in the Mediterranean Region

edited by

Hanoch Lavee

and

Lea Wittenberg

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4940 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface runoff; soil erosion; processes; monitoring; temporal and spatial scales; conservation; management; land-use and climate change; simulation and predicting models; Mediterranean

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)

Urbanization and Ecological Sustainability

edited by

Wanxu Chen

,

Jie Zeng‬‬‬‬

and Shuai Zhou

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4436 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; water system sustainability; land system sustainability; urbanization and climate change; ecosystems sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Modeling Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation Planning (Second Edition)

edited by

Eve Bohnett

and

Eben N. Broadbent

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1007 | 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)

Ecology of the Landscape Capital and Urban Capital

edited by

Teodoro Semeraro

submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16961 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; ecosystem services; natural-based solution; green infrastructure; urban planning; landscape planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Forest Ecosystems: Protection and Restoration II

edited by

Vanessa Winchester

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 53804 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest science; degradation; ecosystem; biodiversity; strategies; resource conflict; forest exploitation; climate change; mechanisms; forest loss

Ecological Restoration and Reusing Brownfield Sites

edited by

Fuyuan Wang

and

Kaiyong Wang

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7225 | 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)

Governance and Spatial Planning for Sustainable Urban and Rural Development

edited by

Chao Ye

,

Jinliao He

,

Uchendu Eugene Chigbu

, Zhituan Deng and Liang Zhuang

submission deadline 25 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2953 | 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)

Patrimony Assessment and Sustainable Land Resource Management

edited by

Florentina-Cristina Merciu

,

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

and

Maciej J. Nowak

submission deadline 27 Nov 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17369 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage assessment; natural and cultural assessment; biodiversity and its conservation; management of natural and cultural resources; administrative; regulatory; and legal issues related to the conservation of heritage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)

Future Scenarios of Land Use and Land Cover Change

edited by

Rob Marchant

,

Jessica Thorn

and Rebecca Kariuki

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19261 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use land cover change; scenario analysis; land use trajectory; stakeholders; diverse visions; multiple scales

Digital Soil Mapping for Agri-Environmental Management and Sustainability

edited by

Zamir Libohova

,

Kabindra Adhikari

, Michele Duarte De Menezes and

Subramanian Dharumarajan

submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18838 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil mapping; machine learning; soil properties; soil functions and interpretations; precision agriculture; uncertainty predictions and cost benefit risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)

Economic Valuation of Urban Green Spaces

edited by

Elizelle Juanee Cilliers

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 23845 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic valuation; green spaces; decision-making; sustainable development; green benefits

Recent Progress in RS&GIS-Based Urban Planning

edited by Jing Xie,

Yeran Sun

and

Xiao Liu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 11681 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; geographic information systems; remote sensing; big data; land management; smart city; green spaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Landscape-Scale Sustainable Tourism Development

edited by

Ingrid Belčáková

,

Branko Slobodník

and

Szymon Szewrański

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10301 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape recreation potential; cultural landscape management and planning; landscape protection; urban and rural landscape vs. tourism; tourism in protected areas; ecological management of tourist areas; sustainable tourism and spatial planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Land Use Planning, Sustainability and Disaster Risk Reduction

edited by

Miguel Leal

,

Paulo Miguel Madeira

,

Raquel de Melo

and Sérgio Cruz de Oliveira

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9427 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use planning; disaster risk reduction (DRR); natural hazards; sustainability; climate change; resilience; risk assessment; risk management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Smart Land Use Planning II

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9382 | 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)

Sustainable Land Use under the Target of Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutralization

edited by

Xinhai Lu

and

Danling Chen

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8357 | Submission Open

Keywords: global climate change; carbon peaking and carbon neutralization; environmental regulation; land consolidation; food security; sustainable land use; land use eco-efficiency; spatio-temporal evolution; integrated development of urban and rural society; economical and intensive use of urban land

High-Altitude Grasslands: Biodiversity Conservation, Management, and Habitat Preference

edited by

Mattia Iannella

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7055 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-altitude grasslands; biodiversity; habitat; landscape-scale management actions; sustainable development goals (SDGs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)

Evolving Landscape Research: From Renewable Energy Landscapes to Future Frontiers

edited by Romanos Ioannidis, Nikos Mamassis, Julia Nerantzia Tzortzi, Konstantinos Moraitis and Aspaso-Aspassia Kouzoupi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5584 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape; spatial planning; renewable energy; landscape impacts; participatory processes; cultural heritage; landscape design; visibility analysis; architecture; public perception; social acceptance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)

Human–Nature Relations in Urban Landscape Planning

edited by

Rob Roggema

and

Nico Tillie

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2677 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscape; urban ecosystem; landscape planning; spatial planning; resilient design; landscape design; landscape-based urban design; design-led approach; green and blue grids; nature-based solutions; biourbanism; regenerative design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

Eco-Sensitive Areas: Ecosystem Services, Protected Lands, and Current Challenges (Second Edition)

edited by

Shicheng Li

,

Lanhui Li

and Mingjie Song

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2311 | 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)

Urban Green Infrastructure: Enhancing Resilience and Well-Being in the Face of Climate Change and Urbanization

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1731 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; urban green space; urban forests/parks; urban heat island; urban ecosystem services; urban ecology; urban remote sensing; urban planning; urban climate; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)

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