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Soil Ecological Risk Assessment Based on LULC
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: risk assessment; ecosystem services; soil functioning; land use/land cover; soil threats
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
New Perspectives in the Management and Monitoring of Mountain Ecosystems submission deadline 6 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open
Keywords: mountains vegetation; disturbances of vegetation; ecosystem services; soil erosion; landscape diversity; land use/cover; livestock rangeland; land abandonment; historical grazing; mountain tourism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Ecosystem Services Design from Single Space Solution to Landscape Vision
edited by
submission deadline 8 Jan 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18770 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Landscape Perspectives on Urban Regeneration in Mediterranean Cities
edited by and Teresa Tapada-Berteli
submission deadline 13 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5154 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban regeneration; urban renovation; urban redevelopment; urban sustainability; urban governance; community resilience; gentrification; community-based urban redevelopment; urban policies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Valuing Culture through Ecosystem Services: Integrating Economic, Social, and Land Perspectives
edited by
submission deadline 13 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open
Keywords: cultural ecosystems; ecosystem services; cultural landscapes; economic valuation; land-use planning; socio-ecological approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Integrating Spatial Analysis and Regional Science to Guide Urban Planning
edited by Apostolos Lagarias, Poulicos Prastacos, and Alexandra Delgado-Jiménez
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4916 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatial analysis; urban planning; regional science; spatial optimization; land use modelling; decision support systems; sustainable development; policy making; environmental management; climate change; local-global connections
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Geoparks as a Form of Tourism Space Management II submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4908 | Submission Open
Keywords: geotourism; geoheritage; geoconservation; geoparks; spatial management; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Regional Sustainable Development of Yangtze River Delta, China (3rd Edition) submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 283 | Submission Open
Keywords: Yangtze River Delta region; sustainable development; human– earth system coupling; ecosystem services; industry development; innovation network; territorial space; climate change; urban– rural coordination; food security
Land Use Change from Non-urban to Urban Areas: Problems, Challenges and Opportunities II submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14688 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Efficient Land Use and Sustainable Development in European Countries
edited by , , Francesco Botticini and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open
Keywords: land management; land use and development; value capture instruments; sustainability; comparative analysis; socio-economic evaluation; geospatial analysis; environmental assessment; ecosystem services; territorial governance
Land Use Change and Plant Invasion: Plant Invasion Due to Changed Landscape Use, Changed Behavior and Ecological Problems of Native and Non-native Species
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 283 | Submission Open
Keywords: human impact; land abandonment; rural-urban transformation; invasion; alien species; exotic species; ecosystem services assessment; management; restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
Predictive Soil Mapping Contributing to Sustainable Soil Management
edited by and Kwabena Abrefa Nketia
submission deadline 23 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2899 | Submission Open
The Second Edition: Urban Planning Pathways to Carbon Neutrality
edited by
submission deadline 24 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1909 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban spatial planning; carbon emission; carbon neutrality; spatial layout optimization; green transportation systems; green infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Sustainable Solutions for Land Degradation and Its Socio-Economic Impact in Rural and Peri-Urban Areas: Looking Back and into the Future
edited by
submission deadline 27 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 591 | Submission Open
Keywords: land degradation; sustainable land management; livelihoods; climate change; biodiversity loss; food security; sustainability; land resources
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Ecosystem Services and Coastal Management: Tools to Counteract Sediment Losses
edited by , Marucci Angelo and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 619 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; coastal morphodynamics; natural capital; river ecosystems; coastal management; nature-based solutions; protected natural areas
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Feature Papers for Land Systems and Global Change Section: 2nd Edition
edited by , , Zhenrong Du and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 417 | Submission Open
Keywords: land system; global change; datasets; models; time series
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Built Environment, Pedestrian Behaviors, and Urban Sustainability: 2nd Edition
edited by , Gi-Hyoug Cho and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open
Keywords: built environment; pedestrian environment; urban form and land use; urban spatial structure; pedestrian behaviors/activities; active travel; nonmotorized travel; urban sustainability; virtual reality experiment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Resilient Cities and Land Take Effective Management through Sustainable Urban Planning Tools submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9174 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use policy; land deal; land market; land take; ecological indicators; urban policy; sustainable development and finance; decision support tools; risk assessment; real estate assessment models; index and indicator-based system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Effects of Land Use on the Ecohydrology of River Basin in Accordance with Climate Change II submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6458 | 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)
Planning for Sustainable Urban and Land Development submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6155 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Managing Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5375 | Submission Open
Keywords: land management; urban green infrastructure; ecosystem services; geoinformation; decision making; sustainable urban development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Sustainable Urbanscapes: The Role of Green Infrastructure on the Resilience of Ecosystem Services
edited by , and Wenxiao Jia
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 3976 | 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)
Impact of Climate Change on Land and Water Systems
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3373 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change impact; water; climate change adaptation; soil; hydrology; erosion; landscape
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Land Use and Food Security in China's Urbanizing Regions: Problems and Possibilities
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3075 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use change; land protection; food security; food production; spatial planning and design; urban management; environmental governance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Digital Earth and Remote Sensing for Land Management submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2011 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital earth; satellite imagery; InSAR; digital elevation models (DEM); land monitoring; land use; land cover; urban morphology; GIS tools
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)
Impact of Pollutants on Soil Health submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1405 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use/management; soil contamination; soil health; soil amendments; soil science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Land Use Sustainability from the Viewpoint of Carbon Emission: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1315 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use; sustainability; carbon emissions; carbon emissions neutrality; carbon source; carbon sink; climate change; agriculture; forestry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Advances in Wildlife Conservation and Habitat Management in the Anthropocene submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 882 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovative technologies; advanced monitoring techniques; habitat suitability modeling; species distribution modeling; climate change scenarios; anthropogenic; biotic; and abiotic stressors; environmental impact assessments; invasive species management; disease outbreak impacts; long-term ecological monitoring; protected area effectiveness; keystone species conservation; threatened species; adaptive conservation strategies; conservation planning; wildlife conservation; habitat management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing)
Urban Forestry Dynamics: Management and Mechanization
edited by , and Valerio Di Stefano
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 692 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban forest; mechanization; urban forest operations; soil impact; environmental effects; technical and economic performance; new technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Vegetation Cover Changes Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data
edited by Dong Liang, and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 583 | Submission Open
Keywords: vegetation cover change; remote sensing; high spatial resolution; big data; satellite imagery; data processing algorithms; multi-source data integration; climate change impacts; biodiversity monitoring; land management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
New Advances in Spatial Analysis of Wildfire Planning
edited by and Shuai Yin
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open
The Mechanism of Land-Water Interaction and Management Strategies: Recent Discoveries and the Way Forward submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use change; hydrological processes; models; hydrological variables; runoff; infiltration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
New Technologies and Methods in Spatial Planning, 2nd Edition
edited by , and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatial planning; urban; governance; data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Celebrating World Soil Day
edited by and Arwyn Jones
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil health; climate change; sustainability management; soil analysis; soil protection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Innovations in Soil Erosion Assessment and Management Along Rivers and Coastal Areas:2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; assessment; management; modeling; natural and anthropogenic factors; extreme events and climate change; river and coastal dynamics; remote sensing; decision making
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land, Soil and Water)
Climate Adaptation Planning in Urban Areas
edited by Jin-Oh Kim, and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate adaptation planning; urban resilience; green infrastructure; community-based adaptation; climate policy and governance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Rural Tourism Development: Land Use, Ecosystem Services, and Community Interactions
edited by and Cătălina ANCUȚA
submission deadline 6 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open
Keywords: rural land use change; rural tourism development; rural tourism and socio-economic interaction; rural cultural heritage; cultural tourism in rural areas
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Land Resource Assessment submission deadline 7 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4889 | Submission Open
Keywords: land resource efficiency; functional differences evaluation; land resource capitalization; process evaluation and simulation; energy system language and LCA; typical model of land use; ecological security and carrying capacity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Urban Land Expansion and Regional Inequality submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 553 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban sprawl and planning; regional inequality; territorial management; sustainable urban development; demographic challenge; public participation and municipal governance; metropolitan areas; rural areas; geographical accessibility issues
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Technological and Social Innovations in Urban Ecosystems: Perspectives on Green and Blue Infrastructure
edited by , Aline A. Cavalari Corete and Giuliano Maselli Locosselli
submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban forest; urban greening; green infrastructure; blue infrastructure; socio-environmental issues; nature-based solutions; ecological patterns and processes in urban environments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Land Use/Cover Change and Its Impacts on Regional Sustainable Development submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4518 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use/ land cover; change detection; remote sensing; sustainable development; geographic information systems; driving forces; environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Sustainable Agricultural Land Management towards a Net-Zero Pathway
edited by , and Xin Yang
submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 1051 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable agricultural land use management; greenhouse gas emissions mitigation; food security; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus)
Responsible and Smart Land Management (2nd Edition) submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 827 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Land Development and Investment submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open
Keywords: land development; land investment; land financing; land policy; technological innovation; risk management; economic impact; social impact; environmental impact
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Regional Solutions to Urban-Rural Coordinated Development in the Megacity Regions (3rd Edition)
edited by , , and Eddie Chi-man Hui
submission deadline 24 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open
Keywords: megacity regions; metropolitan coordinating region; urban agglomeration; urban-rural systems; coordinated regional development; regional planning and governance; integrated urban-rural development; structures and networks; rural construction and evaluation; human settlement environment improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Sustainable Urban Greenspace Planning, Design and Management
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9116 | Submission Open
Keywords: greenspace; sustainable city; landscape planning; landscape management; green infrastructures; green roof and green wall; urban landscape; urban design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
GeoAI for Land Use Observations, Analysis and Forecasting submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2044 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; land use and land cover; GeoAI; AI and machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
New Advance in Intensive Agriculture and Soil Quality submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 464 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision agriculture; soil quality; soil sustainability; intensive agriculture; intensive farming systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Rural Social Movements and the Question of the Land in the 21st Century
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open
Keywords: rural social movements; agroecology; land grabbing and the defense of land and territory; food sovereignty; peasant and indigenous autonomy; land and territory; peasants and indigenous people
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Optimizing Land Development: Trends and Best Practices
edited by and Aneta Chmielewska
submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open
Keywords: land development; optimization strategies; land use dynamics; human– environment dynamics; contemporary trends; best practices; land/land-use/land-cover change; land management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
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