Land | Special Issues

Decision Support Tools for Land Management

edited by

Brice B. Hanberry

,

Matthew Reeves

and

Anna T. Maher

submission deadline 30 May 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8910 | Submission Open

Keywords: Application; Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Climate; Conservation; Disturbance; Energy; Fire; Food production; Invasive species; Landscape prioritization; Management; Model; Planning; Rare species; Restoration; Resiliency; Vulnerability; Water; Watershed

New Tools for Terrestrial Carbon Cycle and Land Surface Modelling

edited by

Slobodan B. Mickovski

,

Alejandro Gonzalez-Ollauri

and Caroline E. Gallagher

submission deadline 30 May 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3695 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; greenhouse gases; carbon flux; land surface modelling; resilience; sustainability; geographical information systems; environmental management; public health; vegetation; atmosphere; monitoring; remote sensing

Geoparks, Geotrails, and Geotourism – Linking Geology, Geoheritage, and Geoeducation

edited by Margaret Brocx and

Vic Semeniuk

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 18 articles | Viewed by 25715 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoparks; geotrails; geosite; geoheritage; landscape heritage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Landscapes at Risk. Social Capital Asset in the COVID-Scape Climate

edited by

Maria Rosa Trovato

and

Salvatore Giuffrida

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 11 articles | Viewed by 14313 | Submission Open

Keywords: real estate-scape; urban-scape; human-scape; natural-scape; cultural-scape; environmental risk; landscape risk; internal areas; landscape economy; circular economy; territorial and landscape planning

Sustainable Development of the Territory and Use of Natural and Cultural Resources to Improve the Quality of Life of Residents

edited by

María de la Cruz del Río-Rama

,

Claudia Patricia Maldonado-Erazo

,

Amador Durán-Sánchez

and

José Álvarez-García

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 10 articles | Viewed by 8378 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable territory; sustainable development; sustainable management; sustainable development goals (SDG); regional and local development; natural and cultural resources; water resources; forest exploitation; mining resources; renewable and non-renewable energy resources; natural spaces; improvement in biodiversity; quality of life; sustainable tourism

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

Territorial Infrastructures, Real Estate and Socio-Economic Impacts

edited by

Diana Rolando

,

Manuela Rebaudengo

and

Alice Barreca

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7498 | Submission Open

Keywords: territorial infrastructure; real estate; socio-economic impacts; short-term benefits; long-term implications; spatial analysis; inner areas; economic enhancement

How Do Land-Climate Interactions Affect Urban Heat Islands?

edited by

Guosong Zhao

,

Zhifeng Wu

and

Yuanzheng Li

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5768 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island; land– climate interaction; UHI modelling; energy balance; thermal comfort; urban sustainability; mitigation and adaptation; land surface temperature; surface air temperature

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

The Past and the Present of Food Sustainability and Resilience of Local Food Production

edited by

Désirée Gmür

,

Tobias Haller

and Louis Champion

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4327 | Submission Open

Keywords: food sustainability; food resilience; food systems; food security; food consumption; food security state policies; global dynamics of food production; malnutrition; natural resource management systems and food security; institutional changes and food sustainability; landscape evolution; agro-industrial transformations; sustainable diets; local foods; archaeology of food; archaeobotany

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

Land Cover and Land Use Mapping Using Satellite Image

edited by

Chandra Giri

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4044 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; land cover; remote sensing; image processing; satellite data; mapping; monitoring; local; global

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

Digital Soil Mapping for Agri-Environmental Management and Sustainability

edited by

Zamir Libohova

,

Kabindra Adhikari

, Michele Duarte De Menezes and

Subramanian Dharumarajan

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3069 | 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)

Hydrological Processes and Environmental-Ecological Impact in the Yellow River Basin

edited by

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, Yinglan A,

and

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2743 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; hydrological processes; environmental-ecological impact; water resources management; water environment governance

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

Land Governance and Local Tenure Systems: The Role of Government Policy

edited by

Nikola Vučić

,

Hrvoje Tomić

and

Saša Vranić

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2677 | Submission Open

Keywords: land administration; land governance; local tenure systems; cadastre; land registry; 3D cadastre; LADM; agenda for sustainable development until 2030

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

Geospatial Data in Land Suitability Assessment

edited by

Ivan Plaščak

,

Mladen Jurišić

and

Dorijan Radočaj

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1285 | Submission Open

Keywords: land management; environmental modeling; geographic information system (GIS); remote sensing; satellite missions; multicriteria decision making

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

Impacts of Climate Change on Human Wellbeing and Cultural Ecosystem Services

edited by

Jan Petzold

and

Aleksandra Kosanic

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1072 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural ecosystem services; nature’ s contribution to people; global warming; environmental change; health and wellbeing; climate risk; climate change adaptation

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Nature-Based Solutions for Landscape Governance and Modification in Urban–Rural Areas

edited by

Yung Yau

and

Jacques Teller

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | Viewed by 459 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solution; landscape governance; land modification; urban renewal and regeneration; sustainable urbanization; brownfields; human– environment systems

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

Fostering Urban Regeneration Pathways via Urban and Architectural Design Projects

edited by

Isabella M. Lami

,

Alessandro Armando

and

Elena Todella

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular urban economy; resilient city; value creation; architectural design projects; sustainable development goals; built environment; assessment methods; urban district; energy transition; urban regeneration; underused urban area; landscape and built heritage; private and public contexts

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

Soil Carbon Change and Nitrogen Cycling in Permafrost

edited by

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submission deadline 31 May 2023 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon stability; greenhouse gas; N turnover; mineralization; global change; microorganism; nutrient cycle

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)

Water Resources and Land Use Planning II

edited by

Carla Rolo Antunes

submission deadline 31 May 2023 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use planning; integrated water resource management; threshold scenarios; sustainability; best management practices; resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)

Innovative Research Approaches & Practices towards Sustainable Land Management, Preservation & Restoration

edited by

Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos

,

Andreas Tsatsaris

,

Nikolaos Stathopoulos

,

Demetrios E. Tsesmelis

,

Nilanchal Patel

and

Xiao Huang

submission deadline 1 Jun 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6600 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; desertification; soil erosion; drought; ecosystem services; biodiversity; terrain evaluation

Effects of Community Participation in Forest Management on the Development of Rural and Local Institutions

edited by

Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt

and

Mélanie Feurer

submission deadline 1 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Big Data Analytics, Spatial Optimization for Land Use Planning

edited by

Kai Cao

and Wenting Zhang

submission deadline 2 Jun 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7714 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial optimization; big data analytics; land use planning; spatio-temporal optimization; land use planning support

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

Status in Agricultural Soil Pollution and Its Controls

edited by

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and Jiuyu Li

submission deadline 5 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4128 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-point source pollution; heavy metal; pesticide and herbicide; microplastics; antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs); pollution mechanism; modelling; agricultural sustainability; soil and human health; pollution controlling and remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)

Assess the Effects of Climate and Land-Use Change on Plant Species Distribution

edited by

Kostas Kougioumoutzis

,

Ioannis P. Kokkoris

and

Maria Panitsa

submission deadline 5 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2297 | Submission Open

Keywords: Anthropocene; biodiversity conservation; biodiversity patterns; conservation biogeography; conservation biology; conservation genetics; climate change; conservation prioritization; cultural ecology; ecosystems services; ethnobotany; environmental management; ex situ conservation; extinction risk; in situ conservation; genetic; taxonomic; phylogenetic and functional diversity; management; land-use change; plant-pollinator networks; plant conservation; phylogeography; physiology; policymaking; policy evaluation; population genetics; species distribution modelling; sustainable development; taxonomy

Restoring Degraded Lands to Attain UN-SDGs II

edited by

Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash

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submission deadline 5 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2075 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive land management; bioenergy production and bioeconomy; bioremediation and biomonitoring; climate change mitigation; drivers of land degradation; ecosystem services; forest landscape restoration; integrated restoration measures; land systems and good quality of life; policy measures; remote sensing and GIS application; restoration of marginal and degraded lands; restoration of mined areas; restoration methods and processes; restoration monitoring; restoration of polluted and agricultural lands; social impact assessment; stakeholder involvement; traditional ecological knowledge

Dynamics of Urbanization and Ecosystem Services Provision II

edited by

Luca Congedo

,

Francesca Assennato

and

Michele Munafò

submission deadline 5 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 272 | 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)

The Socio-Economic Values in Land Resource Management

edited by

Matjaž Glavan

submission deadline 9 Jun 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4510 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resources management; socioeconomic value; sustainable development goals; urbanization; deforestation; ecosystem services of land; pollution; society needs; economic opportunities

Patrimony Assessment and Sustainable Land Resource Management

edited by

Florentina-Cristina Merciu

,

Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor

and

Maciej J. Nowak

submission deadline 9 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3993 | 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)

Biodiversity in Livestock Production Landscapes

edited by

Majid Iravani

and

Tim A. McAllister

submission deadline 10 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open

Keywords: livestock farming; livestock productivity; land-use decisions; habitat degradation; land conversion; native and invasive species; biodiversity and habitat loss; biodiversity conservation and restoration; beneficial practices; environmental changes; environmental sustainability

Agricultural Land Management to Meet Future Global Food Demand

edited by

Uttam Khanal

and

Sanzidur Rahman

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9692 | 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)

Digital Soil Mapping, Decision Support Tools and Soil Monitoring Systems in the Mediterranean

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submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6456 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; soil organic carbon; soil monitoring; anthropogenic soils; soil modeling

Urban and Rural Land Use, Landscape and Sustainability

edited by

Bernadett Csurgó

,

Agnieszka Jaszczak

and

Melanie Smith

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5219 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; landscape; sustainability; sustainable tourism; landscape planning; place-based development; placemaking; rural and urban development; agriculture; rural-urban relationships

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

Territory Spatial Planning toward High-Quality Development in China II

edited by

Wenze Yue

,

Yang Chen

and

Yang Zhang

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5182 | Submission Open

Keywords: territory spatial planning; high-quality development; planning theory; methodology; application; land use; China

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

Resilience in Historical Landscapes

edited by

Angelo Castrorao Barba

,

Pilar Diarte-Blasco

,

Manuel Castro-Priego

and

Giuseppe Bazan

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4090 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; historical ecology; landscape archaeology; vegetation history; paleoecology and archaeobotany; human geography and environmental anthropology; world/global history; long-term human– environment interactions; landscape changes; geospatial (GIS) analyses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Geospatial Data for Landscape Change

edited by

Szymon Chmielewski

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2929 | Submission Open

Keywords: space-time landscape analysis; landscape quality assessment and monitoring; LULC change detection; landscape 3D mapping and monitoring; landscapes in a changing climate; people’ s perception of landscape change; changes in landscape analysis approaches; landscape geospatial visualization; geospatial data of moon and mars landscape mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Application of Geographic Information System for Monitoring and Predicting Flash Flood Susceptibility

edited by

Romulus Costache

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1301 | Submission Open

Keywords: flash-flood susceptibility; GIS; forecast systems; machine learning; remote sensing

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

Assessing the Impact of Global Changes on Wetland and Riverine Biodiversity

edited by

Boudjéma Samraoui

,

Manuel Ferreras-Romero

and

Corrado Battisti

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1045 | Submission Open

Keywords: global changes; inland water ecosystems; climate change; land use; biodiversity; land-water interactions

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

Land, Ageing, Gender and Environment: Problems and Challenges from Different Disciplines II

edited by

Vanessa Zorrilla-Muñoz

,

Maria Silveria Agulló-Tomás

,

Eduardo Fernandez

,

Sonia De Lucas Santos

,

Jesus Cuadrado Rojo

and

Blanca Criado Quesada

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 715 | Submission Open

Keywords: land/environment/ecology; ageing/ageism/older people; gender/eco/feminisms; rural– urban spaces/frames; health; social services and education aspects; land economic and public policies aspects; work/employment and leisure/tourism aspects; pandemic; psycho-social crisis and climate change aspects

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

edited by

Mattia Iannella

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 113 | 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)

Topical Advisory Panel Members’ Collection Series: Advances in Land, Agriculture, and Ecosystem Services

edited by

Mário Gabriel Santiago dos Santos

submission deadline 15 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural land use; agroecosystems; agroforestry; ecosystem services; scenario analysis of social– ecological systems; climate change; nature-based solutions; multi-criteria problems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Advances in Landscape Visual Quality Assessment in the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration

edited by

Pedro Miguel Ramos Arsénio

and

Patricia María Rodríguez González

submission deadline 16 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10030 | Submission Open

Where Land Meets Sea: Terrestrial Influences on Coastal Environments

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submission deadline 16 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9440 | Submission Open

Keywords: land– sea interactions; catchment management; terrestrial discharge; estuarine and coastal ecosystems; coastal resilience; coastal water quality; aquatic health; sustainable food production

Integrating Remote Sensing and Geospatial Big Data for Land Use Mapping and Monitoring

edited by

Myroslava Lesiv

,

Linda See

and

Dmitry Schepaschenko

submission deadline 16 Jun 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6962 | Submission Open

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

Integrating Ecosystem Service Assessments into Land Use Decisions

edited by

Chi-Ok Oh

,

Hyun No Kim

and

Daeseok Kang

submission deadline 16 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2827 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; land use; water use; conservation; valuation; economic assessment; biophysical assessment

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

Machine Learning in Historical Land Use and Land Cover Change Mapping and Modelling

edited by

Luka Rumora

,

Mario Miler

and

Damir Medak

submission deadline 19 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3146 | Submission Open

Keywords: time series; machine learning; land use; land cover; deep learning; multi-temporal segmentation and classification; optical and SAR imagery; change detection; geospatial data analysis; historical modeling

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

Natural Landscape and Cultural Heritage

edited by

Richard W Stoffle

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6725 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural landscapes as cultural heritage; landscapes and dramatic places such as volcanos; pilgrimage places and activities; social perception of topography; role of fauna and flora in defining the heritage value of landscapes; landscape interpretation and public policy

Ecosystem Services in Urban Contexts: Balancing City Environment

edited by

Clara Garcia-Mayor

and

Almudena Nolasco-Cirugeda

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5893 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem service; urban dynamics; green infrastructure; land-use mix; peri-urban transect; green wedge; cultural ecosystem service; urban design; urban ecology; urban fringe

Impacts of Local Land-Use on the Global Ecological Crisis

edited by

Andrzej Bobiec

,

Simay Kirca

,

Ian Rotherham

and Peter Bridgewater

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2637 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural severance; biocultural heritage; ecosystem services; environmental costs of subsidised land use; farmland abandonment; land afforestation; natural capital; biodiversity offset; future farming; local community; local land-use governance; rewilding; re-naturing; feral landscapes

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

Forest Ecosystems: Protection and Restoration II

edited by

Vanessa Winchester

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 366 | Submission Open

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

Influence on Soil Quality of Agriculture and Forest Management: Assessment, Mitigation and Best Management Practices II

edited by

Walter Stefanoni

,

Francesco Latterini

and

Rachele Venanzi

submission deadline 20 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)

Advances in Soil and Water Sediment in Ecological Environment

edited by

Gytautas Ignatavičius