Evolving Landscape Research: From Renewable Energy Landscapes to Future Frontiers
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Planning and Landscape Architecture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2024 | Viewed by 1725
Special Issue Editors
Interests: landscape; landscape impacts; spatial planning; architectural design; landscape design; infrastructure; renewable energy; public perception; crowdsourcing; GIS; visibility analysis
Interests: energy technology; ecology; hydrometeorology; water resources management; aquatic environment; ancient engineering works; engineering and humanities
Interests: landscape architecture; landscape planning; natural based solutions; urban sustainability; urban microclimate; vertical green urban biodiversity; green infrastructures
Interests: landscape; landscape history and theory; landscape design; place branding; theory and methodology of architectural design; philosophy of civilization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
(1) Introduction.
The last two decades have seen a remarkable proliferation of research in matters of landscapes. This can largely be attributed to the challenges that have emerged during the effort to integrate renewable energy infrastructure into landscapes.
The areas in which research has flourished include landscape planning and policy, landscape assessment, spatial planning, participatory planning processes and various other areas of landscape-related research.
There is now a need to organize this knowledge, highlight its state-of-the-art aspects and elevate relevant research to new levels. Furthermore, our time presents a great opportunity to also expand the frontiers of landscape research to other contemporary issues of landscapes, beyond the scope of the renewable energy expansion.
(2) Aim of the Special Issue.
The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers to carry out the following goals:
(a) Advance research on renewable energy landscapes, including planning, landscape design, policy, impact assessment and participatory processes .
(b) Collect, analyse and review existing knowledge and state of the art from the last two decades, identifying weaknesses and highlighting important conclusions with future significance.
(c) Expand the knowledge that has been generated through the contemporary focus of landscape research on renewable energy, to other landscape issues and other fields of landscape research.
(3) Suggested themes.
This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts on the following themes:
- Landscape analysis, planning and protection;
- Integration of renewable energy and other infrastructure into landscapes;
- Public participation in planning processes and landscape assessment;
- Investigation of the social acceptance of infrastructure;
- Landscape and architectural design in infrastructure works;
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and visibility analysis;
- Landscape in the context of multicriteria and optimization studies;
- Economic aspects of landscape impacts;
- Heritage and renewable energy;
- Landscape and planning policies.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Romanos Ioannidis
Dr. Nikos Mamassis
Dr. Julia Nerantzia Tzortzi
Dr. Konstantinos Moraitis
Dr. Aspaso-Aspassia Kouzoupi
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- landscape
- spatial planning
- renewable energy
- landscape impacts
- participatory processes
- cultural heritage
- landscape design
- visibility analysis
- architecture
- public perception
- social acceptance
