Special Issues

Land publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Smart Land Use Planning II submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4913 | 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)
New Advance in Landscape Patterns in Urban–Rural Interfaces submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4270 | Submission Open
Keywords: rural– urban interface; landscape; regional resilience; landscape fragmentation; urban agriculture; landscape degradation; landscape ecology; landscape management
Grassland Ecosystem Services: Research Advances and Future Directions for Sustainability II submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3682 | 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)
Exploring Multisensory Landscapes: 2023 Visual Resource Stewardship Conference submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3345 | Submission Open
Keywords: visual resource management; visual impact assessment; climate and land use change; multisensory landscape assessment; scenic quality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Recent Progress in RS&GIS-Based Urban Planning
edited by Jing Xie, and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2724 | 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)
High-Altitude Grasslands: Biodiversity Conservation, Management, and Habitat Preference
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2392 | 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)
Sustainable Land Use under the Target of Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutralization
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1780 | 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
Spatial Big Data for Rangeland Ecology and Management submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1233 | Submission Open
Keywords: ranchland management; land cover mapping; spatial big data; productivity; sustainable land use; decision support system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)
Land, Geosciences Research and Application
edited by , and Boško Milovanović
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1161 | Submission Open
Keywords: land; geoscience; geoinformation; natural hazards; environment
Global Commons Governance and Sustainable Land Use
edited by , , Xiaoshun Li and Ling Li
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1093 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use sustainability; global commons; spatial planning and governance; global nature resources; carbon neutrality; climate change
Resilient Communities and Sustainable Development in Deltas submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 910 | Submission Open
Keywords: vulnerabilities and risk analysis IT; virtual reality; artificial intelligence; forecasts; scenarios and decision-support tools; environmental planning and landscape planning; urban and regional planning and development; urban design; cooperation and governance; public awareness and participation; community engagement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Application of Participatory Geographic Information Systems in Land Use Planning submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 567 | Submission Open
Keywords: PGIS; land use planning; urban areas; citizens; spatial knowledge; community-based decision making; indicators engineering; computational planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
Responsible and Smart Land Management II
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 439 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Agroforestry Systems for Biodiversity and Landscape Conservation submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open
Keywords: agroforestry systems; biodiversity; cultural landscape; landscape conservation; agricultural heritage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Systems and Global Change)
New Advances in Spatial Analysis of Wildfire Planning
edited by and Shuai Yin
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open
Human–Nature Relations in Urban Landscape Planning
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 137 | 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)
Drought Monitoring, Soil Water Conservation and Hydrological Connectivity
edited by and Gregor Gregorič
submission deadline 3 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1042 | Submission Open
Keywords: drought; soil functions; hydrological connectivity; soil moisture; irrigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Archaeological Landscape and Settlement II submission deadline 5 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4341 | Submission Open
Keywords: human impact on the landscape; coastal changes and sea-level rise; settlement pattern and site complementarity; radiocarbon dating; the exploitation of the highland zones
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)
Land-Based Greenhouse Gas Mitigation for Carbon Neutrality
edited by , , and Suman Aryal
submission deadline 6 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5578 | Submission Open
Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions; carbon neutrality; climate smart agriculture; forest conservation and restoration; bioenergy and carbon capture; the role of carbon offsets in emissions trading mechanism; carbon emission mitigation; Land Use; Land Use Change; and Forestry (LULUCF); global climate change  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
Urban Regeneration: Challenges and Opportunities for the Landscape
edited by Francesca Moraci, Laura Ricci, , , and
submission deadline 10 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4868 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban regeneration for landscape; best practices; public spaces and urban landscape; social animation; cultural heritage and landscape; landscape; architecture; and new social relations; land; landscapes; risk management; landscape enhancement; the role ecosystem services play in landscape planning; energy and the environment: the challenges of the landscape; landscape and urban planning for climate-proofing; landscape development; management and competing land uses; sustainable and inclusive design of open spaces; role of green infrastructures; landscape urban regeneration; ecosystem services in landscape planning; landscape identity and community involvement; welfare in urban regeneration; public urban policy for identity and landscape; accessibility and sustainable mobility; prerequisites for enhancing the urban landscape as it changes.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Integrated Modeling Approaches for Sustainable Agriculture: Bridging Soil, Water and Hydrology Dynamics
edited by Zisheng Xing and
submission deadline 14 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open
Keywords: integrated modeling; soil and water conservation; soil– water– hydrology modeling; land use change; climate change; sustainable agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning)
Assess the Effects of Climate and Land-Use Change on Plant Species Distribution submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4943 | 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
(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
Urban Land Use Planning and Evaluation of Environmental Carrying Capacity
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 989 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental carrying capacity; land use planning; land use management; human-land relationships; environment performance; urban and regional system
Biochar-Complemented Compost: Production, Characterization, and Application
edited by Naser Khan and
submission deadline 19 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11629 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste management; compost; biochar; soil quality; nutrient; carbon; agriculture; bioremediation
Geographic Information Technologies and the New Challenges of Globalization in a Changing Environment submission deadline 19 Jun 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5917 | 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)
Ecological Restoration and Reusing Brownfield Sites
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 858 | 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)
Land Degradation and Land Productivity Assessment Using Remote Sensing submission deadline 21 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2151 | Submission Open
Keywords: land degradation; desertification; drought; soil erosion; land use/cover change; machine learning; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); vegetation indices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)
Impact of Farmland Abandonment on Soil Conservation submission deadline 21 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 941 | Submission Open
Keywords: drivers; land abandonment; decrease land use intensity; soil conservation; carbon sequestration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Challenges and Solutions for Sustainable Land: Soil Quality and Contamination submission deadline 24 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 985 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil quality; soil contamination; soil degradation; land degradation; sustainable land
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
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 24 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 339 | 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)
Monitoring and Simulation of Wetland Ecological Processes submission deadline 25 Jun 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 20320 | 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
Global Change in Mediterranean Regions: Potential Impact of Climate Drift and Land Use on Soil Erosion and Land Degradation submission deadline 26 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6723 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil erosion; land degradation; Mediterranean context; climate change; land use; monitoring and modelling
Landscape Design, Evaluation and Management Created by Novel Technologies
edited by , Mary Padua, , Bo Zhang, and Rosalea Monacella
submission deadline 26 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5297 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape design; conservation and management; innovated technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Future Scenarios of Land Use and Land Cover Change
edited by , and Rebecca Kariuki
submission deadline 27 Jun 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11172 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use land cover change; scenario analysis; land use trajectory; stakeholders; diverse visions; multiple scales
In Situ Conservation Tools to Mitigate Impacts from Global Change on Biodiversity submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12096 | 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)
Innovations in Soil Erosion Assessment and Management along Rivers and Coastal Areas submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10924 | 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 Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Smart Land Management
edited by and Guy M Robinson
submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3552 | Submission Open
Keywords: technology innovation; land management; land-use planning; land administration; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues)
Desertification Impacts on Land Use submission deadline 28 Jun 2024 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: early warning systems; Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN); drylands; food security; telecoupling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Soil-Sediment-Water Systems)
Preservation, Reuse and Reveal of Cultural Heritage through Sustainable Land Management, Rural and Urban Development II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 20258 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development; remote sensing; 3D modeling; spatial planning; GIS / HBIM; cultural routes; tangible/intangible cultural heritage; historical settlements; historical cities; circular economy; cultural tourism; environmental management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Economic Valuation of Urban Green Spaces submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15097 | Submission Open
Keywords: economic valuation; green spaces; decision-making; sustainable development; green benefits
Land Use Sustainability from the Viewpoint of Carbon Emission submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11108 | 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 Landscape Perception Based on New Approaches & Technologies
edited by and Chen Yang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 6928 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital landscape; landscape perception; 3D scanning; green space; landscape; machine learning; big data
State of the Art on Agriculture in Rural Areas: For Sustainable Land Management submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5963 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; farmland; intensification; resilience; rural; livelihood; policy; optimization; interdisciplinary
Green Roofs in Arid and Semi-arid Climates submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5798 | Submission Open
Keywords: green roofs; arid and semi-arid climates; urban landscape and environment; drought/heat resistance and tolerance; biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Driving Future to Shape Sustainable Agricultural System: Urban-Rural Land Management and Environment Protection submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5308 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision agriculture; agriculture and big data; climate change; agricultural drought; agriculture and conflict; soil; greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector; soil-water relations; land degradation (erosion; salinization; ); crop production (maize; wheat; etc.); land suitability assessment; land use changes; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Mega-City Regions in the Global South submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3556 | Submission Open
Keywords: mega-city regions; global city; southern urbanism; comparative urbanism; regional development; social and spatial inequality
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
Regional Solutions to Urban-Rural Coordinated Development in the Megacity Regions II submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3443 | 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)
Restoration of Tropical Peatlands: Science Policy and Practice
edited by Momon Sodik Imanudin, , and Budi Leksono
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2734 | Submission Open
Analysis and Evaluation of Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Mediterranean, Temperate and Tropical Climates
edited by and Ana Cano-Ortíz
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2392 | Submission Open
Keywords: earth sciences; botany; ecology; agriculture; bioclimatology and biogeography; climate change; research methodologies; natural disasters; socioculture; socioeconomics; forests; scrub; vegetal dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment)
Impact of Climate Change on Land and Water Systems
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1040 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change impact; water; climate change adaptation; soil; hydrology; erosion; landscape
(This special issue belongs to the Section Land–Climate Interactions)
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