Land | Special Issues

Urban Landscape Ecological Planning and Its Environmental Effects

edited by

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submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1309 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution prevention and control plan; urban wind environment; green space and residents' health; landscape ecosystem stability analysis; urban landscape ecological security; urban renewal; biodiversity conservation planning; ecological planning and design; carbon emission; sustainable landscape management

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

Ecosystem Disturbances and Soil Properties

edited by

Víctor Fernández-García

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1222 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfires; herbivory; soil structure; soil nutrients; soil carbon; soil biota

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

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

Judit Hází

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 120 | 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)

Where Land Meets Sea: Terrestrial Influences on Coastal Environments

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submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17104 | Submission Open

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

Agriculture, Forestry, Land Allocation and Environmental Sustainability

edited by Sougata Bardhan and

Shibu Jose

submission deadline 23 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7436 | Submission Open

Keywords: land allocation; agriculture; forestry; environmental sustainability; land suitability; ecosystem services

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

Interrelations in Urban–Rural Transects: Planning Sustainable Transformations for Human Wellbeing

edited by Luca Barbarossa,

Daniele La Rosa

and

Viviana Pappalardo

submission deadline 26 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban– rural transect; urban fringes; human well-being; active mobility; sustainable urban transformation; environmental and landscape planning

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

The Dynamics of Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology: Patterns, Processes, and Planning

edited by

Jana Spulerova

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8607 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use changes; biodiversity loss; ecosystem function and services; management measures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Topical Advisory Panel Member Solicited Papers Series: Soil Remediation

edited by

Jorge Mongil-Manso

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Raimundo Jiménez Ballesta

, Ana San José Wery,

Alexandra Díez Méndez

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Juan M. Trujillo Gonzalez

and José Joaquín Ramos Miras

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4368 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil contamination; soil remediation; groundwater contamination; environmental risks; ecotoxicology; soil decontamination

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

Advancing Sustainability through Land-Related Approaches: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Investigations

edited by

Bing-Bing Zhou

,

Taiyang Zhong

, Yujia Zhang,

Ligang Lv

and Yuzhu Zang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3197 | Submission Open

Keywords: land system science; sustainability science; landscape ecology; land system architecture; land management; land consolidation; spatial governance; landscape planning; geodesign; transdisciplinarity; actionable knowledge

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

Sustainable Agricultural Land Management towards a Net-Zero Pathway

edited by

Ying Wang

,

Ou Wang

and Xin Yang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 724 | 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)

New Insights in Soil Quality and Management in Karst Ecosystem II

edited by

Chunlai Zhang

, Fen Huang,

Tongbin Zhu

and

Hui Yang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 444 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil quality; karst landforms; soil erosion; land-use; assessment and monitoring method of soil quality

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

Feature Papers for the ‘Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues’ Section: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Hossein Azadi

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable land management; socio-economi implications of land use; political dimensions of land governance; land tenure systems; land rights and access; equitable land distribution; rural development and land policies; land-based livelihoods; land use planning; urbanization and land use; land degradation and restoration; gender and land ownership; climate change adaptation and land resilience; ecosystem services and land management; land conflicts and dispute resolution; land-based investments and governance; monitoring and evaluation of land-related SDGs; land administration; zero hunger (SDG 2); life on land (SDG 15); reduced inequalities (SDG 10); climate action (SDG 13)

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

Agricultural Land Management to Meet Future Global Food Demand (Second Edition)

edited by

Uttam Khanal

and

Sanzidur Rahman

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 150 | 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)

GeoAI for Land Use Observations, Analysis and Forecasting

edited by

Wenfeng Zheng

,

Kenan Li

and

Xuan Liu

submission deadline 30 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 137 | 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)

Landscape Heritage: Geomorphology, Geoheritage and Geoparks

edited by

Rafael Becerra-Ramírez

and

Javier Dóniz-Páez

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19251 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomorphology; geodiversity; geosites; geomorphosites; geoheritage; geoparks; geoconservation; geoeducation; land planning; landscape analysis; environmental education; ecosystems and geoparks; ecosystem services; natural protected areas

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

Geospatial Data in Landscape Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation

edited by

Todd Robinson

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11193 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape resistance; connectivity; turnover; movement and modelling; refugia; isolation by distance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Contribution of Trail Paths to the Protection and Promotion of the Natural Environment

edited by

Panagiotis Lemonakis

,

Apostolos Kantartzis

and

Chrisovaladis Malesios

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7409 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use planning; trail path; natural environment protection; urban and rural areas; cultural heritage; wildlife ecosystem

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

Spatial Optimization and Sustainable Development of Land Use

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7380 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; sustainable development; spatial optimization

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

Sustainable Urban Greenspace Planning, Design and Management

edited by

Fatemeh Kazemi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4935 | 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)

Effects of Land Use on the Ecohydrology of River Basin in Accordance with Climate Change II

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4627 | 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)

Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) and Sustainable Development

edited by

Reinfried Mansberger

, Eva Maria Unger and Abdullah Kara

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3107 | Submission Open

Keywords: land administration domain model (LADM); sustainable development goals (SDGs); land value; marine space; poverty eradication; food security; gender equality; sustainable urban planning; disaster management; land tenure; land governance; land use planning; spatial data infrastructure; urbanization and rural development; environmental sustainability; social equity; economic growth; inclusive land policies

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

Gender and Land

edited by

Claudia A. Radel

and

Birgit Schmook

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2196 | Submission Open

Keywords: gender and agriculture; gender and climate change; gender and land tenure; gender and land use; intersectionality and land

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

Understanding Disasters in a Changing Landscape: Causes, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Fotis Maris

,

Panagiotis Angelidis

and

George Papaioannou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1972 | Submission Open

Keywords: floods; soil erosion; landslide; sediment dynamics; wildfire-induced changes in land use patterns; post-disaster rehabilitation and resilience building; modelling advances in flood; soil erosion; sediment; or landslide hazards; impacts; and mitigation; technological innovations for early warning systems; land-related hazards and risk assessment; geomorphology changes after land alternations; wildfires; impact assessment; mitigation strategies; uncertainty

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

The 2nd Conference on Future Challenges in Sustainable Urban Planning & Territorial Management

edited by

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

and

Josep Lluís Miralles Garcia

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1869 | Submission Open

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

Agritourism in Inland Areas: An Opportunity for the Development of Rural Areas

edited by

José Manuel Sánchez-Martín

and

Juan Rengifo-Gallego

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1818 | Submission Open

Keywords: agritourism; agroecoturism; authenticity; agricultural landscapes; cultural landscapes; organic farming and tourism; rural areas

Advances in the Evolution of the Geomorphological Landscape of Urbanized Areas

edited by

Adam Łajczak

and

Roksana Zarychta

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1673 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape ecology; urbanized areas; geodiversity; geoinformation; topography; relief

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Planning for Sustainable Urban and Land Development

edited by

Zongcai Wei

,

Yuting Liu

and

Andrzej Biłozor

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1058 | Submission Open

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

Climate Mitigation Potential of Urban Ecological Restoration

edited by

Yongze Song

and

Zihao Zheng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological restoration projects; urbanization; urban greening; urban surface temperature; vegetation management; ecological restoration; climate mitigation; driving mechanisms

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

Optimizing Land Development: Trends and Best Practices

edited by

Marek Walacik

and Aneta Chmielewska

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 51 | 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)

Historical Data for Natural Hazard Risk Mitigation and Land Use Planning

edited by

Fabio Luino

,

Mariano Barriendos Vallvé

,

Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi

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submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 26806 | Submission Open

Keywords: documentary sources; historical documents and materials; historical archives; qualitative and visual materials; hazard database(s); geohazard reconstruction and analysis; historical seismic scenarios; land use planning and/or zoning; disaster and risk reduction; cultural heritage and resilience

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

Plant-Soil Interactions in Agricultural Systems

edited by

Shahzad Ali

, Qianmin Jia,

Jiahua Zhang

and

Sajid Ali

submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9927 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; water use efficiency; plant‒soil‒animal interaction; fertilizers; organic and inorganic fertilizers; plastic film mulching; remote sensing technology to plant‒soil interaction

Soil Legacies, Land Use Change and Forest and Grassland Restoration

edited by

Ken Smith

,

Deborah A. McGrath

,

Kuok Ho Daniel Tang

and

Kevin Emmanuel Scriber, II

submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2102 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest restoration; grassland restoration; soil legacies; land use change; soil carbon

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

Territory Spatial Planning and Regional Sustainable Development

edited by

José Luis Gurría-Gascón

and

José Manuel Sánchez-Martín

submission deadline 5 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 1166 | Submission Open

Keywords: territorial imbalances; territorial cohesion; spatial planning; sustainable regional development; development policies and programs; urban polycentrism; urban– rural partnerships

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

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

edited by Margaret Brocx and

Vic Semeniuk

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 20 articles | Viewed by 47726 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Archaeology)

Urban Landscape Transformation vs. Heritage

edited by

Bojana Bojanic Obad Scitaroci

,

Nerma Omićević

and

Tamara Zaninović

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6593 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscape transformation; heritage preservation; active vs. passive land use; cultural heritage; natural heritage; heritage urbanism; forgotten urban layers; sustainability and resilience

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

Strategic Spatial Planning in Urban and Regional Sustainability Transitions

edited by

Lei Qu

and

Remon Rooij

submission deadline 11 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6854 | Submission Open

Keywords: strategic spatial planning; land use changes; sustainability transitions; urban and regional development; multi-level and multi-actor governance; stakeholder engagement; spatial justice

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

Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Land System

edited by

Lucia Rocchi

submission deadline 11 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2996 | Submission Open

Keywords: land system assessment; environmental assessment; environmental management; land policy; climate change adaptation

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

Urban Resilience and Heritage Management

edited by

Maria Rosaria Guarini

,

Eduardo Mosquera-Adell

and

Clara Mosquera-Pérez

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4719 | Submission Open

Keywords: cities recovery; cultural property potentials; good practices; heritage stakeholders and actors; heritage values and indicators; information technologies and systems; resilient cities and territories; sustainable development goals; urban planning and politics; withstanding risks and vulnerability

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

Land Degradation in Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) : Assessment and Conservation

edited by

Mario Al Sayah

,

Rita Der Sarkissian

and

Rachid Nedjaï

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3220 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; environmentally sensitive areas; land degradation neutrality; land management; innovative land restoration; conservation solutions

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

Urban Planning and Housing Market II

edited by

Agnieszka Szczepańska

and

Radosław Cellmer

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2710 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning; spatial planning; housing market; housing needs; housing demand and supply; real-estate value; spatial analysis

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

Innovative Research Approaches & Practices Towards Sustainable Land Management, Preservation & Restoration (Second Edition)

edited by

Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos

,

Andreas Tsatsaris

,

Nikolaos Stathopoulos

,

Demetrios E. Tsesmelis

,

Nilanchal Patel

and Xiao Huang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1264 | Submission Open

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

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

Land Systems and Transformation to Sustainability

edited by

Richard Aspinall

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; sustainable development goals; innovative land systems; land use science; management and policy transformation; multi-scale exemplars

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

Urban Green Spaces: An Effective Tool to Regulate Urban Climate and Biodiversity

edited by

Nikolaos Proutsos

and

Alexandra D. Solomou

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3949 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green spaces; urban climate and climate change in cities; urban biodiversity; urban trees and vegetation management; meteorological monitoring of urban green areas; Urban Heat Island (UHI) and Urban Cool Island (UCI); thermal comfort; natural and artificial climate-friendly materials; nature-based solutions and good practices in cities; plant species selection criteria in cities; water and maintenance requirements of urban vegetation

Urban Ecosystem Services and Climate Resilience: Trends and Challenges

edited by

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submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1384 | Submission Open

Keywords: benefits from urban green/blue spaces; urban ecosystem management; climate adaptation and mitigation; urban human– nature relations; valuation of urban ecosystem services; governance; spatial planning

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

Brownfield (Re)development and Climate Change Implications—Conflicting Dynamics between Pressure(s) to Reclaim and Capacity to Reclaim Contaminated Land

edited by

Talib E. Butt

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: contaminated land; brownfields; land reclamation; redevelopments; environmental risk assessment; risk management; climate change impacts; climate change adaptation

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

Digital Mapping for Ecological Land

edited by

Rongyuan Liu

, Juhua Luo and

Jingcheng Zhang

submission deadline 23 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6332 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural resources; ecological environment; lake; wetland; agriculture; remote sensing; big data analysis; GIS analysis; ecological restoration

Energy Colonialism, Extractivism, Socio-Ecological Transitions, and Land Planning

edited by

Alberto Matarán Ruiz

, Antonio Ortega Santos,

Ivan González Márquez

, Chiara Olivieri,

Luis Bolonio

,

Helios Escalante Moreno

and Josefa Sánchez Contreras

submission deadline 25 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 20778 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy transition; biodiversity; renewable energy; megaprojects; energy colonialism; extractivism; socioenvironmental impacts; human rights impacts; territorial defense; territorial planning

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

Landscape Governance in the Age of Social Media (Second Edition)

edited by

Nicolas Marine

,

Cecilia Arnaiz Schmitz

and

Yael Allweil

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2204 | Submission Open

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

Strategic Planning for Urban Sustainability

edited by

Carlos José Lopes Balsas

and

Awais Piracha

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

Keywords: infill redevelopment; urban and suburban retrofit; novel approaches to land use planning; new forms of eco-urbanism; land use planning strategies; tools; and instruments; coordinated land use and transportation planning interventions; land markets and sustainable urbanism; greenway planning and urbanization; parks and urban growth; infrastructure and commercial interventions; science and business parks; vacant land and community economic development; green gentrification; land value capture mechanisms

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

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Land Use Systems from Resource Nexus Perspectives

edited by

Jingying Fu

,

Dong Jiang

and

Gang Lin

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: SDGs; resource coupling; resource policy; water-energy-food-materials-land nexus; sustainable development

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