Land | Special Issues

Feature Papers for Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions Section

edited by

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15173 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban landscapes; urban land use change; urban heat island and climate change; urbanization impacts on ecosystems and their services; biodiversity; wildlife; and nature conservation in urban ecosystems; urban planning and governance of green-blue infrastructures; green infrastructure and nature-based solutions; sustainable cities; environmental justice in cities; technology for cities and big data

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

Tillage Methods on Soil Properties and Crop Growth

edited by

Ognjen Žurovec

,

Nani Raut

and

Sabrija Čadro

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6214 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation tillage; no tillage; zero tillage; tillage practices; crop yields; soil physics; soil chemistry; soil biology; soil microbiology; soil erosion; nitrate leaching; soil organic carbon; greenhouse gas emissions; water use efficiency

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

Landscape-Based Spatial Planning in Europe

edited by

Bas Pedroli

and

Juan Jose Galan Vivas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5685 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape planning; spatial planning; European landscape convention; landscape-based solutions; regional planning; spatial policies

Global Savanna Variation in Form and Function: Theory & Practice

edited by Kelley Crews and

Eugenio Arima

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5336 | Submission Open

Keywords: savanna systems; land grabs and land tenure; disturbance ecology; tree: grass ratio; remote sensing; socio-ecological systems; landuse / landcover change; ecosystem services; conservation policy and econometric modeling; climate change and ecological feedbacks in savannas

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

The Impact of Extreme Weather on Land Degradation and Conservation

edited by

Vesna Zupanc

,

Nejc Bezak

and

Carla Ferreira

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4518 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil degradation; soil conservation; agricultural land; climate change; weather extremes; land degradation

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

Assessing Land Subsidence Using Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Emre Havazli

, Talib Oliver-Cabrera and

Francesca Cigna

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2935 | Submission Open

Keywords: land subsidence; remote sensing; LiDAR; synthetic aperture radar; radar interferometry; GPS; groundwater withdrawals; mining; sediment compaction; hazard mapping; subsidence risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

Local and Regional Planning for Sustainable Development

edited by

Luís Carlos Loures

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2498 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape architecture; territorial design; territorial marketing; sustainable development; sustainable design; local and regional planning; stakeholders; environmental impact

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

Land Use Change (LUC) and Resources and Environmental Carrying Capacity (RECC) in Tropics and Sub-tropics

edited by

Chiwei Xiao

,

Luguang Jiang

, Guilin Liu and

Qiong Hu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2486 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover and land use change; remote sensing; algorithm; monitoring change; environmental impacts; resources and environmental carrying capacity

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

Planning for Socio-Spatial Justice and Quality of Life in the Face of Competing Urban Development Dynamics

edited by

Antigoni Faka

, Angeliki Paidakaki and

Pieter Van den Broeck

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1074 | Submission Open

Keywords: socio-spatial justice; spatial inequalities; socioeconomic inequalities; quality of life; urban sustainability; spatial analysis

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

Celebrating 30 Years of International Day against Desertification, and Drought

edited by

Hanoch Lavee

and

Ioannis N. Daliakopoulos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 942 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; sustainable land management; soil erosion; desertification indicators; desertification models; desertification processes; drought; food & water security

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

Vegetation Spatial Dynamics and Plant Diversity Trends of Natural and Urban Landscapes

edited by

Gianmarco Tavilla

,

Mauro André Maurício Raposo

,

Carlos José Pinto Gomes

and

Sandro Lanfranco

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate changes; phytosociology; geobotany; vascular flora; plant chorology; plant biodiversity; alpha diversity; vegetation; invasive alien species; ecological data analysis

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

Land Resource Use Efficiency and Sustainable Land Use

edited by

Ying Hou

and

Baoyin Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: land resources; land use efficiency; land management; rural industrial integration; land conversion; agricultural labor productivity

Contemporary Challenges for Urban Built Environment and Landscape Conservation: Social, Cultural and Economic Issues

edited by

Francesca Torrieri

and

Marco Rossitti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage conservation; cultural landscape; built environment; urban planning; economic evaluation; reuse; participation; social value; decision-making; sustainable development

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

Estimation of Forest Biomass from High and Medium Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery

edited by Adélia Sousa and

Ana Cristina Gonçalves

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: image classification; spectral indices; sustainability; stand structure; datasets; multiple scale; modeling; forest biomass; carbon sequestration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

2nd Edition: Land Use Change and Its Environmental Effects

edited by

Jia Ning

,

Yahui Wang

and

Xue Wang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6675 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; remote sensing monitoring; environmental effects; model simulation; land– food– energy– water nexus; sustainable development goals

Integrating Remote Sensing and Geospatial Big Data for Land Use Mapping and Monitoring (Second Edition)

edited by

Myroslava Lesiv

,

Linda See

and

Dmitry Schepaschenko

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: data fusion; machine learning; remote sensing; geospatial big data

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

Monitoring Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity under Land Use Change

edited by Lindsay Claire Maskell and Claire Wood

submission deadline 2 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open

Keywords: land-use and land-cover (LULC) change; biodiversity; ecology; protected areas; landscape connectivity; green space; invasive species; ecosystem services; ecosystem disservices; and well-being

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Ground Deformation Monitoring via Remote Sensing Time Series Data

edited by

Ebrahim Ghaderpour

and

Paolo Mazzanti

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5363 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; change detection; ground deformation; PS-InSAR; monitoring; synthetic aperture radar; time series; trend analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

Topical Advisory Panel Member Solicited Papers Series: Land Use Changes in Rural Areas

edited by

Marta Gallardo

,

Julio Fernandez Portela

,

David Cocero

and

Lara Vilar

submission deadline 15 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3151 | Submission Open

Keywords: land change; land use modelling; rural dynamics; rural spatial planning; rural land management; cultural landscapes; sustainable farming; sustainable rural development; depopulation

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

Quantification of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in Basins

edited by

Vlassios Hrissanthou

and

Konstantinos Kaffas

submission deadline 23 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10245 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; stream sediment transport; field measurements; laboratory measurements; machine learning methods; fuzzy logic; constructive and management measures

Impact of Globalization on Rural Areas: Changes in Land Use and Functions, Deagrarianization, Tertiarization, Urbanization, and Mobility

edited by

Carmen Delgado-Viñas

and

María L. Gómez-Moreno

submission deadline 23 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: globalization; deagrarianization; rural tertiarization; urbanization of rural areas; mobility; ecosystem services; integrated rural– urban development; land use and landscape management

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

Co-benefits of Heritage Protection and Urban Planning

edited by Jiaming Liu, Linsheng Zhong,

Chung Shing (Johnson) Chan

and Shuying Zhang

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heritage; urban regeneration; stakeholders; policy; protection of urban heritage; heritage tourism

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

Ecosystem Services and Urban Green Spaces: Planning, Policy Development and Governance Implications

edited by

Luca Battisti

,

Fabrizio Aimar

and

Federico Cuomo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5253 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; green areas; urban ecology; green infrastructure; urban forest; urban resilience; urban planning and policies; urban governance; urban horticulture; cemeteries and sacred places

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Dynamics of Terrestrial Environmental Systems

edited by

Hezi Yizhaq

and Zhiwei Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex environmental system; ecosystems; climate change; remote sensing; mathematical modelling; drylands; tipping points; pattern formation; aeolian processes; geomorphological systems

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

Celebrating 10 Years of International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem

edited by

Diane Pearson

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: rehabilitation; restoration; fragmentation; carbon sequestration; ecosystem functions; ecosystem services; climate adaptation; coastal protection

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

Observation, Monitoring and Analysis of Savannah Ecosystems

edited by

Paul Aplin

,

Elias Symeonakis

and

Moses Azong Cho

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: savannah; monitoring; degradation; biodiversity; climate; human activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

Urban Ecosystem Services: 5th Edition

edited by

Alessio Russo

and

Giuseppe T. Cirella

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: assessing natural capital and ecosystem services; compact cities; ecosystem services; ecosystem disservices; and well-being; ecosystem service degradation; edible green infrastructure; green infrastructure; green space; green walls; healing garden design; landscape architecture and urban design; mapping and assessing ecosystem services; modelling ecosystem services; nature-based solutions; social-ecological systems; sustainable urbanism; urban agriculture; urban biodiversity and ecosystem services; urban biosphere reserve; urban ecosystems; urban forest; urban geography and development; urban– rural interface; urban sustainability

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

Direct and Indirect Impacts of Land Use on the Management of Riverine and Riparian Ecosystems within Vegetated Water Systems

edited by

Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama

,

Vittorio Pasquino

and

Cosimo Peruzzi

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydraulics; ecohydrology; flow resistance; land use; river restoration; vegetated water bodies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Land Use Policy and Food Security

edited by

Dingde Xu

,

Shili Guo

and

Shaoquan Liu

submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use policy; food security; moderate scale management; social service scale management; sustainable rural development; agricultural systems

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

Urbanization and Ecological Sustainability

edited by

Wanxu Chen

,

Jie Zeng‬‬‬‬

and Shuai Zhou

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization; water system sustainability; land system sustainability; urbanization and climate change; ecosystems sustainability

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

Land Governance Technology and Institutional Reform for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals with Environmental and Social Aspects

edited by

,

,

,

and

Mohd Remy Rozainy Mohd Arif Zainol

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2191 | Submission Open

Keywords: arid hydrology; carbon research; carbon emission rights trading; cultivated land protection; economic analysis; environmental economics; environmental law; environmental management; environmental modelling; environmental social governance; human rights protection in host country; industrial land transformation and upgrading; land ecological restoration; land management; sustainable land use; urban flood; urban rural planning

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

Innovations in Agricultural Green Infrastructure

edited by

Wendy McWilliam

submission deadline 1 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 860 | Submission Open

Keywords: greening agricultural systems; environmental impacts; farm system resilience; green infrastructure; agrichemical use; indigenous biodiversity; green branding

(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 5 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4800 | 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

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

Participatory Land Planning: Theory, Methods, and Case Studies

edited by Oswaldo Ledesma González and Rafael Merinero Rodríguez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: collaborative planning; governance; land management; network management; participation; strategic planning; town planning; urban agenda; urban and land planning; urban and land policy

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

Land Transformation, Climate Change and Agroecosystems Response and Adaptation

edited by

Zeyuan Qiu

and

Subhasis Giri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: agroecosystems; ecosystem services; urban agriculture; land use change; resilience and adaptation; climate change; climate-smart agriculture

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

The Other Perspective. City Networks and Territorial Justice towards a Landscape Ethics

edited by

Maria Rosa Trovato

and

Salvatore Giuffrida

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

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

GeoAI for Urban Sustainability Monitoring and Analysis

edited by

Nan Xu

,

Yifu Ou

and Jixiang Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban; sustainability; GeoAI; remote sensing; big data; geography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Land – Observation and Monitoring)

Technological and Social Innovations in Urban Ecosystems: Perspectives on Green and Blue Infrastructure

edited by Maurício Lamano Ferreira, Aline A. Cavalari Corete and Giuliano Maselli Locosselli

submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 131 | 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)

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