Land | Special Issues

Feature Papers for Land Systems and Global Change Section

edited by

Le Yu

and

Pengyu Hao

submission deadline 24 Apr 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11867 | Submission Open

Keywords: land system; global change; datasets; models; time series

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

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Socio-Ecological Transformations and Implications for Land Use Change

edited by

Yurui Li

and

Ian G. McLean

submission deadline 24 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3956 | Submission Open

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

Cadastre and Land Management in Support of Sustainable Real Estate Markets II

edited by

Chryssy Potsiou

and

Gerhard Navratil

submission deadline 24 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: cadastre; land management; land tenure

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

Soils and Land Management under Climate Change

edited by

Dionisios Gasparatos

and

Ioannis Charalampopoulos

submission deadline 25 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1685 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil functions ; climate changes ; soil carbon sequestration ; land degradation ; soil erosion ; crop production ; temperature and precipitation

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

Land, Innovation and Social Good 2.0

edited by

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and

submission deadline 26 Apr 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17865 | Submission Open

Keywords: land tenure; land value modeling; land use planning; artificial intelligence; decision support systems

Digital Soil Mapping for Agri-Environmental Management and Sustainability

edited by

Zamir Libohova

,

Kabindra Adhikari

, Michele Duarte De Menezes and

Subramanian Dharumarajan

submission deadline 26 Apr 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12308 | 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)

Soil Security of Peatland Ecosystems: Risk Assessment, Pollution Prevention and Restoration

edited by

Oskars Purmalis

and Marios Drosos

submission deadline 26 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open

Keywords: peatlands; soil security; restoration; peatland ecosystems; water regime of peatlands

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

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 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10732 | 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)

Urban Micro-Segregation

edited by

Thomas Maloutas

,

Sainan Lin

and

John Logan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10199 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro-segregation; social mix; vertical cities; compact cities; neighborhood effect; vertical segregation; apartment and city blocks; micro-segregation forms; micro-segregation maps

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

Landscape Based Land Solutions and Big Data

edited by

Jun-Ho Huh

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9690 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data; data science; land solution; landscape; urbanscape; future systems

Soil Management for Soil Health

edited by

Chiara Piccini

,

Rosario Napoli

and

Roberta Farina

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9305 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil quality; soil fertility; soil erosion; soil organic matter; soil structure; soil biological activity; soil water-holding capacity; conservation agriculture; crop diversification

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

Land Use Effects on Carbon Storage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

edited by

Cole D. Gross

,

Zhengfeng An

and

Scott X. Chang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8810 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use change; land use management; carbon cycling; carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emissions; climate change; soil health

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

Common Properties for the Sustainable Management of Territories

edited by

Fabiana Forte

and

Pietro Nervi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8282 | Submission Open

Keywords: common properties; biodiversity conservation; local communities; sustainable management; values and valuation

Socioeconomic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts on Land Ecosystems

edited by

Javier de León

,

Carmelo J. León

,

Carlos Hernández-Fernández

,

Yen E. Lam-González

and

Matías González Hernández

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7961 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; land ecosystems; socioeconomic assessment; economic valuation; integrated modeling; physical and socioeconomic relationships; geographical differences in land ecosystems impacts; policy formulation and evaluation

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

Land Surface Monitoring Based on Satellite Imagery II

edited by

Sara Venafra

,

Carmine Serio

and

Guido Masiello

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7283 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; land surface parameters; surface change detection; radiative transfer; infrared spectroscopy; global warming; climate; vegetation Indices

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

Rural-Urban Relations and Territorial Development in Central and Eastern Europe

edited by

Radu-Dănuț Săgeată

, Tamás Hardi,

Andreea-Loreta Cercleux

and Ines Grigorescu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7000 | Submission Open

Keywords: rural– urban relations; territorial development; resilience; poverty; migrations; functional areas; metropolisation

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

Assessment of Land Use/Cover Change Using Geospatial Technology

edited by

Weicheng Wu

, Brice Anselme,

Yalan Liu

and Qiulin Xiong

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5416 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/cover (LUC); land use/cover change (LUCC); remote sensing and GIS; modeling; simulation and prediction; artificial intelligence and big data mining; land degradation assessment; man– nature interaction

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

Ecological and Cultural Ecosystem Services in Coastal Areas

edited by

Mita Drius

,

Maria Laura Carranza

and

Robert Philipp Wagensommer

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3613 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal ecosystem services; coastal ecosystem conservation; cultural ecosystem services; coastal biodiversity conservation; coastal integrated management; threatened coastal plant species; socio-ecological approach

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Surface Runoff and Soil Erosion in the Mediterranean Region

edited by

Hanoch Lavee

and

Lea Wittenberg

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2851 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface runoff; soil erosion; processes; monitoring; temporal and spatial scales; conservation; management; land-use and climate change; simulation and predicting models; Mediterranean

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

Feature Papers for Land Planning and Landscape Architecture Section

edited by

Thomas Panagopoulos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1754 | Submission Open

Keywords: land planning; landscape management; landscape protection; landscape architecture; landscape urbanism; environmental design; landscape perception

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

Towards Sustainable Urban Development: New Approaches and Tools for Regeneration Strategies

edited by

Angela Pilogallo

,

Lucia Saganeiti

and

Lorena Fiorini

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1690 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban planning tools; sustainability; resilient city; ecosystem services; urban densification; indicators engineering; policies; spatial analysis; green and climate gentrification

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

Species Vulnerability and Habitat Loss II

edited by

Michela Balestri

and

Marco Campera

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 957 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge effect; stress; species trait; threatened species; fragmentation; habitat shift; dispersal; extinction risk; conservation planning

Recent Advances in the Ecological Conservation of Coastal Landscapes

edited by

Augusto Pérez-Alberti

submission deadline 30 Apr 2024 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated coastal landscape studies; characterization of coastal ecosystems; applied techniques for the analysis of coastal landscapes; cartography applied to the identification of threats; protocols for monitoring the state of conservation of coastal landscapes; techniques for mitigating impacts on coastal landscapes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Place-Based Urban Planning

edited by

Stéphane Roche

,

Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi

and

Rob Feick

submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12041 | Submission Open

Keywords: place-based knowledge; platial analysis; place-based GIS; sense of place and smart city; space versus place discussions

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

Applying Earth Observation Data for Urban Land-Use Change Mapping

edited by

Jūratė Sužiedelytė-Visockienė

submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6000 | Submission Open

Keywords: photogrammetry; imagery; land cover; land classification

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

Dynamics of Urbanization and Ecosystem Services Provision II

edited by

Luca Congedo

,

Francesca Assennato

and

Michele Munafò

submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5869 | 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)

Impacts of Climate Change on Human Wellbeing and Cultural Ecosystem Services

edited by

Jan Petzold

and

Aleksandra Kosanic

submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3781 | Submission Open

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

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

Geoparks as a Form of Tourism Space Management II

edited by

Wojciech Zgłobicki

and

Bogusława Baran-Zgłobicka

submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3419 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotourism; geoheritage; geoconservation; geoparks; spatial management; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Trends in Functional Biodiversity and Resilience of Agriculture and Forestry Landscapes in the Anthropocene

edited by

Mário Gabriel Santiago dos Santos

,

António Luis Crespí

and

Reinaldo Lucas Cajaiba

submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3335 | Submission Open

Keywords: Climate change; Production landscapes; Functional ecology; Resilience; Biodiversity; Management; Functional redundancy; Ecological modeling

The Development and Planning of Innovation Space and the Sustainability of Land Use

edited by

Yingcheng Li

,

Mengqiu Cao

and

Kai Zhu

submission deadline 15 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1335 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use mix; land use pattern; land use efficiency; innovation activity; innovation district; innovation corridor; knowledge economy; spatial planning; sustainability; talent

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

Can Cities Drive Ecosystem Restoration: An Exploration of Innovative Land-Use Strategies

edited by

Sabine O’Hara

and Golnar Ahmadi

submission deadline 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem restoration; ecosystem services; urban sustainability; urban resilience; sustainable land-use; urban land-use; Gestalt theory

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

Wild Biodiversity and Agricultural Production Systems

edited by

Majid Iravani

and

Tim A. McAllister

submission deadline 17 May 2024 | Viewed by 510 | Submission Open

Keywords: farming production systems; agricultural 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

Effects of Land Use Patterns and Land Cover Changes on Soil Quality

edited by Anna Gunina, Quan Zhou, Qianqian Zhang,

Huadong Zang

and Zhenhui Jiang

submission deadline 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use pattern change; land cover change; intercropping and cover cropping; soil organic matter; soil nutrient cycling; organic fertilizers and amendments; buffering of the environmental impacts; ecosystem soil functions; biological soil fertility

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

Ecology of the Landscape Capital and Urban Capital

edited by

Teodoro Semeraro

submission deadline 21 May 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12608 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; ecosystem services; natural-based solution; green infrastructure; urban planning; landscape planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)

Advances in Land Use and Land Cover Mapping

edited by

Kathryn Sheffield

,

Mohammad Abuzar

and Alison L. Cowood

submission deadline 22 May 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6282 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use mapping; land cover mapping; climate change; sustainability; validation; data communication

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

The Role Played by Agriculture in Inland Areas

edited by

Orlando Cimino

,

Concetta Cardillo

and Giuseppe Gaudio

submission deadline 22 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2883 | Submission Open

Keywords: inland areas; agriculture in inland areas; vulnerability and resilience of inland areas; governance and policy of inland resources; sustainability (environmental; social; and economic); ecosystem services and sustainable development of inland areas; management policies and strategies regarding inland areas; models and analytical tools for land management in inland areas; examples of good practices in inland areas

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

Land Use Planning, Sustainability and Disaster Risk Reduction

edited by

Miguel Leal

,

Paulo Miguel Madeira

,

Raquel de Melo

and Sérgio Cruz de Oliveira

submission deadline 23 May 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5392 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use planning; disaster risk reduction (DRR); natural hazards; sustainability; climate change; resilience; risk assessment; risk management

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

Challenges in the Framework for Integrated Approaches in Vulnerable Coastal Areas: Case Studies & Innovative Proposals

edited by

Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla

submission deadline 24 May 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9699 | Submission Open

Keywords: Territorial management; Environmental planning; Integrated frameworks and policies; Socio-ecological systems; Protected areas; Risk analysis; Land use sustainability; Territorial anthropization; Diffuse pollution

Research in Urban Ecology: Application into Landscape Design and Green Infrastructure

edited by

Maria Ignatieva

and

Diana Dushkova

submission deadline 24 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1619 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecology; urban vegetation and urban wildlife; ecological design; nature based solutions in urban areas

Spatial Planning and Land-Use Management II

edited by

Eduardo Gomes

,

Eduarda Marques Da Costa

and

Patrícia Abrantes

submission deadline 24 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1164 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial planning; land-use management; land use/land cover; participatory planning; system thinking planning; future scenarios; land-use conflicts; accessibility; periurban and rurban territories; geospatial modelling; remote sensing

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

Soils for the Future

edited by

Wolfgang Wanek

,

Mohammad Zaman

and Lifei Sun

submission deadline 26 May 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8033 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil health and multifunctionality; role of soils in climate change mitigation; sustainable management of soil resources; forests; grasslands; and croplands; atmosphere-plant-soil-microbe interactions; soil ecosystem functions and processes

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

Terrestrial Vegetation Dynamics and Its Response to Environmental Change

edited by

Iva Apostolova

submission deadline 28 May 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9127 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem disturbances; land use change; plant community structure; primary production; species traits; succession; vegetation resilience

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

Feature Papers for Land Innovations—Data and Machine Learning II

edited by

Chuanrong Zhang

submission deadline 28 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1385 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial big data ; land use and land cover; geospatial artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; big data processing; big data analysis; big data visualization

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

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 29 May 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17316 | Submission Open

Planning for Community-Based Urban Agriculture

edited by

Benedetto Rocchi

,

David Fanfani

and Gino Sturla

submission deadline 29 May 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2836 | Submission Open

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

Evolving Landscape Research: From Renewable Energy Landscapes to Future Frontiers

edited by Romanos Ioannidis, Nikos Mamassis, Julia Nerantzia Tzortzi, Konstantinos Moraitis and Aspaso-Aspassia Kouzoupi

submission deadline 30 May 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1560 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape; spatial planning; renewable energy; landscape impacts; participatory processes; cultural heritage; landscape design; visibility analysis; architecture; public perception; social acceptance

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

Landscape Architecture and Design in Urban and Peri-Urban Environment

edited by

Richard Smardon

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16501 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape architecture; urban design; urban expansion; land use; land use change; urban context; built-up area; adaptive governance; urban regeneration; ecosystem services: environmental health benefits

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

Remote Sensing Application in Landslide Detection and Assessment

edited by

Candide Lissak

,

Christopher Gomez

and

Vittoria Vandelli

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15923 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing for landslide monitoring and detection; landslide hazard and susceptibility assessment by means of remote sensing techniques; landslide mapping assisted by remotely sensed data (from spaceborne; UAV; ground-based sensors); early warning systems based on remote sensing technology (e.g.; GB-SAR; InSAR; LiDAR); machine learning techniques for landslide hazard assessment; development in processing remotely sensed data for landslide studies; application of remotely sensed DEMs in the study of landslides; GIS-based landslide susceptibility and hazard assessment with remotely sensed data

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

Regional Sustainable Development of Yangtze River Delta, China II

edited by

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,

,

and

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11737 | Submission Open

Keywords: Yangtze River Delta region; sustainable development; human– earth system coupling; ecosystem services; industry development; innovation network; territorial space; climate change; urban– rural coordination; food security

Geospatial Data in Land Suitability Assessment

edited by

Ivan Plaščak

,

Mladen Jurišić

and

Dorijan Radočaj

submission deadline 31 May 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11708 | 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)

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