Submit a Manuscript to the Journal
Journal of Land Use Science
For a Special Issue on
Extralegal land uses: Impacts of illicit activities and armed conflicts on landscapes
Manuscript deadline
Special Issue Editor(s)
Alexander V. Prishchepov ,
University of Copenhagen
alpr@ign.ku.dk
Nicholas Magliocca,
University of Alabama
Lina Eklund,
Lund University
Matthias Baumann,
Humboldt University of Berlin
He Yin,
Kent State University
Jamon Van Den Hoek,
Oregon State University
Cecilie Friis,
University of Copenhagen
Extralegal land uses: Impacts of illicit activities and armed conflicts on landscapes
Global landscapes are facing extreme pressure due to legal and illegal land use activities, such as agriculture, forestry, mining, and the formation of formal and informal settlements. Other not uncommon events are armed conflicts and disputes over land in conflicting societies, which may result in various and unexpected outcomes of land use and land cover change.
Land System Science and Landscape Ecology communities have made significant progress in establishing theoretical foundations, developing methods, and creating tools to quantify the transformations of global landscapes and understand the implications for ecosystems. However, knowledge remains limited in understanding the impacts of extralegal land use activities, particularly in areas where institutions that aim to govern land use have become weak or are even absent.
This article collection hopes to advance theoretical and practical understanding of how illicit activities and armed conflicts shape landscapes and impact land systems. The primary aim of this article collection is to collectively address the question: “What are the short-term and long-term implications of various illicit activities and armed conflicts on landscape functioning and their impacts on land systems?”
We invite studies that comprehensively evaluate the implications of various illicit activities and armed conflicts on the functioning and configuration of landscapes, including land cover and land use change, evaluating drivers of such changes and implications on the environment and societal well-being. Such studies may include the integrated use of earth observation combined with modelling approaches, landscape science methodologies, social science approaches, spatial econometric analyses of present and past illicit activities, and evaluation of implications on environmental, social, and biological processes. Submissions on theoretical elaborations and synthesis works are highly encouraged.