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Land Systems
Land Systems
LS

Aims and scope

Land Systems (LS) is a not-for-profit international peer-reviewed open-access journal dedicated to the exploration of land systems and their role in sustainability and justice. Recognizing that land is a major nexus of human activity and the environment, the journal aims to understand coupled social-ecological land systems through diverse disciplinary and interdisciplinary lenses. The journal contributes to the Global Land Programme's scientific agenda (GLP). We welcome contributions that advance knowledge about:

  • the state and dynamics of land systems, the causes and impacts of these dynamics, and interactions with other components of the Earth system and human societies;
  • what people want from land and how to imagine futures that navigate trade-offs and foster positive outcomes in land systems; and
  • how to enable transformative changes towards more sustainable and just land systems.
The journal is open to empirical contributions (qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods), modelling studies, methodological and data advances, and conceptual and theoretical work, spanning from local to global scales. We will not consider research without clear relevance to land systems.