Landscape and Urban Planning

An international journal published by Elsevier on landscape and landscape change, based on the idea that landscape science linked to planning and design can benefit both people and nature. It aims to advance conceptual, scientific and applied understanding of landscapes, drawing on landscape ecology, urban ecology and other disciplines. It is a subscription journal: publishing is free, and open access costs USD 4,700 before taxes.

Landscape and Urban Planning is an international journal aimed at advancing conceptual, scientific, and applied understandings of landscape in order to promote sustainable solutions for landscape change. Landscapes are visible and integrative social-ecological systems with variable spatial and temporal dimensions. They have expressive aesthetic, natural, and cultural qualities that are perceived and valued by people in multiple ways and invite actions resulting in landscape change. Landscapes are increasingly urban in nature and ecologically and culturally sensitive to changes at local through global scales. Multiple disciplines and perspectives are required to understand landscapes and align social and ecological values to ensure the sustainability of landscapes. The journal is based on the premise that landscape science linked to planning and design can provide mutually supportive outcomes for people and nature. Landscape science brings landscape ecology and urban ecology together with other disciplines and cross-disciplinary fields to identify patterns and understand social-ecological processes influencing landscape change. […]