Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit articles about your recent research to this Special Issue that addresses the problems of Evaluation of Sustainable Ecological Landscape Quality. This quality is an effect of superimposing upon a set of environmental components, processes, and phenomena that are subjected to direct outcome or a side effect of human activity. Landscape ecological quality (LEQ) encompasses spatial features (structure and configuration of land cover forms) and ecological properties (functioning and diversity of ecosystems). LEQ depends on the type, variety, and density of the landscape elements existing within a specific context and on the level of quality associated with these elements.

This Special Issue focuses on both in situ methods of landscape quality analysis and methods based on the application of so-called landscape-based surrogates. The first approach explores issues such as the impact of the water and soil quality, biodiversity, and ecological processes on the functioning of the nature at the landscape scale. The second approach deals with the application of measurement indirectly testifying on the LEQ and includes the application of geomorphometric indicators, measurements based on the spectral variability and landscape metrics.

We welcome a diverse set of contributions including review articles summarizing the state of the knowledge, methodological papers presenting gaps in the knowledge, innovative concepts and future perspectives, and case studies.

The topics of this Special Issue include but are not restricted to:

• Application of ecological indicators and measurements;
• Use of remote sensing data in landscape analysis;
• Landscape-based surrogates of biodiversity and plant health;
• Landscape metrics;
• Ecological indicators of water and soil quality;
• The impact of land use and land cover change on landscape quality;
• Landscape scale wildlife conservation;
• Multidisciplinary approach to ecological landscape quality assessment;
• Application of ecological indicators in the practice of landscape planning;
• Policy and theoretical frameworks connecting sustainable development goals;
• Sustainable landscape development.

Dr. Barbara Sowinska-Świerkosz
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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• landscape quality
• landscape indicators
• landscape-based surrogates
• remote sensing
• sustainable landscape