Editors

Editor-in-Chief
Sara A. Gagné, PhD (University of North Carolina Charlotte, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA)

Editorial Board

Jukka Jokimäki, PhD (Artic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland) 
Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez, PhD (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México)
Jacques Baudry, PhD (French National Institute for Agricultural Research, France)
Marc Bélisle, PhD (University of Sherbrooke, Canada)
Matthew Betts, PhD (Oregon State University, Oregon, USA)
David Lindenmayer, PhD (Australian National University, Australia)
Jean Paul Metzger, PhD (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Hugh Possingham, FAA (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Miguel  Rodríguez, PhD (University of Alcalá, Spain)
Denis Saunders, PhD (CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia)
Dean Urban, PhD (Duke University, USA)
Kimberly With, PhD (Kansas State University, USA)
Jianguo Wu, PhD (Arizona State University, USA)
Marc-André Villard, PhD (University of Moncton, Canada)
Jean-Louis Martin, PhD (French National Centre for Scientific Research, France)
Lutz Tischendorf, PhD (ELUTIS Modeling and Consulting Inc., Canada)
Jochen Jaeger, PhD (Concordia University, Canada)
Françoise  Burel, PhD (UMR ECobio, France)
Henrik  Andrén, PhD (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden)
Ferry Silk, PhD (Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam)
Jonathan Rhodes, PhD (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Colleen Cassady St. Clair, PhD (University of Alberta, Canada  )

2022 Sections and Section Editors

Forest Landscape Ecology
João Azevedo, PhD, MSc, Licenciatura (Instituto Politecnico de Bragança, Bragança, Portugal)

Interface of Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology 
Nélida R. Villaseñor, PhD (Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile)

Interface of Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Services
Emma Hudgins, PhD (Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Landscape Change Effects on Neotropical Ecosystem Services
Danilo Boscolo, PhD (Universidad de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)

Landscape Connectivity
Francesco Valerio, PhD (CIBIO Research Center, Vairão, Portugal)

Landscape Ecological Science from Argentina
Marcelo Gandini, PhD (National University of the Center of Buenos Aires Province, Azul, Argentina)

Landscape Ecology of Aquatic Systems
Jason Dunham, PhD (USGS, Reston, Virginia, USA)

Landscape Ecology and Disease Dynamic
Luis Escobar, PhD (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA)

Landscape Ecology and Fire Dynamics
Eddie Van Etten, PhD (Edith Cowen University, Joondalup, Australia)
 

Spatial Scale-Measurement, Influence, and Integration
Amanda Martin, PhD (Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada)

Urban and Peri-Urban Governance
Marcin Spyra, PhD (Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany)

This section deals with the aspects of urban and peri-urban governance. The concept of governance offers a good possibility to serve as an overarching term that includes different activities related to taking and implementing decisions. It is also more general compared to terms of policymaking and planning. The definition of governance is most likely based on UN-Habitat, which defines governance as “the sum of the many ways individuals and institutions, public and private, plan and manage the common affairs of the city. It is a continuing process through which conflicting or diverse interests may be accommodated and cooperative action can be taken.”
Moreover, governance provides answers not only on how to solve a specific problem, but also who should do it. Thus, this concept also relates to interactions of different actors who take part in decision-making processes or have a say in them.
Urban systems become dynamic, transitional, cross-boundary, and difficult to delimitate phenomenon, which complicates even more the governance processes in such contexts. Urban systems face different challenges related to urban fabric, ecological structures, or various socio-economical changes. Such processes have influence on sustainable futures of not only towns and cities, but also whole regions and even the entire globe. Even the few aspects mentioned here convince us that continuous research about governance and planning approaches for urban systems is needed. This section has ambition to contribute to this important and on-going debate.
Urban and Peri-Urban Governance welcomes manuscripts which deal with both policy-making, but also planning of urban and peri-urban systems. Review papers, commentaries and essays are welcome to be submitted for this section.