Urban Morphology and Environment Monitoring

Dear Colleagues,

Unprecedented urban growth is one of the most critical global challenges. Understanding the urban design, urban sprawl, morphological changes and their association with urban climate and environment can provide critical insight into sustainable urban practices.

During the last five decades, the emergence of Geospatial technologies has transformed methods for urban planning and monitoring associated environmental challenges. Satellite remote sensing data-derived land-use change along with modeling of climate and socio-economic drivers of change are playing a vital role in advancing interdisciplinary research.

The huge amount of data currently produced by modern Earth Observation (EO) missions, the availability of high-performance computing platforms and the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) provide new opportunities to advance our knowledge.

Considering these advances, this Special Issue invites manuscripts that present new developments and methodologies, best practices, and applications to address the issues related to urban morphology and environment, such as the United Nations’ call for “Sustainable Cities and Communities”.

Dr. Sawaid Abbas
Dr. Ghaffar Ali
Prof. Dr. Nitin Kumar Tripathi
Dr. Sertaç Güngör
Guest Editors

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