GIS Diagnosis of Environmental Planning, Land Transformation and Natural Hazards
A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2020) | Viewed by 3843
Special Issue Editor
Interests: territorial anthropization; GIS analysis; landscape planning; land use policy; territorial management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
GIS analysis has become an essential instrument to develop environmental and urban planning or to evaluate the impact of human anthropization in the territory in recent years. The sustainable use of territorial resources, the impact of infrastructures and urban growth, and coastal anthropization detection are just a few examples of topical issues that have experienced rather important transformations in their fields of research at the level of numerical diagnosis, analysis, evaluation, planning, and management, thanks to the major development of GIS tools. This Special Issue seeks contributions involving innovative approaches or relevant case studies regarding land transformation analysis, territorial sustainability, integrated coastal management, environmental impact assessment, natural hazard risk mitigation, etc. through the use of GIS tools. Innovative methodologies, frameworks or significant results from relevant case studies related to all these topics are welcome, but similar ones may also be considered for publication if they fit within the scope of this Special Issue.
Dr. Salvador García-Ayllón Veintimilla
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Territorial sustainability
- Land transformation analysis
- Environmental planning of protected areas
- Urban growth impact
- Coastal anthropization
- Natural hazard risk mitigation
- GIS tool applications
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