Geo-Information Science in Planning and Development of Smart Cities

Dear Colleagues,

Cities represent the major factor of human footprints on the Earth, with the majority of people today living in cities and urbanized areas. Geographical data and information are today widely spread and available, and their production runs at an unprecedented speed. These two considerations represent the starting point for reflecting about cities, urbanized territories, and the relations with the surrounding and neighboring territories. Humans—and their machines—produce geographical data that can be used to study territories and obtain information to propose solutions for spatial issues. In such a direction is also the current debate on Smart Cities and on the technological solutions that can be used to tackle human needs and to support smart collaborative design and decision making in urbanized environments. This Special Issue is intended to focus the attention of scholars on geographical information science and its applications on the ways in which, today, it can provide useful insights in analyzing urban areas and phenomena, as well as understanding how humans interact within them and how these areas interact and relate with other realities in order to support smart design. Central areas–peripheries, as well as urban–rural relationships, will be considered.

Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Borruso
Prof. Dr. Ginevra Balletto
Prof. Dr. Michele Campagna
Prof. Dr. Andrea Favretto
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Mauro
Prof. Dr. Beniamino Murgante
Guest Editors

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