Big Data and GeoAI for Sustainable Urban Development

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid global urbanization process has brought about a series of urban issues, such as traffic congestion, human‒land conflict, resource consumption, etc. Quantitative research on the relationship between urban land use and human activities in cities is of great significance for achieving sustainable development and smart cities. In recent years, with the development of information network technology, massive amounts of big data such as POIs, mobile signaling, taxis, and street view datasets have emerged. These have provided a new perspective for understanding urban spatial structure and human activity patterns from a micro-, humanistic, and social perspective. GeoAI technologies such as machine learning and micro-geographic simulation methods (GeoSOS and FLUS) have provided important tools for mining human activity patterns and explaining the micro-mechanism of the relationship between urban spatial structure and human activities. Hence, integrating multi-source big data to understand the complex impact mechanism between residents' activities and urban spatial structure from a micro and humanistic social perspective is essential for promoting the optimization of urban spatial structures and guiding green and low-carbon human travel. This would contribute to achieving smart transportation and smart city planning. 

For this Special Issue, we invite you to submit original research articles to provide insights on big data and GeoAI technology use for sustainable land resources management and urban development.

(3) Suggested themes and article types for submissions.

This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:

• Built environment and transportation travel;
• Land use and transportation;
• Land-related aspects of big data and energy consumption;
• Land resources management and urban renewal.

We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.

Dr. Shaoying Li
Dr. Tian Lan
Dr. Yilun Liu
Dr. Zheng Cao
Guest Editors

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