Untangling Urban Analysis Using Geographic Data and GIS Technologies
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2025 | Viewed by 417
Special Issue Editors
Interests: GIScience; food environment; health geography; big data; urban planning; spatial data mining; spatial statistics; geovisualization
Interests: GIScience; wildlife ecology; health; transportation
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Dear Colleagues,
Urbanization is a major global trend profoundly affecting our societies and economies. The rise of widespread urban living has facilitated economic development, technological innovation, cultural exchange, and enhanced access to healthcare and education. Nonetheless, it also brings challenges such as overcrowding, insufficient infrastructure, housing shortages, social inequity, environmental degradation, etc. There is an urgent need to address these challenges and promote sustainable urbanization on a global scale. Concomitantly, with further development of urbanization, geographic data and geographic information systems (GIS) technologies have emerged as powerful tools for untangling urban analysis. By using these technologies, urbanists and policymakers can find effective ways to address critical issues, including those of population growth, transportation, land use, public health, environmental sustainability, and socio-economic development. As cities continue to evolve and face new challenges, these geographic information technologies will remain integral in shaping urban landscapes, enhancing quality of life, and facilitating the development of intelligent and resilient cities for the future.
The goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) which give insight on untangling urban analysis using geographic data and GIS technologies. Papers submitted to this Special Issue should focus on, but are not limited to, the following themes:
- Innovative methodologies for urban analysis with GIS/remote sensing;
- Urban landscapes and ecosystems;
- Predictive analysis of urbanization for policy, planning, or designing;
- Urban green space monitoring;
- Spatial–temporal analysis of urbanization and urban evolution;
- Uncertainties in urban environments with GIS/remote sensing;
- Spatial and social inequalities in urban development.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. He Jin
Prof. Dr. Joni Downs Firat
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban planning
- urban environment
- GIS
- geographic data
- spatial or spatial-temporal analysis
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