Geomatics and Sustainability: Examples and Application in Urban and Landscape Management (Second Edition)

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Interests: anthropocene; geomorphology and engineering geology; natural resources; ecosys-tems; natural and anthropogenic impacts
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Dear Colleagues,

Following the success of the Special Issue “Geomatics and Sustainability: Examples and Application in Urban and Landscape Management”, we are happy to announce the opening of a second volume.

Most of modern inland and coastal urban areas are strongly affected by anthropogenic impacts. Lifelines are critical infrastructures that need to provide essential services and security for both residential and migratory populations.

The main effect of this anthropization is the land use change and exploitation of natural resources that may have an impact on the climate and economy of entire countries. The ensemble of geomatics methodologies (mainly by means of GIS and remote sensing techniques) can provide several tools for monitoring and investigating the dynamics of complex processes and supporting stakeholders in decision making. Such phenomena include urban development, soil degradation and consumption, land cover changes, landscape dynamics, etc.

Thus, these methodologies can enrich the geographical information available and support the development of more exhaustive analysis aiming at supporting effective urban and landscape management, which is a critical issue in our current “Anthropocene” age. Human activities are still the major cause of global environmental change. Particularly focusing on sustainability issues, geomatics represents a fundamental pillar for implementing interdisciplinary methodological workflows, so as to provide for and deepen our understanding of human/environment interrelations. These techniques (spatial modelling, geo-computational techniques, geographical analyses, etc.) therefore foster sustainable development planning and monitoring, and facilitate the decision-making process at all levels.

Thus, this Special Issue will assemble innovative and original contributions considering current research and activities related to the abovementioned Issues.

In this Special Issue, we invite papers focusing on, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • Geomatics for analyzing territorial issues and spatio-temporal patterns;
  • Urban, landscape, and natural resources management;
  • Land–climate interaction;
  • Natural hazards;
  • Development of new algorithms and science-based criteria in the above-listed topics.

Dr. Maurizio Pollino
Dr. Sergio Cappucci
Dr. Emiliana Valentini
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Keywords

  • geomatics
  • GIS and remote sensing application
  • land and landscape management
  • natural resources management (soil, water, sediment)
  • urban development
  • critical infrastructures
  • land–climate interaction
  • coastal erosion
  • landslides
  • natural hazards
  • wetland reclamation
  • agricultural land detection

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Best Siting for Small Hill Reservoirs and the Challenge of Sedimentation: A Case Study in the Umbria Region (Central Italy)
by Lorenzo Vergni, Nicola Pasquini and Francesca Todisco
Land 2025, 14(7), 1401; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14071401 - 3 Jul 2025
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This study presents a GIS-based Weighted Overlay Process (WOP) for Small Hill Reservoir Best Siting (SHRBS) in the Umbria region (central Italy), with a focus on supporting regional-scale planning rather than site-specific engineering design. The WOP incorporated commonly adopted SHRBS criteria, with suitability [...] Read more.
This study presents a GIS-based Weighted Overlay Process (WOP) for Small Hill Reservoir Best Siting (SHRBS) in the Umbria region (central Italy), with a focus on supporting regional-scale planning rather than site-specific engineering design. The WOP incorporated commonly adopted SHRBS criteria, with suitability scores defined through two approaches: Model A, based on scoring scales from the literature, and Model B, which assigns scores based on the frequency distribution of the various attributes observed in a database of over 3000 existing SHRs in the region. The comparison between the models revealed significant differences, particularly in the scores assigned to texture, precipitation, and contributing area. Models A and B, tested on the existing SHRs, indicated quite different average suitability values (2.68 and 3.30, respectively, on a 5-point scale) and only a slight agreement (weighted Cohen’s kappa Kw ≤ 0.13). Both models also showed poor agreement (Kw < 0) when compared with a third suitability model based solely on sedimentation risk, which was developed using the Sediment Delivery Ratio from the InVEST suite. This indicates that many sites considered highly suitable by models A and B were also highly susceptible to sedimentation. Given the economic and environmental implications of sedimentation, this study recommends explicitly incorporating sedimentation risk criteria into SHRBS methodologies to enhance the effectiveness of siting decisions. Full article
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