Urban Remote Sensing
A section of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Section Information
Cities are focal points for economic activities and engines of economic growth. They are centers of excellence for technological innovation, education, communication, health care, culture, social services, government administration, entertainment, and entrepreneurship. They create opportunities for jobs, financial resources, and livelihood. They also serve as vital hubs for rural hinterlands to minimize or eradicate rural poverty. However, with increasing population pressure, especially in slums, urban environmental, climate, social, and health issues have become more and more problematic. In addition, there are serious transport challenges that are often related to urban areas and take place when transport systems are incapable of fulfilling the various necessities of urban mobility. Urban traffic congestion is one of the most prevalent transport problems in large urban agglomerations. For the above developments, urban pollution becomes one of the most drastic issues. In addition to mitigating urban emission, storm water effluence, noise pollution, controlling wastes, and managing the consumption of non-renewable resources have become serious concerns. Moreover, the capacity of cities to effectively and efficiently manage urban growth and development, including mitigation and preparedness to urban disasters, needs serious attention.
Urban Remote Sensing serves as a platform to provide evidence-based theoretical and practical knowledge that contributes to solving or better understanding the problems of urban issues and formulating relevant policies for sustainable urban systems.
The primary aim of Urban Remote Sensing is to encourage remote sensing and geospatial scientists to publish their theoretical and empirical research in connection to urban settings and their related environmental issues.
Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Urban object-analysis and identification
- Assessment and monitoring of urban emissions
- Urban spatial configuration and pattern analysis
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle data processing and analysis
- Data mining and machine learning in urban applications
- 3D and 4D urban modeling from satellite, airborne, and terrestrial sensors
- Urban data-processing methods and algorithms
- Space-time analysis of urban environmental parameters
- Urban disaster-monitoring and change analysis
- Interdisciplinary urban case studies
- Multiscale sensors and systems: specific urban challenges
- Multispectral/SAR sensor data analysis and integration for urban classification
- Radar and LiDAR applications in urban settings
- Scale issues related to urbanscapes
- The urban heat island effect and thermal sensing
- Urban climate-change and variation
- Urban data-synthesis and analysis
- Urban visualization and virtual reality applications
- Urban applications of high-resolution optical sensors
- Geospatial cyberinfrastructure for cities
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Challenges and New Advances for Human-Climate Interactions in Cities Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 10 June 2023)
- Geo-Information and Integration for Smart and Friendly Cities (Deadline: 15 June 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Urban Positioning and Navigation (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Remote Sensing Application in Sustainable Urban Planning and Environmental Services in the Big Data Era (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Application of Satellite Remote Sensing in Solving Urban Geo-Environmental Issues II (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- LiDAR and Point Cloud Processing for Digital Surface Modelling and 3D Scene Reconstruction (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Latest Development and Applications in Remote Sensing with Nighttime Lights (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Natural Disasters (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Recent Geospatial Methods and Techniques for Urban Water Management (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Smartphone-Derived GNSS Measurements Characterization for Precise Positioning and Navigation Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Trends, Innovative Developments and Disruptive Applications in UAV Remote Sensing (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Urban Ecophysiology: A Remote Sensing Perspective (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Transport Infrastructure Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing (Deadline: 1 July 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Development of Rapid Landslide Detection and Mapping Scenarios (Deadline: 15 July 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Urban Flooding Monitoring (Deadline: 15 July 2023)
- GNSS for Urban Transport Applications II (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Remote Sensing Applications in Air Quality Monitoring in Urban Areas (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Remote Sensing for Green Energy Development (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Urban Natural Hazards Monitoring (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Urban Forests and Landscape Ecology (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Future Prediction and Scenario Analysis of Urbanization Using Remote Sensing and GIS (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- SAR Processing in Urban Planning (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Application of GIS, BIM and Linked Digitisations in Urban Heritage (Deadline: 3 August 2023)
- High-Spectral Resolution Images for Cultural Heritage and Critical Infrastructure Assessment (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- Remote Sensing for Smart Renewable Cities (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- Urban Resilience with Remote Sensing - Observation, Measurement, Evaluation and Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Applications of AI and Remote Sensing in Urban Systems II (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Advances in Understanding and 3D Semantic Modeling of Large-Scale Urban Scenes from Point Clouds (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Urban Planning Supported by Remote Sensing Technology II (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Using Remote Sensing and Earth System Models to Improve Air Quality and Public Health in Megacities (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Integrated Remote Sensing Method in Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Applications of Laser Scanning and Photogrammetry in Civil Engineering and Architecture: Beyond 3D Modeling II (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Urban Sensing Methods and Technologies II (Deadline: 1 September 2023)
- 3D City Modelling and Remote Sensing: Advances, Challenges, and New Technologies (Deadline: 8 September 2023)
- Time-Lapse Geophysical and Remote Sensing-Based Imaging and Diagnosis on Urban and Natural Hazards (Deadline: 8 September 2023)
- Application of Satellite Aerosol Remote Sensing in Air Quality (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
- Remote, Proximal Sensing and Geophysics for Cultural Heritage Knowledge and Conservation (Deadline: 29 September 2023)
- Remote Sensing Advances in Urban Traffic Monitoring (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Network-Wide Remote Sensing of Bridges (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Night-Time Light II (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- The Confinement Period and Its Potential Impact on Urban Heat Island and Surface Temperature Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Global Urban Observation for SDG Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities (Deadline: 10 October 2023)
- Close-Range Sensing in the AEC Industry (Deadline: 16 October 2023)
- Understanding Urban Expansion and Weather Extremes through Remote Sensing, Spatial Analysis and Numeric Simulations (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Light Pollution Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data II (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Applications of GIS and 3D City Modelling for Sustainable Urban Planning—from Remote Sensing Perspective (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- GIS and Remote Sensing Advances in Land Change Science II (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Climate-Related Hazards (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Urbanization Using GIS and Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing Applications for Interaction between Urbanization and Eco-Environment (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Geospatial Foundation Model in Urban Environments: Challenges and New Technologies (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technique/Methods to Address Current Urbanization Issues (Deadline: 3 November 2023)
- Application of Nighttime Remote Sensing in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (Deadline: 10 November 2023)
- Towards Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Cities Using Smart Technology in Remote Sensing (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Digital Twins for Sustainable and Smart Cities (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Advances in Monitoring and Detection of Geohazards in Urban Areas Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Application of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Urban Areas (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Digital 3D Reconstruction in Urban Culture Heritage Conservation Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Remote Sensing Applications in Land Use and Land Cover Monitoring (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Digital Twins for Urban Spaces: Keeping Urban Twins Updated Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing, GIS and Numerical Models for Urban Flood Risk Assessment (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Remote Sensing for 3D Land Administration (Deadline: 31 December 2023)