Remote Sensing Applications in Urban Environment and Climate
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 September 2025 | Viewed by 115
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban environment; urban climate; urban heat island; extreme heat; land use mapping
Interests: urban sustainability; urbanization mapping and modeling; urban heat island; urban phenology; urban energy use
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: thermal remote sensing; urban environment; urban microclimate; ecological environment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urbanization has significantly altered the properties of urban surfaces, influencing local and regional climate and exacerbating environmental challenges such as the urban heat island effect, increasing air pollution, and the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. These changes not only disrupt ecological balance but also pose risks to public health, infrastructure, and urban resilience. Remote sensing with its high-resolution, multi-temporal, and multi-spectral capabilities, has become a powerful tool for monitoring urban environmental and climate change, providing essential insights for urban sustainability planning and climate adaptation.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the applications of remote sensing technologies and present the latest research findings in understanding urban environmental and climatic challenges. We invite high-quality contributions which investigate multi-source datasets, innovative methodologies, and advanced geospatial techniques to assess urban climate dynamics and environment issues. Multi-city studies integrating remote sensing with GIS, numerical modeling and artificial intelligence are particularly encouraged.
Key themes of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Urban expansion and land use/cover changes;
- Thermal remote sensing and urban heat islands;
- Air quality and pollution monitoring;
- Urban green space and ecological environments;
- Risk assessment of urban disasters and extreme situations;
- Urban hydrological and water resource analysis;
- Urban carbon emission and energy use;
- Machine learning applications for urban environments.
Dr. Jia Hu
Prof. Dr. Yuyu Zhou
Dr. Ying-Bao Yang
Prof. Dr. Zhengyuan Zhu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- land use/cover change
- urban climate
- urban sustainability
- urban extreme events
- environmental inequality
- human–environmental interactions
- urban ecology
- building energy use
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