Synergy of GIS and Remote Sensing in Civil Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

The incessant growth of cities, the degradation of natural capital, the loss of ecosystem services, climate change, and the greater occurrence of natural disasters emerge among nowadays’ focal threats. It has been identified that the increase in urban growth is associated with the concentration of the population in an area that drives the change in the land cover pattern. The analysis of the urban growth pattern, especially that of civil constructions, is a continuous process that involves scientists, resource managers, and planners. In this sense, the mapping and monitoring of the spatial and temporal dynamics of civil constructions and the change in land use using remote sensing techniques and GIS are key. In this way, remote sensing technologies together with GIS can contribute significantly to paving the way towards better knowledge-based, cost-effective, accurate, and efficient decision-making in civil engineering that benefits climate change adaptation and mitigation.

These are the key vectors that motivate this Special Issue, which welcomes state-of-the-art research articles and review articles dealing with the synergies of GIS and remote sensing applied to civil engineering studies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Remote sensing and GIS in civil engineering using hyperspectral satellite and/or airborne data, such as PRISMA or AVIRIS-NG.
• Synergies of active and passive remote sensing to support planning, design, and operational monitoring and management of infrastructures in civil engineering.
• Remote sensing and GIS support early warning systems, such as for floods or droughts.
• Remote sensing and GIS synergies and advancements in monitoring sustainable solutions, such as nature-based solutions, and green or blue infrastructure.
• Remote sensing and GIS potential for the mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services, with a special interest in metrics to assess the ecosystem status.
• Multisource remote sensing metrics of essential climate variables.
• Remote sensing and GIS in the development of pre-operational and/or operational downstream services.
• Supporting decision-making processes with spatial information in construction and planning.

Advancements and further developments are needed within space and Earth Observation programs and geo-information systems and services in civil engineering.  

Dr. Susana Del Pozo
Dr. Laura Piedelobo Martín
Guest Editors

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