GIS and RS in Ocean, Island and Coastal Zone

Dear Colleagues,

Islands and coastal zones are ocean and land interaction zones, and have great economic, scientific and national-defense value. Due to the impacts of human activities (terrestrial pollutant discharge and urbanization) and the natural environment (global sea level rises and extreme weather), islands and coastal zones have become high-risk areas in the world. These areas 1) face rapid morphological changes, which need high-flexibility, time-efficient and high-resolution monitoring methods; 2) have both huge development space and high fragility, which calls for exploring a scientific carrying-capacity framework for resource utilization and spatial management; and 3) have multisource data support provided by spatiotemporal big data, but lack an analysis framework and platforms for their sustainable development. 

The innovations encouraged include but are not limited to:

1. The high-resolution, high-efficiency monitoring of island and coastal zones:

Coastline-type classification based on multi-source data;

Typical category monitoring (including coral reefs, mangroves, salt marshes, etc.);

Feature extraction (ships, fishing grounds, etc.).

2.The carrying-capacity evaluation of island and coastal zones:

Theories and methods for using big data in evaluating the carrying capacity of island and coastal zones;

The integrated application of multisource spatiotemporal big data including ecology, social economy, environment, disasters, etc.;

A carrying-capacity evaluation framework and scale effects;

The improved regional adaptability of evaluation indicators.

3. Applications for the sustainable development of island and coastal zones:

Integrated organization and management technology for spatial data (remote-sensing data and locations) and non-spatial data (text and pictures) of island and coastal zones;

A spatiotemporal big data mining model and analysis framework;

The future-scenario simulation of island and coastal zones. 

Prof. Fenzhen Su
Prof. Cunjin Xue
Dr. Han Xiao
Guest Editors

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