Remote Sensing for Monitoring Land-Use/Land-Cover Change and Impacts on Ecosystem Service (Second Edition)
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2026 | Viewed by 615
Editors
Interests: remote sensing AI; GeoAI; spatiotemporal big data analysis; deep learning
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Interests: remote sensing AI; geospatial optimization; deep reinforcement learning
Interests: remote sensing of urban environment; urban simulation and optimization; evaluation of human settlement environments
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Interests: geographic science; remote sensing data analysis; social sensing, spatiotemporal big data analysis; machine learning/deep learning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are launching the second Special Issue of Remote Sensing, titled “Remote Sensing for Monitoring Land-Use/Land-Cover Change and Impacts on Ecosystem Service (Second Edition)”.
The advent of remote sensing has revolutionized the manner in which we monitor and comprehend alterations in land use and land cover (LULC), furnishing crucial insights into their impact on ecosystem services. By employing sophisticated satellite and airborne sensors, remote sensing captures high-resolution data across vast spatial and temporal scales. This technology enables precise mapping and analysis of LULC changes, revealing patterns and trends essential for the management of natural resources and the assessment of environmental health.
Monitoring LULC changes is of critical importance, as these transformations significantly affect ecosystem services, including climate regulation, water purification, and biodiversity support. For instance, deforestation not only contributes to carbon emissions but also disrupts habitats and alters hydrological cycles. Accurate and timely remote sensing data is essential for policymakers and conservationists to implement sustainable land management practices, mitigate climate change, and enhance ecosystem resilience. In a world undergoing rapid change, the capacity to monitor and respond to LULC changes is of the utmost importance for the safeguarding of the environment and the achievement of sustainable development.
Articles may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
Advanced Remote Sensing Technologies;
Environmental Health Remote Sensing;
Urban Expansion Monitoring;
Land Cover Change;
Water Quality Assessment;
Climate Impact Studies;
Policy and Land Management;
Big Data and GIS Integration;
Land Use and Spatial Computing;
Land Use and GeoAI.
Dr. Shaohua Wang
Dr. Haojian Liang
Prof. Dr. Liang Zhou
Dr. Yeran Sun
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Remote Sensing is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- remote sensing
- land use change
- land cover monitoring
- urban environmental monitoring
- urban infrastructure
- sustainable land management
- RS and GIS integration
- deep learning applications
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