Applications of Remote Sensing in Landscapes and Human Settlements
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecological Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 October 2025 | Viewed by 97
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Interests: remote sensing; landscape ecology; human settlement environment
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Interests: urban climate; land use; air pollution; land use/cover changes; agriculture; low-carbon development; remote sensing
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2. State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
Interests: urban ecology; urban climatology; ecosystem services; urban green infrastructure; remote sensing; land use change
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Interests: remote sensing; plant physiology; urban climate; soil science; machine learning; digital agriculture; ecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid transformation of urban and rural settlements due to population growth, land use change, and climate variability has significant implications for environmental sustainability and human well-being. Remote sensing provides a powerful means to analyze the interactions between human settlements, landscape dynamics, and climate-related phenomena, enabling more effective planning and adaptation strategies. The Special Issue aims to advance research on the application of remote sensing in assessing the potential of landscapes for building comfortable urban and rural environments.
This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that investigate (but are not limited to) the following themes:
- Application of remote sensing in monitoring landscapes changes;
- Remote sensing-based analysis of urban heat islands and thermal environment dynamics;
- Multi-scale remote sensing applications for local climate zones and thermal comfort assessment;
- Monitoring and modeling air quality in human settlements;
- Application of remote sensing in ecological and environmental effects of green infrastructure;
- Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for climate change adaptation;
- Integration of remote sensing with AI for climate-resilient urban and rural planning;
- Climate change impacts on urban and rural human settlements and adaptation strategies.
We invite high-quality original research articles and reviews contributing to theoretical and applied knowledge in remote sensing for landscapes and human settlement. This Special Issue aims to foster interdisciplinary research that informs landscape-based planning and environmental management for climate-adaptive and human environments.
Dr. Dongrui Han
Dr. Zhi Qiao
Dr. Chaobin Yang
Dr. Peng Fu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- landscapes ecology
- urban heat islands
- local climate zones
- human settlements
- green infrastructure
- urban and rural planning
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