Remote Sensing Applications in Urban Ecosystem Services (Second Edition)
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 441
Special Issue Editor
Interests: GIS environmental system modeling; watershed ecology hydrology; ecosystem scientific integration; energy development strategy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the context of accelerating global urbanization, the study of urban ecosystem services (UESs) is particularly urgent and important. As the main concentration of human activities, cities not only carry huge economic and social functions, but also ecosystem services such as climate regulation, air purification, and biodiversity protection, which play an irreplaceable role in improving the quality of life of residents and promoting sustainable urban development. However, it should not be ignored that the rapid urbanization process often goes hand in hand with the degradation of ecosystems and the weakening of service functions. How to effectively monitor, evaluate, and optimize urban ecosystem services has become an important topic in current urban scientific research.
This Special Issue "Remote Sensing Applications in Urban Ecosystem Services" aims to bring together the latest research achievements in remote sensing technology, at home and abroad. The innovative applications, potential, and challenges of remote sensing technology in the accurate quantification and fine mapping of urban ecosystem services are analyzed and discussed in depth. By demonstrating the application cases of remote sensing technology in urban land cover, river and lake health, heat island effect, air quality, water resources and biodiversity, we hope to provide a scientific basis and technical support for city managers, researchers, and policy makers to jointly promote the sustainable management and improvement of urban ecosystems.
Articles may cover, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Quantification and evaluation of urban ecosystem services;
- Health evaluation of urban rivers and lakes;
- Urban water resources management monitoring;
- Urban land use and cover change;
- Urban ecosystem services and climate change;
- Remote sensing monitoring and mitigation of urban heat island effect;
- Urban air quality monitoring and pollution source identification;
- Urban biodiversity conservation and remote sensing monitoring;
- Socio-ecological interactions in urban environments;
- Ecological benefit evaluation of urban engineering;
- Urban ecosystem services and urban planning decision support;
- Urbanization and demand and supply of ecosystem services;
- Remote sensing of urban cultural ecological landscape ecological services;
- Remote sensing monitoring of sustainable development of world heritage sites;
- Urban ecological intelligent management;
- Multi-source remote sensing data fusion and urban ecosystem modeling;
- Artificial intelligence for ecosystem service analysis.
Prof. Dr. Songbing Zou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- urban ecosystem services
- quantification and assessment
- climate change
- human activity
- sustainable management
- urbanization
- urban heat island effect
- air quality
- water resource management
- biodiversity conservation
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