Spatial Big Data, BIM and GIS Visualization: Sustainable, Resilience and Smart Cities

Dear Colleagues,

There are many initiatives of smart cities and advocators for automation and robotics in construction and mining (https://www.iaarc.org/) across the world.

Since digital technology is rapidly advancing, applications are not fully identified in different fields, and many sustainability challenges are not adequately addressed. This Special Issue welcomes all technical endeavors, technology developments, case studies, empirical investigations and experimentations related to advanced information modeling and systems, automation and robotics and other compatible technologies carried out to address the many challenges in smart cities, smart construction and mining, infrastructure maintenance, and disaster management.

While technical development is advancing, the sustainability aspects of the technology, including its side effects and socioeconomic issues, have not been fully developed. This Special Issue invites all researchers to share their scholarly work concerning the development of advanced technologies and sustainability concerns, social issues, and economic benefits of the relevant technologies in smart cities, transportation, construction, mining and civil engineering.

The scope of the work includes but is not limited to the following: 

• Innovations and sustainability;
• Digital technologies and lean construction;
• Sensing technologies and quality control;
• Green infrastructure and construction;
• Automation and robotics;
• Use of Geo-ICT for planning sustainable smart cities;
• Geospatial data acquisition for sustainable smart cities;
• Geospatial database management;
• Big data analytics for smart cities;
• Real-time location intelligence;
• Use of geospatial data for smart urban management, particularly infrastructure planning, construction, and maintenance;
• Real-time monitoring of urban environment including air, water, and noise; and
• Use of geospatial data for planning and building resilient cities, including security and disaster responses.

Dr. Sara Shirowzhan
Prof. Willie Tan
Dr. Samad M. Sepasgozar
Guest Editors

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