Modeling an aquifer provides significant advantages when evaluating and estimating the water resource for its sustainable use. This study focuses on the rural parish Manglaralto, a semi-arid area with a shortage of water, and without supply service b...
Interventions implemented in geographic space (geo-interventions) have had success in reducing preventable deaths across the world. However, many studies supporting geo-interventions have focused on where to implement them rather than what they are....
To ensure the sustainable development of artificial intelligence (AI) application in urban and geospatial science, it is important to protect the geographic privacy, or geo-privacy, which refers to an individual’s geographic location details. A...
This paper presents a comprehensive study on the feasibility and implications of a CO2 injection simulation in the Syderiai deep saline aquifer of Lithuania, focusing on leakage, geo-mechanical aspects, and geo-chemical aspects. The Syderiai aquifer,...
Cross-view geo-localization (CVGL) aims to match ground-level images with geo-tagged aerial imagery for precise localization, but remains challenging due to severe viewpoint discrepancies, partial correspondence, and significant domain shifts across...
Previous geo-referencing approaches for building information modeling (BIM) models can be problematic due to: (a) the different interpretations of the term ‘geo-referencing’, (b) the insufficient consideration of the placement hierarchy of the indust...
Geolocation information is an important feature of remote sensing image data that is captured through a variety of passive or active observation sensors, such as push-broom electro-optical sensor, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), light detection and r...
Landslide disaster risks increase worldwide, particularly in urban areas. To design and implement more effective and democratic risk reduction programs, calls for transdisciplinary approaches have recently increased. However, little attention has bee...
GeoGebra is an interactive geometry, algebra, statistics, and calculus application designed for teaching and learning math, science, and engineering. Its dynamic interface allows its users to accurately and interactively visualize their work, models,...
This paper reviews the current GeoAI and machine learning applications in hydrological and hydraulic modeling, hydrological optimization problems, water quality modeling, and fluvial geomorphic and morphodynamic mapping. GeoAI effectively harnesses t...
Over the years, the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) methods has changed the workflows of various actors, providing better integration across different domains and allowing for new ways of working. This paper outlines the interest towards...
The environmental impact and occurrence of frequent ecological disasters have prompted a reassessment of societal values in the modern era. There has been a shift in the economic model, moving away from the pursuit of extensive growth towards a susta...
Landslides are among the most frequent natural hazards in the world. Rainfall is an important triggering factor for landslides and is responsible for topples, slides, and debris flows—three of the most important types of landslides. However, se...
This study proposes a modification of the GeoCity model previously developed by the authors, detailing the age structure of the population, personal schedule on weekdays and working days, and individual health characteristics of the agents. This made...
Long-term GEO satellite operation requires reliability models that distinguish full mission capability from degraded but still functional states and from critical functional loss. This study develops a five-state Markov reliability model in which sta...
Earth observation satellites with various spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions provide an invaluable means for mapping and monitoring the Earth’s environments. With the increasing demand of satellite images for remote and harsh environments and...
Recent advances in large multimodal models (LMMs) have opened new opportunities for multitask recognition from remote sensing images. However, existing approaches still face challenges in effectively recognizing the complex geospatial characteristics...
The Loess Plateau of China suffers from severe erosion, which results in a great variety of economic and ecological problems. For scientific control of soil erosion, the key questions urgently to be addressed in this paper are: (1) Which are the driv...
Cross-view geo-localization tries to find the matching place in large satellite or aerial pictures from photos taken at ground level, which is useful for applications like self-driving cars, flying drones, and adding virtual objects to real city scen...
As the Geosynchronous Earth Orbital Synthetic Aperture Radar (GEO SAR) allows a wide area viewing combined with a short revisit cycle, it is suitable for many applications that require high timeliness, such as natural disaster monitoring, weather sup...
The potentially toxic element pollution of agricultural soils has become a significant environmental threat to food safety and human health. Accurately identifying sources of potentially toxic element pollution is key to developing effective pollutio...
Rural electrification is a crucial step for the socio-economic development of isolated communities. Decentralized power generation, typically more favorable for renewable energies, requires an accurate analysis of the different electrification option...
Critical raw material (CRM) exploration increasingly combines Earth Observation, geophysics, geochemistry, mineral prospectivity mapping, probabilistic modelling, and autonomous sensing. However, these capabilities are commonly developed or deployed...
In the territory of Dushanbe city, the capital of Tajikistan, detailed geological and geophysical data were collected during geophysical surveys in 2019–2020. The data comprise 5 microtremor array measurements, 9 seismic refraction tomography p...
To be able to compare many agricultural models, a general framework for model comparison when field data may limit direct comparison of models is proposed, developed, and also demonstrated. The framework first calibrates the benchmark model against t...
Land-use and land-cover change plays a critical role in shaping urban expansion patterns and modifying near-surface soil conditions, hydrological behaviour, and geomorphological stability in rapidly developing regions. This study presents a comparati...
Since the 1990s, sandstone-type uranium in the northern basin of China has become the main target for mining. Uranium mining can cause a series of impacts on the environment. A conceptual model of the geo-environment for sandstone-type uranium in nor...
The quick drop of the water level in the Dead Sea has expedited the formation process of dissolution depression (DDs) along the southeastern coast, which brings about serious dangers with it. The objective of this research is to create a model that w...
Farm households’ sustainable livelihoods in the dryland area of the Yellow River basin is an important guarantee of ecological protection and high-quality development for the Yellow River basin. However, farm households in this region have been...
The past decade has witnessed a growing demand for drone-based fire detection systems, driven by escalating concerns about wildfires exacerbated by climate change, as corroborated by environmental studies. However, deploying existing drone-based fire...
Parameterization of physically based and distributed hydrological models for mesoscale catchments remains challenging because the commonly available data base is insufficient for calibration. In this paper, we parameterize a mesoscale catchment for t...
Arid inland river basins are highly sensitive to land-use change, yet the spatially heterogeneous predictors of ecosystem carbon storage remain insufficiently understood. In this study, a locally calibrated InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem S...
Water pollution, particularly non-point source pollution, poses a significant environmental challenge in river basins around the world. This complex and dynamic process is influenced by both human activities and natural processes. In this study, a qu...
With the improvement of urban infrastructure and the increase in the coverage of high-rise buildings, the demand for location information services inside buildings is becoming more and more urgent. Moreover, indoor path planning, as a prerequisite an...
Drilling costs can be 80% of geothermal project investment, so decreasing these deep drilling costs substantially reduces overall project costs, contributing to less expensive geothermal electricity or heat generation. Plasma Pulse Geo Drilling (PPGD...
Land-use changes in urban fringe areas are dramatic, and modelling and predicting land-use changes under different scenarios can provide a basis for urban development regulation and control. As an important part of Beijing’s urban fringe, Daxin...
Global urbanisation has accelerated in recent years, especially in rapidly growing coastal cities, and the destruction of habitat and natural resources has intensified. Although much attention has been paid to the study of habitat quality, there are...
Due to the growing populations in areas at high risk of natural disasters, hazard and risk assessments of landslides have attracted significant attention from researchers worldwide. In order to assess potential risks and design possible countermeasur...
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Residential sprawl constitutes a main part of urban sprawl which poses a threat to the inhabitant environment and public health. The purpose of this article is to measure the residential sprawl at a micro-scale using a case study of Hangzhou city. An...
The European Union aims to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 55% before 2030 compared to 1990 as a reference year. One of the main contributions to GHG emissions comes from the household sector. This paper shows that the household sector, when...
The Gully Consolidation and Highland Protection (GCHP) project is an important governance measure for controlling source erosion and reducing soil erosion in the Loess Plateau, which has been explored and developed continuously in recent decades. How...
The mid-latitude ecotone (MLE)—a transition zone between boreal and temperate forests, which includes the regions of Northeast Asia around 30°–60° N latitudes—delivers different ecosystem functions depending on different man...
Geo-information texts, including geospatial data-use regulations and Earth observation metadata, are central to data governance and compliance auditing in remote sensing ecosystems. Full fine-tuning of large pre-trained language models is often compu...
Due to the influence of multiple factors such as the physical and chemical properties of the atmosphere, the limitations of data sources, and the assumptions of inversion methods, there are many difficulties in inverting the concentration distributio...
The importance of geological carbon storage in reducing anthropogenic CO2 emissions has increased significantly globally and in Canada; however, the storage potential of sedimentary basins in Canada’s Northwest Territories remains unestablished...
Ground deformation, especially subsidence, is a geo-environmental hazard that needs to be assessed and predicted in advance to mitigate its effects efficiently and in a timely manner. Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) provides high-res...
As a vital ecological security barrier and climate regulator in northwestern China, the Qinghai Lake Basin (QLB) holds significant strategic value for regional ecological conservation and national park development. This study, utilizing land use data...
Continental delta deposits are characterized by strong heterogeneity in the lateral direction; meanwhile, reservoir development is challenged by rapid changes in rock properties. Thus, it is critical to use proper methods for fine characterization to...
The rapid development of urbanization has led to increasing uncertainties related to urban safety risks, which has brought certain challenges to the sustainable development of cities. The concept of urban resilience has found a new way to improve the...
Enhancing carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems has become a key strategy for mitigating climate change. The Tibetan Plateau holds a pivotal position in achieving carbon neutrality, with the structural pattern of its land use types directly impact...
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