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2 Citations
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Climate Change Assessment of the Spatial Potential Aggregation Zones of Plectropomus pessuliferus marisrubri and Plectropomus areolatus along the Saudi Coast, Using RS and GIS

  • Nesren Khairy,
  • Rasha H. Ramadan,
  • Haya M. Alogayell,
  • Ibtesam I. Alkadi and ,
  • Ismail Y. Ismail and
  • Mona S. Ramadan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

28 November 2022

Climate change is becoming one of the main threats to fishery resources, with the attendant possibilities of decreasing income and food security. Sea surface temperature (SST) is considered a major environmental indicator of climate change, one that...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)
  • Article
  • Open Access
144 Views
33 Pages

Estimating paid parking demand is difficult when transaction data are censored by full occupancy and when tariff changes create structural breaks. This study proposes an interpretable three-level framework combining (i) dynamic modelling of the cumul...

(This article belongs to the Section AI Forecasting)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,252 Views
16 Pages

30 December 2023

Agroecosystems represent one of the largest managed systems in the world and are also considered to be the largest surface polluters. This is particularly evident in highly vulnerable areas such as the model area assessed in our study, the Protected...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,397 Views
22 Pages

14 October 2021

Sensor networks (SN) are increasingly used for the observation and monitoring of spatiotemporal phenomena and their dynamics such as pollution, noise and forest fires. In multisensory systems, a sensor node may be equipped with different sensing unit...

(This article belongs to the Collection Robotic and Sensor Technologies in Environmental Exploration and Monitoring)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,634 Views
17 Pages

25 July 2017

With the expansion of the concept of sustainable development, it has become increasingly important to investigate the means for achieving sustainable eco-economic development. On the basis of Landsat imagery of Hengduan Mountain area of China acquire...

  • Article
  • Open Access
902 Views
16 Pages

Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Multi-Scale Fishing Effort of Squid Jigging Fleets in the Southeast Pacific Ocean

  • Jiashu Shi,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Yongchuang Shi,
  • Guangyao Li and ,
  • Wei Wang and
  • Shenglong Yang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 December 2025

The dynamic monitoring of fishing activities is fundamental to fishery management. Leveraging multi-year (2020–2023) AIS data from squid jigging vessels, this study employed a multi-level data mining and spatial statistical approach to decode t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Remote Sensing to Fisheries)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,268 Views
16 Pages

Mapping of Greek Marine Finfish Farms and Their Potential Impact on the Marine Environment

  • George Katselis,
  • Konstantinos Tsolakos and
  • John A. Theodorou

18 February 2022

The Greek marine aquaculture has a leading role in the Mediterranean mariculture industry, mainly in the export sector and its prominent contribution to the country’s economy. In the present study, the spatial distribution of Greek finfish farm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Marine Fish and Invertebrate Aquaculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,326 Views
33 Pages

8 January 2026

The Qinling–Bashan mountainous region and its surrounding areas in Shaanxi Province constitute a critical ecological security barrier and significant socio-economic zone within China, currently experiencing mounting ecological stress from both...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability of the Water Cycle System and Water Utilization in a Changing Environment)
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  • Open Access
135 Views
24 Pages

19 October 2026

Spatiotemporally refined solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) information over large regions has become a crucial data source for terrestrial carbon cycle studies and agricultural drought stress monitoring. Various machine learning (ML) metho...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High-Resolution Multisource Remote Sensing of Vegetation: Biomass, Structure, and Carbon Dynamics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,921 Views
29 Pages

Geospatial Assessment of Agricultural Sustainability Using Multi-Criteria Analysis: A Case Study of the Grocka Municipality, Serbia

  • Ljiljana Mihajlović,
  • Dragan Petrović,
  • Danijela Vukoičić,
  • Miroljub Milinčić and
  • Nikola Milentijević

14 January 2026

Agricultural land represents a fundamental production resource and one of the key factors of ecological and economic stability in rural and peri-urban areas. In the municipality of Grocka, the impacts of urbanization, demographic decline, and changes...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,112 Views
24 Pages

Risk zone delineation and mobility behavior control constitute critical measures in pandemic containment. Numerous studies utilize static demographic data or dynamic mobility data to calculate the high–risk zones present in cities; however, the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue HealthScape: Intersections of Health, Environment, and GIS&T (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,452 Views
23 Pages

10 March 2025

Geological hazards in Southern Sichuan have become increasingly frequent, posing severe risks to local communities and infrastructure. This study aims to predict the spatial distribution of potential geological hazards using machine learning models a...

(This article belongs to the Topic Remote Sensing and Geological Disasters)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,293 Views
23 Pages

Quantitative Analysis of Mineral Textures in the Mapeng Pluton (Central Taihang Mountains) and Its Implications for Magmatic Processes

  • Hui Rong,
  • Jingyi Huang,
  • Siyu Zhu,
  • Wentan Xu and ,
  • Zhenzhen Li and
  • Zihan Yu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 November 2025

The Mapeng pluton in the central Taihang Mountains hosts significant gold mineralization; however, the magmatic processes controlling its emplacement, crystallization, and potential role in ore genesis remain debated. Previous petrological and geoche...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineralogical Crystallography and Biomineralization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
67 Citations
7,834 Views
23 Pages

In this study, geographic information system (GIS)-based, analytic hierarchy process (AHP) techniques were used to identify groundwater potential zones to provide insight to decisionmakers and local authorities for present and future planning. Ten di...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in GIS Hydrological Modeling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,203 Views
16 Pages

Improving Soil and Water Conservation of Riparian Vegetation Based on Landscape Leakiness and Optimal Vegetation Pattern

  • Shanshan Xu,
  • Qinghe Zhao,
  • Shengyan Ding,
  • Mingzhou Qin and ,
  • Lixin Ning and
  • Xiaoyu Ji
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

15 May 2018

Soil erosion inflicts multiple and severe damage throughout the world. The importance of vegetation spatial patterns in conserving soil and water has been widely acknowledged. In this study, by using the leakiness index (LI), which indicates the soil...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Agriculture, Landscape, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity: New Challenges for Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,779 Views
21 Pages

Predicting the Potential Spread of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera in Europe Using Climate-Based Spatial Risk Modeling

  • Ioana Grozea,
  • Diana Maria Purice,
  • Snejana Damianov,
  • Levente Molnar and ,
  • Adrian Grozea and
  • Ana Maria Virteiu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

27 September 2025

Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte, 1868 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), known as the western corn rootworm, is one of the most important alien insect pests affecting maize crops globally. It causes significant economic losses by feeding on the roo...

(This article belongs to the Section Insect Pest and Vector Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
353 Views
27 Pages

19 August 2026

Optimizing construction and ecological land patterns enhances urban ecosystem services, with efficiency gains depending on accurately identifying focal local spaces of greatest potential. However, existing research has yet to comprehensively quantify...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,665 Views
24 Pages

Promoting equitable and sustainable urban mobility requires accessibility assessment approaches that extend beyond purely geometric proximity measures toward service-sensitive and behavior-informed evaluation. This study develops an open-source GIS w...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,256 Views
16 Pages

Coarse Aggregate Induced Fiber Dispersion and Its Role in UHPC Mechanics Across Flexural and Compressive Loading

  • Chen Shen,
  • Yue Zhang,
  • Jianlin Li,
  • Haonan Zeng and ,
  • Changhui Yang and
  • Linwen Yu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 October 2025

Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) exhibits exceptional mechanical properties and durability but faces challenges such as high heat of hydration and limited stiffness. Incorporation of coarse aggregates offers a potential solution; however, it al...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Performance and Durability of Reinforced Concrete Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
305 Views
32 Pages

2 October 2026

Rural depopulation at the extreme lower end of the settlement hierarchy—a key driver of agricultural land abandonment and land-use change—remains understudied in the Western Balkans. Using data from the 2002 and 2021 national censuses of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Decentralization and Development: Territorial Dimension and Spatial Disparities Mitigation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,105 Views
27 Pages

9 February 2026

Accurate inventories of pedestrian infrastructure are pivotal for effective sustainable spatial planning and form the foundation for developing walkable, equitable cities. This paper proposes a spatial multi-criteria framework for conducting detailed...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable and Smart Transportation Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,223 Views
22 Pages

4 June 2021

Variations in the Martian surface temperature indicate patterns of surface energy exchange. The Martian surface temperature at a location is similar to those in adjacent locations; but, an understanding of temperature clusters in multiple locations w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cartography of the Solar System: Remote Sensing beyond Earth)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,063 Views
26 Pages

28 April 2025

Ecological transition zones spanning semi-humid to semi-arid regions pose distinctive monitoring challenges owing to their climatic vulnerability and geomorphic diversity. This study focuses on Shanxi Province, a typical ecologically fragile area in...

(This article belongs to the Section Landscape Ecology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,466 Views
27 Pages

25 May 2024

A total of 417 intangible cultural heritage objects (ICHOs) are intertwined with traditional Chinese art, showcasing China’s rich historical heritage and distinctive creative allure. However, ICHOs currently grapple with a significant successio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cultural Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
908 Views
20 Pages

Freshwater ecosystems are increasingly threatened by eutrophication and other anthropogenic and climate-driven pressures that undermine ecological functioning and biodiversity. This study evaluates the transferability of a GIS-based multi-criteria de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
133 Views
33 Pages

From Multi-Sensor Survey to a Multi-Scale Geospatial Digital Twin Foundation of a Historic Hill Town: Fiumefreddo Bruzio, Southern Italy

  • Caterina Balletti,
  • Enrico Breggion,
  • Andrea Martino,
  • Luisa Berto and ,
  • Irene Rocca and
  • Diego Alejandro Talledo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

3 November 2026

Historic hill towns require geometric information capable of relating urban morphology, construction features, and structural details within a common spatial and semantic framework. This paper presents a multi-sensor, multi-scale geomatics workflow f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Analysis and Cultural Heritage (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,389 Views
19 Pages

Short distance travel and commute being inevitable, safe route planning in pandemics for micro-mobility, i.e., cycling and walking, is extremely important for the safety of oneself and others. Hence, we propose an application-based solution using COV...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geo-Information Applications in Active Mobility and Health in Cities)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,171 Views
31 Pages

1 August 2024

The core promise of land use and zoning reforms is to metamorphose the car-dominated urban spatial structure—which is the legacy of use-based, modernist land use and transportation planning of the past century—into human-centered forms of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Big Data in Urban Land Use Planning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,308 Views
36 Pages

Assessing Optical, SAR, and Topographic Synergy for LULC Mapping in Cloud-Prone Mountain Environments Using a Systematic Ablation Design

  • Karen Escalona,
  • Johnny Valencia-Calvo,
  • Gerard Olivar-Tost and
  • Valentín Alexis Solís Olave

Accurate Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) mapping in high-latitude mountain regions faces critical challenges from persistent cloud cover and complex topography, which limit the utility of passive optical sensors. To address the absence of evidence-bas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,975 Views
21 Pages

14 April 2025

Flash floods, typically triggered by natural events such as heavy rainfall, snowmelt, and dam failures, are characterized by abrupt onset, destructive power, unpredictability, and challenges in mitigation. This study investigates the spatial distribu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Remote Sensing to Flood and Drought Analysis, Monitoring and Risk Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
817 Views
21 Pages

Short-Term Agricultural Landscape Dynamics: A Quantitative Analysis Using AI-Supported LULC Data and Landscape Metrics

  • Nihat Karakuş,
  • Serdar Selim,
  • Rifat Olgun,
  • Ceren Selim and
  • Namık Kemal Sönmez

This study aims to investigate the short-term dynamics of agricultural landscapes using AI-supported multi-temporal land use/land cover (LULC) data. The Finike district, located within the Mediterranean climate zone, was selected as the study area, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
658 Views
19 Pages

Gravity Anomaly Characteristics and Tectonic Implications of the Tangshan Seismic Zone

  • Minghui Zhang,
  • Jiapei Wang,
  • Guiju Wu,
  • Hongbo Tan and
  • Li Zhang

29 June 2026

A catastrophic Ms7.8 earthquake occurred in Tangshan in 1976 at a focal depth of approximately 12 km, resulting in severe casualties and substantial economic losses. Given its unique tectonic setting, the seismogenic structure and dynamic genesis of...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,287 Views
14 Pages

21 January 2022

Timely and accurate forecasts of dengue cases are of great importance for guiding disease prevention strategies, but still face challenges from (1) time-effectiveness due to time-consuming satellite data downloading and processing, (2) weak spatial r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Impact of Climate Change on Ecosystems and Human Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
134 Views
24 Pages

23 October 2026

Logistics infrastructure plays a strategic role in urban-regional connectivity, territorial development, supply chain integration, and the spatial organization of freight flows in emerging economies. However, the socioeconomic and territorial perform...

  • Article
  • Open Access
853 Views
18 Pages

GPS-derived floating car data (FCD) provide spatially continuous urban traffic observations without fixed-sensor infrastructure. This study develops a spatiotemporal baseline framework jointly modelling day type and precipitation for 1189 junction-le...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,896 Views
21 Pages

Research on the Value of Water-Related Cultural Heritage Architecture from Historical Environmental Records: Evidence from the Li River Basin in China

  • Qifan Dai,
  • Yueqing Wei,
  • Yequan Hu,
  • Tao Chen and ,
  • Yixun Yan,
  • Yansheng Gu and
  • Qi Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

12 June 2024

Water-related cultural heritage architecture (WRCHA) represents a globally significant and potentially hybrid heritage found across river basins worldwide. Its spatial and temporal evolution characteristics offer insight into the development trends o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
424 Views
30 Pages

17 September 2026

Soil organic carbon (SOC) in permafrost regions is a critical component of terrestrial carbon reservoirs, and spatially explicit multi-depth mapping is essential for identifying subsurface carbon emission hotspots and supporting carbon neutrality acc...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,568 Views
19 Pages

Enhancing PRRT Outcome Prediction in Neuroendocrine Tumors: Aggregated Multi-Lesion PET Radiomics Incorporating Inter-Tumor Heterogeneity

  • Maziar Sabouri,
  • Ghasem Hajianfar,
  • Omid Gharibi,
  • Alireza Rafiei Sardouei and ,
  • Yusuf Menda,
  • Ayca Dundar,
  • Camila Gadens Zamboni,
  • Sanchay Jain,
  • Marc Kruzer and
  • Ahmad Shariftabrizi
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

4 December 2025

Introduction: Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) with [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE is effective in treating advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs), yet predicting individual response in this treatment remains a challenge due to inter-lesion heterogen...

(This article belongs to the Section Methods and Technologies Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,233 Views
18 Pages

Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas with a significant impact on short- and medium-term climate forcing, and its atmospheric concentration has been increasing rapidly in recent decades. This study aims to analyze spatio-temporal patterns of atmo...

(This article belongs to the Section Air Quality)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
610 Views
24 Pages

Spatial Variability of Soil Nutrients in Walnut Orchards in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River Valley and Its Association with Fruit Quality

  • Kai Yang,
  • Wensheng Yang,
  • Yuao Zou,
  • Qianshun Zhou and ,
  • Jianqiang Zhu,
  • Qixia Wu and
  • Xiaohong Xu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

11 May 2026

This study evaluated the multi-scale spatial heterogeneity of soil fertility in walnut orchards in the middle and lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River valley. The investigation focused on Jiacha, Lang, and Milin counties, covering four river ter...

(This article belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,169 Views
43 Pages

This study focuses on the systematic conservation of historical architectural heritage in Heilongjiang Province, particularly addressing the challenges of point-based protection and spatial fragmentation. It explores the construction of a connected a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Dimensional Organic Conservation of Historical Neighborhood Buildings in the Context of Sustainable Urban Renewal—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,982 Views
26 Pages

2 February 2025

Scientifically evaluating net carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is the pivotal strategy for mitigating global climate change and fostering sustainable urban development. Shaanxi Province is situated in central China, and boasts robust energy resources i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue CO2 Capture and Utilization: Sustainable Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,451 Views
20 Pages

Validation of Abundance Map Reference Data for Spectral Unmixing

  • McKay D. Williams,
  • Robert J. Parody,
  • Alexander J. Fafard,
  • John P. Kerekes and
  • Jan Van Aardt

12 May 2017

The purpose of this study is to validate the accuracy of abundance map reference data (AMRD) for three airborne imaging spectrometer (IS) scenes. AMRD refers to reference data maps (“ground truth”) that are specifically designed to quantitatively ass...

  • Article
  • Open Access
455 Views
20 Pages

17 August 2026

Connected vehicles and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication create new opportunities for estimating urban origin–destination (OD) demand from continuously collected mobility data. However, in realistic deployment conditions, only a fractio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles, Volume 2)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
854 Views
34 Pages

Spatiotemporal Vegetation Dynamics and Quantity-Structure Relationships on a Tropical Island: A Case Study of Hainan, China

  • Xin Guo,
  • Shengpei Dai,
  • Hongxia Luo,
  • Wujun Lv and ,
  • Shanshan Jiang,
  • Yuhao Yang and
  • Yi Yang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

17 May 2026

Vegetation serves as a critical ecological barrier on tropical islands, but conventional assessments often emphasize greening magnitude while overlooking persistence, structural quality, and scale-dependent attribution. In this study, we reconstructe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing for Vegetation Dynamic Monitoring, Carbon and Ecological Assessment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
446 Views
17 Pages

To characterize the transport of the mining-induced sediment plume in the Clarion–Clipperton Zone (CCZ) nodule area, this study introduces a particle relative dispersion (RD) to assess material dispersion in 2D and 3D. In 2D, forward and backwa...

(This article belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)
  • Article
  • Open Access
935 Views
24 Pages

Ecological Control Zoning and Improvement Strategy Based on Ecological Security Pattern in Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan Urban Agglomeration

  • Jianyu Liao,
  • Huiru Jia,
  • Yarui Liang,
  • Wanting Liu and ,
  • Yurui Xia,
  • Shan Chen and
  • Hejie Pi
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

21 November 2025

The construction of urban ecological security patterns (ESPs) is an effective approach for managing ecological space and preventing the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas, thereby safeguarding the ecological security of urban agglomerations. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,487 Views
21 Pages

Spatial and Landscape Fragmentation Pattern of Endemic Symplocos Tree Communities Under Climate Change Scenarios in China

  • Mohammed A. Dakhil,
  • Lin Zhang,
  • Marwa Waseem A. Halmy,
  • Reham F. El-Barougy and ,
  • Bikram Pandey,
  • Zhanqing Hao,
  • Zuoqiang Yuan,
  • Lin Liang and
  • Heba Bedair
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

31 December 2025

Symplocos is an ecologically important genus that plays vital roles in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved mountain forests, including contributing to nutrient cycling, providing shelter and habitats for various organisms, and supporting overall plant...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,783 Views
34 Pages

22 October 2023

Offshore anthropogenic activities such as the installation of Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) developments and sediment extraction for marine aggregates have been shown to disrupt current flow, wave propagation, and sediment transport pathways, leadi...

(This article belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,610 Views
29 Pages

Phenological and Biophysical Mediterranean Orchard Assessment Using Ground-Based Methods and Sentinel 2 Data

  • Pierre Rouault,
  • Dominique Courault,
  • Guillaume Pouget,
  • Fabrice Flamain and ,
  • Papa-Khaly Diop,
  • Véronique Desfonds,
  • Claude Doussan,
  • André Chanzy,
  • Marta Debolini and
  • Raul Lopez-Lozano
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

12 September 2024

A range of remote sensing platforms provide high spatial and temporal resolution insights which are useful for monitoring vegetation growth. Very few studies have focused on fruit orchards, largely due to the inherent complexity of their structure. F...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)

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