Urban Remote Sensing
A section of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Section Information
Cities are focal points for economic activities and engines of economic growth. They are centers of excellence for technological innovation, education, communication, health care, culture, social services, government administration, entertainment, and entrepreneurship. They create opportunities for jobs, financial resources, and livelihood. They also serve as vital hubs for rural hinterlands to minimize or eradicate rural poverty. However, with increasing population pressure, especially in slums, urban environmental, climate, social, and health issues have become more and more problematic. In addition, there are serious transport challenges that are often related to urban areas and take place when transport systems are incapable of fulfilling the various necessities of urban mobility. Urban traffic congestion is one of the most prevalent transport problems in large urban agglomerations. For the above developments, urban pollution becomes one of the most drastic issues. In addition to mitigating urban emission, storm water effluence, noise pollution, controlling wastes, and managing the consumption of non-renewable resources have become serious concerns. Moreover, the capacity of cities to effectively and efficiently manage urban growth and development, including mitigation and preparedness to urban disasters, needs serious attention.
Urban Remote Sensing serves as a platform to provide evidence-based theoretical and practical knowledge that contributes to solving or better understanding the problems of urban issues and formulating relevant policies for sustainable urban systems.
The primary aim of Urban Remote Sensing is to encourage remote sensing and geospatial scientists to publish their theoretical and empirical research in connection to urban settings and their related environmental issues.
Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Urban object-analysis and identification
- Assessment and monitoring of urban emissions
- Urban spatial configuration and pattern analysis
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle data processing and analysis
- Data mining and machine learning in urban applications
- 3D and 4D urban modeling from satellite, airborne, and terrestrial sensors
- Urban data-processing methods and algorithms
- Space-time analysis of urban environmental parameters
- Urban disaster-monitoring and change analysis
- Interdisciplinary urban case studies
- Multiscale sensors and systems: specific urban challenges
- Multispectral/SAR sensor data analysis and integration for urban classification
- Radar and LiDAR applications in urban settings
- Scale issues related to urbanscapes
- The urban heat island effect and thermal sensing
- Urban climate-change and variation
- Urban data-synthesis and analysis
- Urban visualization and virtual reality applications
- Urban applications of high-resolution optical sensors
- Geospatial cyberinfrastructure for cities
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Remote, Proximal Sensing and Geophysics for Cultural Heritage Knowledge and Conservation (Deadline: 29 September 2023)
- Remote Sensing Advances in Urban Traffic Monitoring (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Network-Wide Remote Sensing of Bridges (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Night-Time Light II (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- The Confinement Period and Its Potential Impact on Urban Heat Island and Surface Temperature Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Close-Range Sensing in the AEC Industry (Deadline: 16 October 2023)
- Understanding Urban Expansion and Weather Extremes through Remote Sensing, Spatial Analysis and Numeric Simulations (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Light Pollution Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data II (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Applications of GIS and 3D City Modelling for Sustainable Urban Planning—from Remote Sensing Perspective (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- GIS and Remote Sensing Advances in Land Change Science II (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Climate-Related Hazards (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Urbanization Using GIS and Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Remote Sensing Applications for Interaction between Urbanization and Eco-Environment (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Geospatial Foundation Model in Urban Environments: Challenges and New Technologies (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technique/Methods to Address Current Urbanization Issues (Deadline: 3 November 2023)
- Application of Nighttime Remote Sensing in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (Deadline: 10 November 2023)
- Towards Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Cities Using Smart Technology in Remote Sensing (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Digital Twins for Sustainable and Smart Cities (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Advances in Monitoring and Detection of Geohazards in Urban Areas Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Application of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Urban Areas (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Digital 3D Reconstruction in Urban Culture Heritage Conservation Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Remote Sensing Applications in Land Use and Land Cover Monitoring (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Geo-Information and Integration for Smart and Friendly Cities (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Urban Positioning and Navigation (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Application of Satellite Remote Sensing in Solving Urban Geo-Environmental Issues II (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- LiDAR and Point Cloud Processing for Digital Surface Modelling and 3D Scene Reconstruction (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Urban Green and Blue Infrastructure Monitoring Using Remote Sensing: Current Progress and Future Vision (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Recent Geospatial Methods and Techniques for Urban Water Management (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Trends, Innovative Developments and Disruptive Applications in UAV Remote Sensing (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- SAR Processing in Urban Planning (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Challenges and New Advances for Human-Climate Interactions in Cities Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Digital Twins for Urban Spaces: Keeping Urban Twins Updated Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing, GIS and Numerical Models for Urban Flood Risk Assessment (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Applications of Laser Scanning in Urban Environment (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Multi-Platform Remote Sensing for the Modeling and Analysis of Smart Cities (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- RS and GIS for Monitoring and Enhancing the Resilience of Urban Heritage (Deadline: 22 December 2023)
- Monitoring Land Use Efficiency and Urban Expansion within the Context of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing in Urban Natural Hazards Monitoring (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Remote Sensing for 3D Land Administration (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Remote Sensing of Urban Forests and Landscape Ecology (Deadline: 1 January 2024)
- Application of Remote Sensing-Based Monitoring of Local Climate in Urban Areas (Deadline: 10 January 2024)
- 3D and Semantic Reconstruction of the Urban Environment Using Multi-Modal and Multi-Resolution Remote Sensing Data (Deadline: 15 January 2024)
- 3D Reconstruction and Mobile Mapping in Urban Environments Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 19 January 2024)
- Future Prediction and Scenario Analysis of Urbanization Using Remote Sensing and GIS (Deadline: 19 January 2024)
- Mapping and Monitoring of Geohazards with Remote Sensing Technologies II (Deadline: 26 January 2024)
- Latest Developments and Applications in Remote Sensing with Nighttime Lights II (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Implementation of UAV Systems for Cultural Heritage (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Urban Planning Supported by Remote Sensing Technology II (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Remote Sensing Approaches to Groundwater Management and Mapping II (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Applications of Laser Scanning and Photogrammetry in Civil Engineering and Architecture: Beyond 3D Modeling II (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Urban Sensing Methods and Technologies II (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- GNSS for Urban Transport Applications II (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Remote Sensing in the Development of Rapid Landslide Detection and Mapping Scenarios II (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Application of Satellite Aerosol Remote Sensing in Air Quality (Deadline: 1 March 2024)
- LiDAR-Based Building Information Modeling: Recent Progress and Applications (Deadline: 25 March 2024)
- Applications of AI and Remote Sensing in Urban Systems II (Deadline: 31 May 2024)