Hazards, Disasters and Land Science toward Asian and Global SDGs for Land Systems: Approaches from Remotely Sensed Geospatial Data Analyses

Dear Colleagues,

Land is an epicenter for several natural and anthropogenic activities on the planet. Human-induced changes have consequences for the global environmental standards. The changes in agricultural patterns, shrinking forests resources, and expanding industrial townships have become a regular feature of the 21st century. These changes have taken an unprecedented route, threatening the sustainability of ecosystems, evidenced by the growing frequency of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, cyclones, and landslides. The concepts of climate change adaptation and mitigation, and building community resilience under the template of sustainable development are inevitable options now. The role of geospatial data has been widely discussed to develop effective approaches to understand and monitor environmental transformations. The geospatial data, apart from establishing a baseline, also help with future projections and policy formulations. The recent advances in the field of space technology with hypersensitive data on time and location scales offer immense opportunities to explore land processes and their relationship with the increasing environmental challenges. This Special Issue will gather papers by interested experts worldwide and selected papers from the 3rd Global Land Programme (GLP) 2021 Asia Conference, which will be held in Sapporo, Japan on 14–17 September, 2021. The conference focuses on hazards, disasters, and Land Science for SDGs in the Asian and global contexts.

Papers selected for this Special Issue are subjected to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications in the environment.

Dr. Ram Avtar
Dr. Yunus P. Ali
Prof. Dr. Teiji Watanabe
Guest Editors

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