Recent Progress in Earth Observation Data for Sustainable Development
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Observation Data".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2024) | Viewed by 9875
Special Issue Editors
Interests: forest conservation; climate, spatial analysis; biodiversity; connectivity; carbon monitoring
Interests: remote sensing; land use; land cover change; object detection; geospatial analysis
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Interests: crisis computing; disaster response; data for development; climate adaptation; computer vision; machine learning
Interests: earth obsevation; land cover and land-use change; lidar; monitoring and evaluation; sustainable development; science-policy interface
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The guiding principle of Sustainable Development is to ensure the Earth's natural ecosystems can provide essential services for human health, the economy, and society, without compromising resources for future generations. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 and provides a blueprint for peace and prosperity for all people on the planet and includes initiatives to improve health and education, reduce inequality and foster economic growth while addressing climate change and conserving natural ecosystems.
Earth Observation data have a tremendous potential to inform sustainable development efforts around the world, supporting individual developing countries along with international and regional development organizations. From environmental risk mapping to land use planning to real-time threat assessments, to monitoring climate change, urban planning and the impacts of natural disasters, specific and tailored spatial data collected from satellites, airplanes, and drones can play a crucial role in informing effective, strategic decisions that have a positive impact on people’s lives.
This Special Issue aims to showcase the value of EO for applications in sustainable development initiatives through, for example, rapid decision making and response, improved planning and strategic investment, and other novel scenarios to support people in developing countries and vulnerable situations. The goal of these EO initiatives for sustainable development is eventually to mainstream satellite technologies and promote technology transfer into development operations in the long term for the benefit of human society. These short communications can benefit the remote sensing community by sharing inspirational and creative uses of remotely sensed data which can be replicated to benefit other countries and organizations.
Short communications and perspectives on the applications of EO for supporting climate change mitigation, food security, land use planning, human migration issues, natural disaster response, and international aid programs are suggested themes for contributions to this Special Issue.
Dr. Aurelie Camille Shapiro
Dr. Do-Hyung Kim
Dr. Ferda Ofli
Dr. Anupam Anand
Dr. Rogerio Bonifaçio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable development
- climate change
- food security
- human health
- urban planning
- natural disasters
- environmental degradation
- international development
- earth observation data
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