Geospatial Data for Landscape Change (Second Edition)
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2025 | Viewed by 91
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Interests: visual landscape; visibility analysis; land use changes; urban studies; citizen science
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Dear Colleagues,
Changes to landscapes occur in time and space due to natural as well as anthropogenic factors; however, structural and functional changes in landscape mosaics are mostly induced by human society. Humans, by instigating changes in land use, change the ecological and physiognomic properties of a landscape. The process of landscape transformation is multi-directional, hence scientists' efforts to quantify and understand the interdependent factors, dynamics, and ecological and socio-economic consequences of the process. Knowledge of landscape dynamics is a prerequisite for sustainable landscape planning and management. This is the core principle of this Special Issue.
Geospatial data, derived from remote-sensing Earth observation programs, allows the landscape scientist community to examine past landscapes and learn from them for future research. At the same time, modern remote sensing sensors capture contemporary landscapes at impressive resolutions; thus, the task of integrating multi-temporal and diverse geospatial data is challenging. This Special Issue aims to present research results in the field of landscape change carried out using geospatial data, not being limited to remote sensing datasets alone. Every landscape scale and Earth region matters if processes and patterns of landscape change are explained at the ecological as well as socio-economical level.
We invite researchers to present the results of their research devoted to landscape changes in the broadest sense. Articles regarding land-use changes using archival satellite data which also forecast these changes will be especially welcome. Bearing in mind the widespread access to 3D point cloud datasets, we also encourage authors to discuss the issue of 4D landscape transformation.
While 2D landscape metrics are already a well-discussed issue, there are still no scientific reports in the field of 3D geodata for landscape metrics analysis. Last but not least, the transformations of landscapes in terms of visual values is an important topic of research.
Dr. Szymon Chmielewski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- space-time landscape analysis
- landscape quality assessment and monitoring
- LULC change detection
- landscape 3D mapping and monitoring
- landscapes in a changing climate
- people’s perception of landscape change
- changes in landscape analysis approaches
- landscape geospatial visualization
- geospatial data of moon and mars landscape mapping
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