Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis - Call for Papers: Data-Driven Geospatial Approaches and Systems for Informed Decision Making in Sustainable Urban and Regional Development
Advancements in data-driven methods have transformed spatial planning, fostering informed decision-making and sustainable urban development. The complex interplay between data-driven insights and planning strategies is crucial for addressing urban challenges, resilient systems, and integrating open data and big data analytics. Urban dynamics reveal the evolving structures of modern cities, from global perspectives to sustainability trajectories, expanding our understanding. The intricate balance between urban sprawl, densification, and suburbanization is a focal point, supported by the increasing availability of spatiotemporal big data. Resilient urban and regional systems are vital for sustainable development. Navigating urban planning amidst climate change, innovative land policies, and green infrastructures are pivotal for adaptive urban spaces. Emphasis on energy transition, renewable energies, and socio-spatial inequalities underscores the importance of addressing environmental impacts. Urban forestry, flood mitigation, and management reinforce the imperative for resilient urban systems. The integration of open data and big data analytics into spatial planning is transformative. Governmental initiatives, interactive platforms, and citizen science enhance participation. Combined with artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced geospatial modeling, it offers unprecedented potential for new approaches in spatial planning, decision support, land use science, and urban ecosystem analysis.
This special issue aims to introduce, explore, and discuss innovative data-driven approaches in spatial analysis and visualization. It seeks to advance tools for decision support in spatial research and planning, facilitating the transition toward sustainable urban and regional systems. Geared towards academics in spatial sciences, information sciences, computer science, environmental studies, geography, cartography, GIScience, urban planning, and architecture, the collection emphasizes pioneering research contributions, methodologies, and applications in these interdisciplinary domains. The Topical Collection is open for contributions that may be theoretical, methodological, or applied in nature, related but not limited to the following topics:
- Spatial data analytics for transforming cities and regions
- AI/machine learning in spatial analysis and visualization
- Green and blue infrastructures
- Mapping socio-spatial inequalities
- Open data / big data in urban management infrastructure and platforms
- Decision support tools for land use planning
- VGI and participation tools in spatial research and planning
- Mapping and assessing ecosystem services
- Mapping and evaluation of accessibility to infrastructure facilities
- Geospatial techniques in urban weather, climate adaptation, urban forestry management, and flood mitigation strategies
- Nature-based solutions for sustainable urban development
- Spatio-temporal analysis of urban forms
- Modeling/Mapping Urban Heat, Air Pollution and urban sprawl
- Geospatial risk modeling
- Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and Tools
Contributors are invited to submit original research articles that align with the scope of the topical collection. Submissions must adhere to the journal's guidelines and will undergo a rigorous peer-review process. The journal follows a Continuous Article Publishing (CAP) model. Articles are immediately published online after acceptance and are assigned to the corresponding topical collection.
Manuscripts can be submitted under the following link: http://www.editorialmanager.com/jgsa/default.aspx (this opens in a new tab)
The topical collection (special issue) will be closed on June 30, 2024.
You can find the Instructions for Authors here (this opens in a new tab). Please direct any questions regarding the Special Issue to one of the guest editors:
Dr. Robert Hecht, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
E-mail: r.hecht@ioer.de
Dr. Shaily Gandhi, Center for Applied Geomatics, CEPT Research and Development Foundation, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
E-mail: shaily.gandhi@cept.ac.in
Manish Parmar, Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
E-mail: manish.parmar@sac.isro.gov.in