Remote sensing imagery needs to be converted into tangible information which can be
utilised in conjunction with other data sets, often within widely used Geographic Information …

Rapid increase in population and growing concentration of capital in urban areas has
escalated both the severity and longer-term impact of natural disasters. As a result, Disaster …

Detailed land use, which is difficult to obtain, is an integral part of urban planning. Currently,
GPS traces of vehicles are becoming readily available. It conveys human mobility and …

Ethics is a central and growing concern in all applications utilizing artificial intelligence (AI).
Earth observation (EO) and remote sensing (RS) research relies heavily on both big data …

Portraying urban functional zones provides useful insights into understanding complex
urban systems and establishing rational urban planning. Although several studies have …

Up-to-date and reliable land-use information is essential for a variety of applications such as
planning or monitoring of the urban environment. This research presents a workflow for …

Cities are responsible for a large share of the global energy consumption. A third of the total
greenhouse gas emissions are related to the buildings sector, making it an important target …

The increase in the number and severity of weather extremes (including excessive heat)
potentially associated with climate change has highlighted the needs for research into risk …

Detailed and precise urban land-cover maps are crucial for urban-related studies. However,
there are limited ways of mapping high-resolution urban land cover over large areas. In this …

Cities are complex systems composed of numerous interacting components that evolve over
multiple spatio-temporal scales. Consequently, no single data source is sufficient to satisfy …