In the last decades, 3D city models appear to have been predominantly used for
visualisation; however, today they are being increasingly employed in a number of domains …

Rapid population growth has had a significant impact on society, economy and environment,
which will challenge the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals …

Fine-scale population distribution data at the building level play an essential role in
numerous fields, for example urban planning and disaster prevention. The rapid …

The aim of this work is to discuss the potential of facades and other vertical features for the
photovoltaic potential of the cityscape. The photovoltaic potential in two representative case …

This study examines Shenzhen's potential for utilizing photovoltaics (PV) on buildings in
terms of residential electricity consumption. Based on its geographic information system …

Data on population at building level is required for various purposes. However, to protect
privacy, government population data is aggregated. Population estimates at finer scales can …

Elevation datasets (eg point clouds) are an essential but often unavailable ingredient for the
construction of 3D city models. We investigate in this paper to what extent can 3D city …

High spatial resolution urban population dataset is increasingly required for sustainable
urban planning and management. Dasymetric mapping is an effective approach to create …

Land-use maps are important references for urban planning and urban studies. Given the
heterogeneity of urban land-use types, it is difficult to differentiate different land-use types …

Fine-grained inner-annual population data are instrumental in climate change response,
resource allocation, and epidemic control. However, such data are currently scarce due to …