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Ecosystem Services from Space as Evaluation Metric of Human Well-Being in Deprived Urban Areas of the Majority World
This chapter presents a concise synthesis of recent research efforts, emphasizing the combined use of ecosystem services and landscape metric...
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COVID-19 Cases Distribution: Pre and Post Achievement of Herd Immunity in Johor Bahru
Public Health issue, specifically COVID-19, has changed the landscape of economics, social interaction, medical services realm, mental well-being as...
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Map-Oriented Dashboards Online—From Minor Method to GIScience Trend
In recent years, dashboards have become very popular. Data providers from various industries discover the benefits of a visualization strategy based...
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Synergistic 3D Building Modeling: UAV and Laser Scanning Combination
Three-dimensional (3D) buildings can be used in many applications, such as assisting visualisations, better interpretation, supplementing maps,...
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Analyzing Urban Spatial Distribution in 2D and 3D for Smart City Planning and Zoning
Urban spatial distribution is becoming an important element in smart city planning and zoning. The rapid growth in distribution may be due to the...
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Geo-Smart City Flood Mitigation and Monitoring Using Geospatial Technology
The world today enjoys great benefits from the use of technology. Ease of information, accessibility and influence has increased tremendously over...
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Geo-Smart City Applications
By viewing the existing situation of rapid urbanization around the globe, it is very clear that more than 90% of the earth's population will be...
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Putting the Invisible on the Map: Low-Cost Earth Observation for Map** and Characterizing Deprived Urban Areas (Slums)
It is estimated that more than half of city dwellers in sub-Saharan Africa currently live in deprived urban areas, often called slums or informal...
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Assessing the Impact of Addis Ababa’s Successive Urban Policies on Farmland Loss, Food Insecurity and Economic Inequalities Using Earth Observation Data (1986–2022) (Yilak Kebede and Andreas Rienow)
Rapid urbanization in Africa and Asia is responsible for 80% of all global cropland losses caused by urban expansion. The lack of data has made it...
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Urban and Peri-Urban? Investigation of the Location of Informal Settlements Using Two Databases
Informal settlements are an integral feature of global urbanization, and their future dynamics will impact cities’ development. Current projections...
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Integration of Datasets Toward Slum Identification: Local Implementation of the IDEAMAPS Framework
We present a pilot implementation to identify and define slums spatially, using the integrated deprived area map** system (IDEAMAPS)’ deprivation...
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Applications of Low-Cost and Smart Mobile Devices for Railway Infrastructure Performance Assessment and Characterization
Railway infrastructures degrade due to numerous factors, leading to malfunctions, track irregularities and other faults that negatively impact the...
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Railway Bridges Health Monitoring Supported by Artificial Intelligence
This chapter discusses the detection of damages in railway bridges based on vibration responses induced by traffic and using bridge health monitoring...
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Statistical Approach to Visualize the Seven-Decadal Rainfall Variation as Response to Climate Change in a Semiarid Region of Karnataka, India
In this research, trend detection and analysis of rainfall during 1952–2019 have been performed using Mann-Kendall (MK) and Innovative Trend Analysis...
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Satellite Image-Based Drought Monitoring: Vision to Enhance Drought Resilience
Drought is the most challenging climate-related issue in the examined area because of the vast changes in the land-cover, the dynamics of the plants,...
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Advances in Soil Resource Management in Geoinformatics Domain: A Comprehensive Review
Soils provide nutrient and structural support to grow the plants. Hence, soil resource management entails the collection, characterization, analysis,...
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River Conservation and Water Resource Management
For living things to survive, water is necessary. The main sources of fresh water for agriculture, industry, and domestic use are rivers. They are...
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Machine Learning for Forest Fire Risk and Resilience
Machine learning (ML) is currently the most promising and widely adopted technology in the geospatial industry. With the explosion of spatial data...
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Resilience & Vulnerability: Concepts and Policy Contexts
Climate change is an unparalleled global challenge, with profound implications for the environment, societies, and economies. As the Earth’s climate...
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Protecting Privacy in Volunteered Geographic Information Processing
Social media data is used for analytics, e.g., in science, authorities, or the industry. Privacy is often considered a secondary problem. However,...