Classifying Urban Land Use by Integrating Remote Sensing and Social Media Data

Dear Colleagues,

Urban areas change and evolve at different pace around the globe. Understanding the complexity of cities and their corresponding socio-economic systems is crucial for desinging effective policies and avoid unintended consequences. Urban planning strategies and land use impact properties of livelihoods, such as access to energy, food, water and other necessary elements for sustainable development. Monitoring the evolution of land use in urban areas and surounding rural areas is key to assess the sustainability and resilience of communities. For this purpose, multiple and heterogeneous data sources may be required for bridging the gap between the planned landcover and urban layout and the emergent lifestyles, livelihoods and socio-economic structures. This special issue aims at gathering cutting-edge work around this topic and advocate for data-driven, systemic view of urban development.

The Special Issue “Classifying Urban Land Use by Integrating Remote Sensing and Social Media Data” is jointly organized between “Land” and “Earth” journals. Contributors are required to check the website below and follow the specific instructions for authors:
https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/journal/land/special_issues/urban_social
https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/journal/earth/special_issues/urban_socialdata

Dr. David Pastor-Escuredo
Dr. Alfredo J. Morales
Dr. Yolanda Torres
Guest Editors

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• urban development
• Sustainable Development Goals
• satellite imagery
• social data
• Machine Learning
• remote sensing