Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications in Urban Environments VII / edited by Thilo Erbertseder, Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Ying Zhang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zhang, Ying, editor.

Erbertseder, Thilo, editor.

Chrysoulakis, Nektarios, editor.

Series:

Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering.

Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Remote sensing--Congresses.

Remote sensing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 pages).

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : SPIE, 2022.

Summary:

The global urbanization constitutes an epochal transformation of the Earth. Since 2007 for the first time in human history more people have lived in cities than in the countryside. According to the United Nations in 2050, around 75% of the worldwide population will be living in cities. The population density, traffic and infrastructure, environmental and energy problems, climate change, migration, demographic change, aspects of vulnerability and sustainability, new forms of mobility and sharing--unprecedented challenges and opportunities are continuously arising. In any case, the urban environment plays a major role in the development of humanity and the quality of life of the individual citizen. The Corona-pandemic poses an unprecedented threat to the urban society. The resulting lockdowns in 2020 affected all areas of life to a considerable extent with impacts on the urban atmosphere, environment and landscape. Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications offer a wealth of possibilities and opportunities to monitor the urban environment, to support planning processes, to enhance the availability of relevant information, to shape the resilient and sustainable city and to improve the quality of life of citizens.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SPIE, viewed May 5, 2023).

ISBN:

1-5106-5542-5