 | GSUD 2022: Geoinformatics for Sustainable Urban Development |
| Website | https://easychair.org/cfp/gsud2022 |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gsud2022 |
| Abstract registration deadline | April 15, 2022 |
| Submission deadline | May 31, 2022 |
Call for book chapters
Geoinformatics for Sustainable Urban Development
Cities are also at the centre of the sustainability debate as to the sites where many sustainability problems become apparent. At the same time cities are also regarded as providing a scale on which sustainability challenges can be addressed most efficiently. In addition to questions of conceptualization of transitions in an urban context, this series includes the quest of cities to accelerate and stimulate transitions to sustainability. The concept of urban transition was developed in the last decade in Europe and it is increasingly being applied worldwide. This book will lead to compelling new insights for an international audience into how cities address the sustainability challenges they face on shared principles of a transitions approach. The 21st century unfolds as an urban century. The world is increasingly getting urbanized and Indian society is gradually transforming from a rural-dominated to an urban-oriented society. The COVID pandemic, climate change, and sustainable development goals, whatever we speak, think and study, we cannot do without urban. Having an urban population more than of the United States of America and still expected to rise in numbers, the world is struggling to manage the urban areas sustainably and has failed to give a quality urban life to the urbanites. There are various stress and shocks related to urban, and much more unexpected are waiting for us. Increasing sprawl and slum conditions in major cities create hidden and messy urbanization across the globe. Remote sensing is playing a vital role in solving urban and environmental challenges at the landscape level. Globally, more than half of the urban population is living in the urban area, and the majority of the world’s population is facing several environmental and societal challenges (e.g., climate change impacts, land encroachment, green infrastructure depletion, environmental degradation, mobility, and rural-urban transformation etc.) due to increased anthropogenic interventions. Mapping and quantification of such challenges at the landscape level are very crucial for urban professionals and researchers using traditional techniques. In addition, such challenges are sometimes hidden in several urban and ecological planning documents that can easily be uncovered with remote sensing technology to support urban and ecological sustainability. This present book tries to present the major applications of geospatial technology in an urban area including the Indian context. It is a contribution to building sustainable cities. This aims to provide timely coverage of the theory and practice of urban sustainability transitions. In modern societies, cities are centres of social and economic activity and are the places where most of the population lives.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions to GSUD 2022 can be made in one of the following two categories: (1) regular papers (2) tool and benchmark papers. The primary focus of “regular papers” (submission length: 15-20 pages, excluding references) should be to describe new research ideas supported by experimental implementation and evaluation of the proposed research ideas. The primary focus of “tool and benchmarks papers” should be to describe the design, development, and evaluation of new tools/techniques and methods. Submissions in the “regular papers” category are also encouraged.
The submissions in both categories will be evaluated to the same standards in terms of novelty, scientific value, demonstrated usefulness, and potential impact on the field. The nature of the contribution differs between the two categories (new research idea vs. new tool/ techniques) and papers will be evaluated based on the intended nature of the contribution, as declared by the chosen paper category at the time of the submission. The chosen category at the time of the submission cannot be changed after the submission deadline.
Double-blind submission guidelines apply to the submissions in both categories. All chapters must be original (and Unpublished) and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference or book. The following chapter categories are welcome:
- Full chapters require at least 15-20 pages (minimum).
- Survey articles will be considered. SLR is accepted.
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- 1–2 page Abstracts
- 15+ page Research Papers
Note: This is the first book that includes Geoinformatics for Sustainable Urban Development (including its importance for the smart era).
List of Topics
- Trends of Urbanism
- Understanding the emerging Urbanism
- Current challenges of Urbanism in India
- Urban transformation
- Urbanisation scenario of Indian mega-cities
- Urban Governance Tools and Approaches
- Physical And Social Characteristics
- Quantity & Quality of Services and Efficiency of Delivery
- Costs and distribution of resources
- Social Development, Security & Justice
- Essential Functions And Service Delivery
- Urban Infrastructure
- Green And Blue Space Analysis
- Utility Mapping And Facility Management
- Transport Network Analysis And Site Suitability Analysis
- Solid Waste Management
- Technologies for mapping, modelling and managing urban areas
- Remote sensing system for urban areas
- The complexity of urban areas
- Approaches of information extraction from remote sensing datasets.
- Spatial technologies for managing resources.
- Role of Geoinformatics in building resilient
- Urban Analytics
- Urban Environmental Assessment
- Urban hotspot analysis
- Urban health
- Urban demography
- Urban Planning
- Urban growth and development studies in India
- Planning climate-smart and future cities
- Smart planning and smart solutions in Indian cities
- Sustainable cities
- The Rural-Urban Interface
- Urban outgrowth
- Suburbanization
- Urban fringe
- Umland
- Case Studies
- Case studies from developed, developing and under-developed countries
- Cases of Suburbanization
- Cases for Urban fringe development
Review Process
All manuscripts will be reviewed by the panel of reviewers and evaluated on originality, the relevance of the problem to the conference theme, technical strength, rigour in analysis, quality of results, and organization and clarity of presentation of the paper. Authors are highly encouraged to list the key contributions of their paper, for example in a separate paragraph in the introduction of the paper. The review process is “single-blind” (i.e., authors can list their names on the paper), and there will be a rebuttal period.
The initial decision for the submission may be Accept, Reject or Revise. Papers that are recommended for revision will have to address the comments from the reviewers and submit a revised article along with a summary of changes. This will go through a light review and the final decision will be communicated.
Publication
GSUD 2022 book chapter will be published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), USA, which is indexed Scopus.
Note that there are no publishing charges for publishing your research work in this book.
It covers major technological advancements, and leading international experts discuss the applications, challenges, and future prospects of research in this increasingly vital field, providing a valuable resource for all researchers working in this field. This comprehensive description and discussion are presented at a level that makes it accessible to the interested academic. Starting with a historical overview, the text outlines the relevance of photovoltaics today and in the future. Researchers and technologists need to have an insight into the implementation of the challenges entails, and this book presents practical constraints, operational considerations, and the latest research results. The book should be of great interest to students as well as professionals undertaking feasibility studies, development and implementation, technical assistance, and training assignments. Political action and pressure groups will also find the text useful for developing energy policies.
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Prospective authors are invited to submit original and previously unpublished papers through the Easy chair research management system.
Research Contribution Type
The following paper categories are welcome:
- Long papers (15-20 pages + 2-page references, single column): Long papers should present original research work and be no longer than sixteen pages in total: fourteen pages for the main text of the paper (including all figures but excluding references), and two additional pages for references.
- Short papers (7-10 pages + 1-page reference, single column): Short papers may report on works in progress, descriptions of available datasets, as well as data collection efforts. Short paper submissions should be no longer than nine pages in total: eight pages for the main text of the paper (including all figures but excluding references), and one additional page for references.
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome (but not limited to):
- Technical Design Papers
- Scientific Evaluation Papers/Systematic Review
- Case reports
- Analysis
- Vision Papers
Important Dates
Chapter proposal/Abstract submission: 15th April 2022 (max. 500 words)
Acceptance notification: 30th April 2022
Full chapter’s submission: 15th May 2022 (max. 5 to 7 tables/figures, 15 to 20 pages, 10000 to 25000 words)
Full chapter acceptance notification: 15th May 2022
Final and revised chapters due to 20th May 2022
Papers must be written in English and can be up to 15 to 20 pages in length (including references).
Abstract submission link: https://easychair.org/cfp/gsud2022
Please conform to the Chapter style. LaTeX preferred; an Overleaf template is available Sample Chapter.
Submit a PDF version of your paper via EasyChair.
This book will be published in CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), Publishing company
About Editors
Prof. Sulochana Shekhar is the Dean of the School of Earth Sciences and Head of the Department of Geography at the Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, India. She is the proud recipient of the Erasmus Mundus (European Commission) Fellowship, Commonwealth Academic Fellowship (United Kingdom) and Endeavour Research Fellowship (Australia). Her research interests include urban geography and the application of remote sensing and geospatial techniques in urban environments. She is presently teaching urban geography and the fundamentals and applications of Geoinformatics at the post-graduation level. She has worked on cellular automata-based urban growth models and urban sprawl assessment using entropy for her doctoral research. Object-based image analysis was the main theme of her post-doctoral research at ITC, Netherlands. She has previously worked on projects involving spatial decision support systems for slums (UCL, UK) and extraction of slums and urban green space using object-based image analysis (UTAS, Australia). She has completed major funded projects on housing the urban poor (HUDCO), and the environmental impact of urbanization (UGC-Major) using geospatial techniques. She has collaborated with Cambridge University, UK and completed the UKIERI research project on the interactive spatial decision support system for managing public health. She recently wrapped up a DST project about urban heat island studies using multi-source remote sensing data. Under this project, she has developed an urban spectral library for selected urban built-up surface materials. Currently, she is working on building sustainable and resilient cities.
Dr Deepak Kumar is currently working as Assistant Professor at AMITY University Uttar Pradesh, Noida( India). He has recently completed two government-sponsored research projects as sole principal investigator-sponsored by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and from Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Beyond these, his previous academic background is an amalgamation of computational sciences, geospatial technology, and engineering subjects. He has instructed various courses like Introduction to Geospatial Technology, Spatial Data Analysis and Modelling, Remote Sensing and GIS Application to Human Settlement and Urban Planning, Thermal and Microwave Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing and GIS Application to Environmental Studies, Satellite-Based Navigation System & Cartography. He has been revisiting a wide range of issues associated with traditional research activities but has his own ingest of thinking on other non-traditional/challenging areas/topics for the exchange of research activities. More preciously his teaching and research interests lie in Spatial Information Science, Spatial Data modelling and Analysis, Spatio-temporal Data Management & Geovisualization, Spatial and Fractal computing, Spatial Predictive analytics, Spatial cognition, Geoprivacy. He has published more than 35+ research publications in reputed journals of high impact and currently he is also supervising postgraduate and PhD research on sustainable smart cities.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to:
Submission Email: crcchapter2022@gmail.com
Contact Person (s):
Dr. Sulochana Shekhar
Professor & Dean
School of Earth Sciences,
Department of Geography,
Central University of Tamil Nadu, Neelakudi, Thiruvarur – 610 005, Tamil Nadu (India).
E-mail: sulochana@cutn.ac.in / suloshekhar@gmail.com
Mobile No.: +91-8123127188/9445242306
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2616-7701
Dr Deepak Kumar Assistant Professor Amity Institute of Geoinformatics & Remote Sensing (AIGIRS), J-1 Block, Ground Floor, AMITY UNIVERSITY Campus, Sector-125, NOIDA-201313, Uttar Pradesh (India). E-mail: deepakdeo2003@gmail.com Mobile No.: +91-9448675499 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4487-7755