Special Issues

Resource and Environmental Information Modeling - 2nd Edition

Submission Deadline: 31 December 2026 View: 558 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editor(s)

Prof. Manchun Li

Email: limanchun@nju.edu.cn

Affiliation: Department of Geographic Information Science, School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

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Research Interests: geographic information system, remote Sensing


Dr. Nan Xia

Email: xianan@nju.edu.cn

Affiliation: Department of Geographic Information Science, School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, China

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Research Interests: analysis and modeling of geographic big data


Summary

The exploitation and utilization of resources is of great significance to human production and life, while this process have greatly influenced both natural environments and man-made environments. Understanding the interactions between resources and environments from perspective of the geographic information is crucial to the sustainable and high-quality development. This special issue aims to bring together research contributions of a wide range of research topics, from spatial-temporal analysis to geographic knowledge discovery, ensuring comprehensive coverage of the latest trends in geographic modeling on the resources and environments.


Topics of Interest:
This special issue welcomes original research, review articles, case studies, and technical notes related, but are not limited, to the following topics:
1. Spatial analysis and pattern mining of resource and environment.
2. Dynamic evolution process of environment factors and resources.
3. Spatial interaction modeling on socio-economic factors and environments.
4. Geographic intelligence techniques and system simulation.
5. Spatial optimization considering resource and environment constraints.
6. Comprehensive analysis and modeling based on geographic big data.
7. Data integration and geographic knowledge discovering.
8. Policies and recommendations for resource and environment management.
9. Application and demonstration of resource and environmental information system.


Keywords

geographic information science, geographic modeling, resources and environment, GeoAI techniques, spatial analysis

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Urbanization-Driven Indirect Effects on Vegetation: Spatial Heterogeneity and Long- and Short-Run Dynamics in Nanjing

    Xiankai Ji, Manchun Li, Nan Xia
    Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Vol.35, pp. 315-332, 2026, DOI:10.32604/rig.2026.084921
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Resource and Environmental Information Modeling - 2nd Edition)
    Abstract Against the backdrop of rapid global urbanization, revealing the indirect ecological effects triggered by urban environmental restructuring and human management interventions carries early-warning significance for preventing cliff-like vegetation degradation driven by unchecked urban expansion. Existing studies predominantly rely on linear assumptions and neglect the temporal lags inherent in ecological responses, making it difficult to capture the long-run and short-run dynamics as well as potential nonlinear thresholds of indirect impacts. Using Nanjing as the study region, this research constructs a spatiotemporal panel dataset at 1 km × 1 km resolution based on multi-source remote sensing data… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Terrain Controls on NDVI Spatial Variability under Post-Harvest Conditions: A UAV-Based Geomorphometric and Machine Learning Approach in Mediterranean Croplands

    Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, María Teresa González-Moreno, Lucía Moreno-Cuenca, Laura Cambronero-Ruiz, Clemente Irigaray, Francisco Serrano Bernardo, Víctor Hugo Durán Zuazo, Jesús Fernández-Gálvez, Andrés Caballero-Calvo, Víctor Rodríguez-Galiano
    Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Vol.35, pp. 333-349, 2026, DOI:10.32604/rig.2026.081503
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Resource and Environmental Information Modeling - 2nd Edition)
    Abstract Soil degradation in Mediterranean agricultural systems is strongly conditioned by topography, water redistribution and solar exposure, factors that can be effectively studied using very high-resolution remote sensing. This study evaluates the potential of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-derived geomorphometry combined with machine learning techniques to analyse the spatial variability of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as a surface spectral response under post-harvest conditions in a Mediterranean cereal field affected by soil degradation and gully erosion, located near Casabermeja (Málaga, southern Spain). High-resolution RGB and multispectral UAV data were used to generate a Digital Terrain Model… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Identification of Groundwater Potential Sites Using GIS and RS Techniques: Case Study of Timergara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Fayaz Ullah Shinwari, Mumtaz Ali Khan, Saad Khan, Rizwan Niaz, Mansour Almazroui
    Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Vol.35, pp. 273-290, 2026, DOI:10.32604/rig.2026.080586
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Resource and Environmental Information Modeling - 2nd Edition)
    Abstract Groundwater is an essential resource contributing substantially to the annual total water supply. It enables agricultural irrigation and provides billions of people with their main source of drinking water. But overuse of groundwater has decreased its supply and, in certain places, resulted in soil subsidence. In the complex hydrogeological terrain of Timergara, traditional groundwater exploration is challenging and costly, requiring more efficient mapping approaches. Groundwater recharge potential zones must be assessed in order to guarantee sustainable groundwater management. This study uses Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) methodologies to evaluate groundwater potential sites… More >

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