Theme

Nature of the Earth and Spatial Sustainability Development.

Topics

• Earth Observation Satellite Missions for Global Change Studies.
   
• Monitoring and modeling land use and land cover changes.
   
• Global geodetic observing systems for global change studies.
   
• Global land cover and change information services and systems.
   
• Remote Sensing of changes in snow and ice, frozen ground, ice sheets and glaciers and arctic water sea ice.
   
• Climate-induced hazards mapping and vulnerability assessment.
   
• Modeling and analyzing of impacts from sea level rise.
   
• Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS for predicting, monitoring and responding to hydro-meteorological extremes.
   
• Spatiotemporal modeling of global landscape dynamics.
   
• Quality assurance for global change databases.
   
• New earth observation systems for natural hazard monitoring.
   
• UAV systems for hazard mapping and damage assessment.
   
• Laser scanning for indoors mapping and evacuation simulations.
   
• Web based multidimensional GIS for disaster risk management.
   
• Multi-sensor integration for monitoring marine disasters.
   
• Mobile mapping for transportation emergency response.
   
• New geospatial technologies in early warning, forecasting and monitoring of natural hazard chains.
   
• Public participation GIS for disaster preparedness and planning.
   
• Foggy weather/heavy rain, impact on quality of life (e.g., car accidents).
   
• Red tide, impact on marine life and policy management.
   
• Sand twisters and rigorous winds.