The built environment is undergoing a profound transformation driven by the integration of cutting-edge geospatial technologies. Smart Buildings and Cities with Remote Sensing and GIS serves as a comprehensive guide to navigating this transformation and bridges the gap between traditional architectural and planning practices and the innovative possibilities of remote sensing (RS) and geographic information systems (GIS).
The book demonstrates how architects, planners, and decisionmakers can use GIS and RS to design smarter, context-aware, and eco-friendly urban spaces. It explores innovative approaches for architecture, focusing on geospatial site analysis, net-zero energy building designs, heritage preservation, innovative virtual campus planning methodologies and even futuristic concepts like habitat design on the lunar surface.
Key features:
• Brings together contemporary geospatial technologies and their applications to address the challenges and opportunities in designing smart buildings and cities.
• Provides actionable solutions for professionals, researchers, and policymakers.
• Includes global contributions that provide diverse perspectives on smart city and building applications.
• Highlights how geospatial data-driven insights can revolutionize decisionmaking processes in urban planning and building design.
The work is designed for postgraduate students and researchers in the departments of architecture, planning, and geomatics, geoinformatics, software engineering.
Table of Contents:
Part I – Introduction 1. Introduction to Remote Sensing and GIS 2. Satellite Missions and Data Products Useful for Smart Buildings and Cities Part II – Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS in Architecture 3. Investigating the Potential of GIS and RS Integration for Habitation on the Lunar Surface: A Case Application on Shackleton Crater, Lunar South Pole 4. Smart Architectural Site Analysis with Remote Sensing and GIS 5. Methodology for GIS Enabled Virtual Campus Design 6. Feasibility of Achieving Net-Zero Energy Status at Guwahati University: A Solar Energy and Sustainable Practices Approach 7. Identifying the Gaps in Sustaining the Heritage Character of Villages: A Case of Garli and Pragpur, Himachal Pradesh 8. Application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Investigate the Relationship Between Tangible and Intangible Dimensions of Urban Heritage Part III - Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS in Planning 9. Solar Resource Development Suitability Analysis Using Remote Sensing and GIS – A Regional Perspective. 10. Weighing the Power of Street Network Design on Retail Success: Insights from Three Indian Cities 11. Land Cover Change Detection and Predictive Analysis of Associated Artificial Impervious Surfaces in a Part of Southwest Nigeria 12. Assessing the Impact of Surface Urban Heat Island on Urban Neighbourhoods - A Geospatial Analysis for Climate Justice in Mumbai 13. A Comparative Assessment of Methods for Identification of Road Traffic Crashes 14. A GIS based Evaluation of the Urban Rail Transit Corridor's Land Use and Development Patterns - Case Study of Chennai 15. Land Use Land Cover Mapping of San Diego Using AVIRIS Hyperspectral Imagery 16. Evaluating the Role of Urban Green Cover as an Inhibitor for Pollution Levels, A Case of Mysore, India 17. Assessing Urban Water Stream Pollution by Using Geospatial Technologies: An Urban Planning Perspective 18. GIS Based Delineation of Air Basins, Airsheds and Air Zones 19. Spatial Distribution of Land Degradation and Its Potential Considerations for a Sustainable Urban Planning Process in Egypt: A Geospatial Analysis Study 20. Cellular Automata-Based Simulation Model of Land Use for the Metropolitan Suburban Area – A Case Study of Chennai Metropolitan Area 21. Monitoring Sustainable Climate Smart Urban Development of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar Cities 22. Urban Sprawl Prediction Using Land Use Evolution and Impact Assessment Model (LIEM) for Ahmedabad City as A Heritage Importance 23. An Assessment of Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Urban Growth and Urban Sprawl Using Geospatial Prediction Models – A Case Study of Chennai Metropolitan Area 24. Assessing and Mapping Urban Green Spaces: A Novel Methodological Approach Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing 25. Advancements in Remote Sensing for Urban Green Space Monitoring: Methods, Technologies, and Case Studies 26. Comprehensive Approach for Analyzing Urban Green Spaces of Selected Cities of Gujarat, India 27. Analysis and Mapping of Existing Urban Green Spaces in the Metropolitan City of Bengaluru by Studying the Change in Land Use and Land Cover and Vegetation
28. Architecture Studio Manual to Conduct Geospatial Analysis for Assessing Urban Water Bodies and Green Spaces: A Case Study of Mysuru Drainage Districts
Contributors - Gagana B. K., Balaji V, Kaushik Rajesh
Index
About the Author :
Dr Shiv Mohan is a leading researcher and educator with specialization in microwave remote sensing of earth and lunar surface. During his service at ISRO, he initiated research programme related to microwave remote sensing applications. He was Principal Investigator of various SAR application projects awarded to him through international global announcement of opportunity projects from European Space Agency, Japanese Exploration Agency, Italian Space Agency and NASA/DLR. These experiments resulted into development of an in-house applications program for ISRO like Joint experiment program, Disaster SAR and Satellite SAR programs. He was the main architect of India’s first RISAT utilization program where he worked as Project Director until 2011. He was also lead contributor of Chandrayaan-1 Mini SAR water ice detection model and in the definition of Chandrayaan-2 dual frequency SAR payload. After retiring from ISRO, he worked with Planetary exploration program at Physical Research Laboratory where he evolved application of dual frequency microwave data for lunar water ice model, regolith depth modeling and crater morphology. He has served as a member of 70 technical committee of ISRO including RISAT-1, Chandrayaan-2 and future Venus’s mission. He has 320 research papers in Journals, conferences, ISRO reports and conducted about 190 tutorials on microwave remote sensing. He also served as visiting scientist at DLR, Germany during 1980 and 1981 and Chief Scientist, HARSAC, Haryana Government during 1998 to 2001. He is recipient of Indian National Remote Sensing award 1995, outstanding reviewer award from Elsevier, Netherland (2015) and IEEE GRSS outstanding service award (2022). Dr Shiv Mohan is presently visiting faculty at CEPT University, Gujarat University and IEEE GRSS Liaison for Asia Pacific region.
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Dr Navneet Munoth is an Architect and Urban Planner currently engaged at the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, an Institute of National Importance established by the Government of India. Dr Munoth pursued his Bachelor’s in Architecture from the National Institute of Technology Hamirpur and the subsequent Post-Graduation as well as Doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, one of the premier Institutions of India.
Dr Munoth has been serving in his current position as an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture and Planning, MANIT Bhopal for the past 14 years. He is also the Honorary Director of the Council of Architecture’s Training and Research Centre (COA-TRC) established in December 2018 at MANIT Bhopal.
Dr Munoth has also presented his research in the form of research papers and book chapters at several acclaimed International Conferences organized in India or abroad like in Singapore (National University of Singapore), Malaysia (University of Malaya) and Italy (University of Naples). Very recently, his research papers have also been accepted in international conferences at the University of East London (United Kingdom), Pusan National University (South Korea) and University of Aveiro, Portugal.
Dr Munoth has been awarded the prestigious 13th CIDC Vishwakarma Award for the year 2022 in the 26th CIDC Annual Day Ceremony conducted by the Construction Industry Development Council was set up by the erstwhile Planning Commission (now Niti Aayog) at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. He is the first Architect and Planner from the architecture and planning fraternity to receive this award for his academic as well as professional achievements and pursuits. In 2023, Dr Munoth revived K F Antia’ Memorial Prize by The Institution of Engineers (India) at Jabalpur (M.P.), India for the best research paper titled ‘Carbon Sequestration Potential of Urban Trees: A Case of Kolar Area in Bhopal City, India’ (published in the Series ‘A’ Journal of IEI, Vol. 103, Issue 2) has been selected for the subject prize. This is the fourth National level Award that he has gotten till now.
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Email – naneet.munoth@gmail.com
Ar. Neha Sharma is a geospatial engineer and architect with a passion for harnessing the power of data science to bridge the gap between technology and design. With over four years of industry experience, she currently thrives as a Product Engineer II - Geospatial Data Science at ESRI GeoAI R&D Center in New Delhi. Prior to this, she honed her expertise as a Software Engineer in the GeoAI Team at Larsen & Toubro (L&T-NxT, Mindtree, and LTIMindtree).
She recently completed an MS in Data Science from Liverpool John Moore University, England. Previously, she earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Data Science from IIIT Bangalore and an M. Tech in Geomatics from CEPT University in Ahmedabad, where she was recognized with the best capstone project award, the distinguished student award, the best portfolio award, and a merit scholarship. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MA-NIT), Bhopal, a Government of India-designated Institute of National Significance.
Neha is a member of the Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG) and the Institution of Engineers (India). She has been an active participant in national-level training programs, faculty development initiatives, and workshops organized by prestigious bodies like the Council of Architecture – Training and Research Center (CoA-TRC), IEEE GRSS, and MA-NIT, Bhopal. Neha has authored two research papers in national journals and symposiums and contributed a chapter to a Scopus-indexed book (2021).
She has received several honors and scholarships, including winning awards at L&T and Mindtree hackathons (2021 & 2022) and the prestigious GICEA Gold Medal 2020 bestowed by the Gujarat Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects (GICEA).
Her research interests include remote sensing, GIS, and spatial data science.
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Email – neha845sharma@yahoo.com
