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It is increasingly being recognized that land use and land cover changes driven by anthropogenic pressures are impacting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and their services, human society, and human livelihoods and well-being. This Special Issue contains 12 original papers covering various issues related to land use and land use changes in various parts of the world (see references), with the purpose of providing a forum to exchange ideas and progress in related areas. Research topics include land use targets, dynamic modelling and mapping using satellite images, pressures from energy production, deforestation, impacts on ecosystem services, aboveground biomass evaluation, and investigations on libraries of legends and classification systems.

Environmental monitoring --- savannah --- multifunctionality --- protected areas --- conservation --- airborne laser scanning --- aboveground woody biomass --- CORINE land cover --- mapping of changes --- GIS tools --- land cover flows --- Low Tatras National Park --- land use and land cover --- ecosystem service value --- Google Earth Engine (GEE) --- forest fragmentation --- transboundary landscape --- Himalaya --- land-cover change --- MSPA --- cluster analysis --- land use management --- synthesis of land use/land cover definitions --- meta-analysis studies in land use/land cover --- challenges and knowledge gaps in land use/land cover assessments --- literature review --- land use change --- modeling --- scenario --- deforestation --- DINAMICA EGO --- PFBC landscapes --- Democratic Republic of the Congo --- tree diversity --- ecosystem resilience --- native tree --- urban environment --- urbanization --- land cover --- land use --- change mapping --- land use pressures --- energy production --- forestry --- caatinga domain --- digital classification --- remote sensing --- land consumption --- land re-naturalization --- developed land recycling --- urban land use efficiency --- interoperability --- standards --- geospatial --- semantic ontology --- harmonization --- classification --- urban growth --- land cover change --- driving forces --- n/a

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The management of natural resources can be approached using different data sources and techniques, from images registered by sensors of onboard satellites to UAV platforms, using remote sensing techniques and geographic information systems, among others. The variability of problems and projects to be analyzed, studied, and solved is very wide. This book presents a collection of different experiences, ranging from the location of areas of interest to the simulation of future scenarios of a territory at local and regional scales, considering spatial resolutions ranging from centimeters to hundreds of meters. The common objective of all the works compiled in this book is to support decision-making in environmental management.

secondary succession monitoring --- Natura 2000 threats --- tree detection --- archival photographs --- spectro-textural classification --- granulometric analysis --- GLCM --- alpine grassland --- fractional vegetation cover --- ground survey --- precision evaluation --- multi-scale LAI product validation --- PROSAIL model --- EBK --- crop growth period --- adaptive K-means algorithm --- heavy industry heat sources --- NPP-VIIRS --- active fire data --- night-time light data --- spatial autocorrelation --- spatial pattern --- spatial relationship --- natural wetlands changes --- associated influencing factors --- mainland China --- farmland abandonment mapping --- textural segmentation --- aerial imagery --- land use --- Poznań --- agent based modeling --- disaster management --- resource allocation --- high severity level --- first come first serve --- geographical information system --- bearing capacity --- analytic hierarchy process --- geographical survey of national conditions --- hotspot analysis --- topsis algorithm --- automatic identification system data --- 21st Century Maritime Silk Road region --- oil flow analysis --- maritime oil chokepoint --- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome --- seismic parameters --- GIS --- seismicity --- spatial analysis --- b-value --- earthquake catalog --- future scenarios --- prelude --- dynamic of land use --- Spatial Decision Support System, CORINE Land Cover --- remote sensing --- geographic information system

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Coastal regions are susceptible to rapid changes, as they constitute the boundary between the land and the sea. The resilience of a particular segment of coast depends on many factors, including climate change, sea-level changes, natural and technological hazards, extraction of natural resources, population growth, and tourism. Recent research highlights the strong capabilities for remote sensing applications to monitor, inventory, and analyze the coastal environment. This book contains 12 high-quality and innovative scientific papers that explore, evaluate, and implement the use of remote sensing sensors within both natural and built coastal environments.

Research & information: general --- big data applications --- data processing --- data visualization --- neural networks --- reduction --- coastal waters --- urban expansion --- remote sensing and GIS --- expansion types and rates --- major explanatory factors --- Miami metropolitan area --- cliff coastlines --- cliff retreat --- time-series analysis --- airborne laser scanner --- warm upwelling --- sea surface temperature --- numerical modelling --- winter --- southern Baltic Sea --- beach monitoring --- mobile terrestrial LiDAR --- intensity calibration --- beach surface moisture --- Baltic coast --- Poland --- CORINE Land Cover --- land cover flow --- urbanisation --- afforestation --- deforestation --- spatial analysis --- SDGs --- coastal habitats --- ecosystem monitoring --- land cover mapping --- random forest algorithm --- Sentinel-2 --- modified soil-adjusted vegetation index 2-MSAVI2 --- normalized difference water index 2-NDWI2 --- brightness index 2-BI2 --- oil spill --- remote sensing --- review --- machine learning --- deep learning --- trajectory modeling --- vulnerability assessment --- coastal geomorphology --- shoreline change --- coastal process --- monitoring --- geomatic techniques --- Po River Delta --- archival multi-temporal data --- coastline changes --- emerged/submerged surfaces --- land subsidence --- relative sea level rise 2100 --- land cover --- dune coast --- air photograph --- South Baltic Sea --- coastal monitoring --- estuaries --- IoT --- lidar

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Energies is open to submissions for a Special Issue on “Renewable Energy Production from Energy Crops and Agricultural Residues”. Biomass represents an important source of renewable and sustainable energy production. Its increasing consumption is mainly related to the increase in global energy demand and fossil fuel prices, but also to a lower environmental impact compared to non-renewable fuels. These factors take RED II directives into consideration. In the past, forestry interventions were the main supply source of biomass, but in recent decades two others sources have entered the international scene. These are dedicated energy crops and agricultural residues, which are important sources of biomass for biofuel and bioenergy. Below, we consider four main value chains: • Oil crops: Oil production from non-food oilseed crops (such as camelina, Crambe, safflower, castor, cuphea, cardoon, etc.), oil extraction, and oil utilization for fuel production. • Lignocellulosic crops: Biomass production from perennial grasses (miscanthus, giant reed, switchgrass, reed canary grass, etc.), woody crops (willow, poplar, Robinia, eucalyptus, etc.), and agricultural residues (pruning, maize cob, maize stalks, wheat chaff, sugar cane straw, etc.), considering two main transformation systems: 1. Electricity/heat production 2. Second-generation ethanol production • Carbohydrate crops (cereals, sweet sorghum, sugar beets, sugar cane, etc.) for ethanol production. • Fermentable crops (maize, barley, triticale, Sudan grass, sorghum, etc.) and agricultural residues (chaff, maize stalks and cob, fruit and vegetable waste, etc.) for production of biogas and/or biomethane.

Research & information: general --- Technology: general issues --- bioenergy --- crop by-products --- harvesting methods --- maize cob --- wheat chaff --- combine harvesting --- olive groves --- pruning --- stationary chipper --- harvesting system --- hog fuel --- pruning supply chain --- populus --- biomass --- yield energy value --- lower heating value --- ash content --- sulphur --- circular bioeconomy --- oil crops --- agricultural residues --- thermophysical and chemical features --- wheat --- straw --- weed seed --- biocommodity --- threshing --- pruning harvesting --- biomass quality --- slope --- work productivity --- bioresource --- cereals --- commodity --- harvest index --- staple foods --- triticum --- Miscanthus x giganteus --- environmental impact --- agricultural production --- digestate --- eucalyptus --- woody biomass --- storage of fine wood chips --- moisture content --- calorific value --- dry matter loss --- Eucalyptus --- tree whole stem --- firewood logs --- storage system --- renewable energy --- harvesting --- suitable areas --- Central Italy --- Corine Land Cover --- short rotation coppice --- Salix --- genotype × site interaction --- nitrogen content --- sulphur content --- willow biomass --- soil organic carbon --- life cycle assessment --- spatial analysis --- greenhouse gas emissions --- energy return on investment --- lignocellulosic biomass --- hydrothermal pretreatment --- enzymatic hydrolysis --- sugar yield --- high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis --- externalities --- economic analysis --- willow biomass production --- new varieties --- sustainable production --- renewable energy sources --- biofuels --- agriculture residues --- forecasting --- modelling --- Poland --- work performance --- harvesting loss --- fuelwood --- cable yarder --- CO2 emission --- pine plantations --- time study --- energy efficiency --- agroenvironmental mapping --- energy crop --- Jatropha curcas L. --- land suitability --- bio-based supply chains --- integrated biomass logistical center --- mixed integer programming model

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Energies is open to submissions for a Special Issue on “Renewable Energy Production from Energy Crops and Agricultural Residues”. Biomass represents an important source of renewable and sustainable energy production. Its increasing consumption is mainly related to the increase in global energy demand and fossil fuel prices, but also to a lower environmental impact compared to non-renewable fuels. These factors take RED II directives into consideration. In the past, forestry interventions were the main supply source of biomass, but in recent decades two others sources have entered the international scene. These are dedicated energy crops and agricultural residues, which are important sources of biomass for biofuel and bioenergy. Below, we consider four main value chains: • Oil crops: Oil production from non-food oilseed crops (such as camelina, Crambe, safflower, castor, cuphea, cardoon, etc.), oil extraction, and oil utilization for fuel production. • Lignocellulosic crops: Biomass production from perennial grasses (miscanthus, giant reed, switchgrass, reed canary grass, etc.), woody crops (willow, poplar, Robinia, eucalyptus, etc.), and agricultural residues (pruning, maize cob, maize stalks, wheat chaff, sugar cane straw, etc.), considering two main transformation systems: 1. Electricity/heat production 2. Second-generation ethanol production • Carbohydrate crops (cereals, sweet sorghum, sugar beets, sugar cane, etc.) for ethanol production. • Fermentable crops (maize, barley, triticale, Sudan grass, sorghum, etc.) and agricultural residues (chaff, maize stalks and cob, fruit and vegetable waste, etc.) for production of biogas and/or biomethane.

bioenergy --- crop by-products --- harvesting methods --- maize cob --- wheat chaff --- combine harvesting --- olive groves --- pruning --- stationary chipper --- harvesting system --- hog fuel --- pruning supply chain --- populus --- biomass --- yield energy value --- lower heating value --- ash content --- sulphur --- circular bioeconomy --- oil crops --- agricultural residues --- thermophysical and chemical features --- wheat --- straw --- weed seed --- biocommodity --- threshing --- pruning harvesting --- biomass quality --- slope --- work productivity --- bioresource --- cereals --- commodity --- harvest index --- staple foods --- triticum --- Miscanthus x giganteus --- environmental impact --- agricultural production --- digestate --- eucalyptus --- woody biomass --- storage of fine wood chips --- moisture content --- calorific value --- dry matter loss --- Eucalyptus --- tree whole stem --- firewood logs --- storage system --- renewable energy --- harvesting --- suitable areas --- Central Italy --- Corine Land Cover --- short rotation coppice --- Salix --- genotype × site interaction --- nitrogen content --- sulphur content --- willow biomass --- soil organic carbon --- life cycle assessment --- spatial analysis --- greenhouse gas emissions --- energy return on investment --- lignocellulosic biomass --- hydrothermal pretreatment --- enzymatic hydrolysis --- sugar yield --- high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis --- externalities --- economic analysis --- willow biomass production --- new varieties --- sustainable production --- renewable energy sources --- biofuels --- agriculture residues --- forecasting --- modelling --- Poland --- work performance --- harvesting loss --- fuelwood --- cable yarder --- CO2 emission --- pine plantations --- time study --- energy efficiency --- agroenvironmental mapping --- energy crop --- Jatropha curcas L. --- land suitability --- bio-based supply chains --- integrated biomass logistical center --- mixed integer programming model