Geospatial Challenges in the 21st Century

Key Challenges in Geography Research with Geospatial Technologies.- Part I: Geospatial Challenges and Geographical Problems.- The Geographical Information Systems: Tools for the Effective Management of the Cultural Heritage in the Event of Natural Disasters.- Using Geospatial Technologies in Mapping the Distribution and Quality of Ecosystems.- Linking Real Geographies and Virtual Realities with Immersive Geospatial Technologies.-Location Is Value: Spatial and Business Modelling Integration.- Mining Big Data for Tourist Hot Spots: Geographical Patterns of Online Footprints.- Contribution of GIS and Hydraulic Modeling to the Management of Water Distribution Network.- Challenges of Remote Sensing Evaluation of Spatial and Temporal Variations in Land Surface Temperature.- Part II: Geospatial Challenges and Geographical Skills.- Web Map Application to Support Spatial Planning, Decision-making and Transition Towards Climate-smart Landscapes in the Tata Hills, Kenia.- The Role of Geographic Technologies in the Measure of Spatial Equity. 21st Century Solutions for Old Geographic Issues.- Changing River Courses and Border Determination Challenges - The Case of the Slovenian-Croatian Border.- Cultural Heritage and Collective Knowledge.- Geoweb Methods and Tools for Public Participation in Urban Planning: Selected Cases from Poland.- The Quest to Define the Knowledge and Skills Needed by Geospatial Professionals.- Uncertainty Challenge in Geospatial Analysis. An Approximation from the Land Use Cover Change Modelling Perspective.- The Pervasive Challenge of Error and Uncertainty in Geospatial Data.

The Editors of this book are all part of the Presidium for the European Association of Geographers (EUROGEO), which was established in collaboration with the European Commission in 1979. Since 1987 it has had participatory status in the Council of Europe. In 2017 UN ECOSOC granted EUROGEO special consultative status for United Nations. In addition, EUROGEO created the Geocube, a tool for promoting what geography is and what geographers do.

Prof. Karl Donert is President of EUROGEO and Prof. Kostis Koutsopoulos and Prof. Dr. Rafael de Miguel González both currently serve as Vice President.


Both Kostis Koutsopoulos and Rafael de Miguel González are currently Series Editors for "Key Challenges in Geography", the EUROGEO Book Series published by Springer.


Prof. Dr. Kostis Koutsopoulos completed his undergraduate studies in Greece and then went to the USA, where he obtained his MSc and PhD degrees as well as a postgraduate diploma at the Departments of Geography and Civil Engineering of the University of California. He began his career teaching at the University of Auburn in the United States and in 1979, at the age of 34, he was elected Professor at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He served as Director of the Laboratory of Geography and Space Analysis from 1981 to 2011.


His fields of expertise include Spatial Analysis, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Survey Engineering.


Prof. Dr. Rafael de Miguel González received his BA in Geography (summa cum laude) from the University of Zaragoza, Spain and his BA in Geography from the University of Nancy (France). MA in Urban Geography and Planning from the Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris (France), in 1996 and a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Paris (France) in 1999. He subsequently received his second PhD in Geography Education from the University of Valladolid (Spain).