Remote Sensing and GeoAI for Waterbody Restoration and Sustainable Water Resource Management :: Special Issue

01About This Special Issue

Rivers, lakes, wetlands, groundwater systems and coastal waters are vital ecological habitats, cultural lifelines and drivers of economic growth, yet rapid urbanization, industrialization and climate change have pushed many of them to critical levels of stress. Conventional monitoring and management approaches are no longer sufficient. Advances in remote sensing and Earth observation, together with geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI), generative AI, digital twins, the Internet of Things and unmanned aerial vehicles, now make it possible to diagnose the causes of degradation, prioritize restoration and monitor outcomes at scales and speeds that were not possible before.

The primary goal of this special issue is to bring together recent high-quality research and applications that use remote sensing and allied geospatial technologies for the assessment, restoration and sustainable management of waterbodies and water resources. We invite contributions that explore the integration of remote sensing, GIS and artificial intelligence for water resources, with particular interest in applications in India and other rapidly developing regions, and in reproducible workflows that practitioners and policy makers can use.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Waterbody inventory, mapping and spatio-temporal change detection using optical, SAR, hyperspectral and thermal remote sensing
2. GeoAI, deep learning and computer vision for water resources
3. Foundation models, generative AI and large language models for environmental decision support
4. Water quantity assessment, hydrological monitoring and water availability
5. Water quality and pollution monitoring using satellite, UAV and in-situ sensor data
6. Ecological assessment, biodiversity and habitat monitoring of waterbodies
7. Climate change, floods, droughts and hydrological extremes, and their impact on critical infrastructure
8. Restoration prioritization, nature-based solutions and post-restoration performance monitoring
9. Digital twins, IoT sensor networks, cloud and big-data platforms, and immersive visualization (3D, AR/VR)
10. Remote sensing for water governance, integrated water resources management, and policy and SDG alignment

Types of articles welcomed: Original research articles, review articles (including bibliometric and systematic reviews), methodological papers, case studies, policy and governance studies, and open-science resources such as datasets and code.

Through this special issue, we aim to provide a state-of-the-art overview of how remote sensing and GeoAI can support evidence-based restoration and sustainable management of water resources. We welcome researchers from various disciplines, including remote sensing, hydrology, ecology, environmental science, computer science, planning and policy, to provide interdisciplinary perspectives on waterbody restoration and water resource management.

02Meet the Guest Editors

Our distinguished editors bring deep subject-matter expertise to curate high-quality research and ensure a rigorous peer-review process.

Lead Guest Editor

Navneet Munoth

Department of Architecture and Planning, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India

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American Journal of Remote Sensing