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Project Report: Workshop on Geospatial Technology Applied to Smart and Sustainable Coastal Cities. 2-7 December, 2019

Project Report: Workshop on Geospatial Technology Applied to Smart and Sustainable Coastal Cities. 2-7 December, 2019

The training course aimed at increasing the capacity in the application of geospatial tools in SSCC context; and demonstrating the existing and emerging decision support technology and tools, the workshop covered the following topics:
1. Understanding Smart Sustainable Coastal Cities and Smart Technologies
2. Identifying and mapping urban growth patterns and urban expansion trajectories
3. Remote Sensing – Land-use classification and change detection
4. Climate change vulnerability assessments for coastal cities (i.e. coastal flooding and storms,
inundation, climate extreme events)
5. Decision support tools for cities including Mobile Apps and analytics enhanced visualization
6. Land use change prediction

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