Preface
Where is something happening? Are there similarities between different areas with respect to an attribute of interest? Which area is most susceptible to a particular hazard? These and many other questions can be answered if you take location into account in your analysis. Location plays an important role and has critical implications for many policy decisions regarding environment, biodiversity, and socio-economy. This area is increasingly being studied by researchers and practitioners from many disciplines. In particular, in the realization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and remote sensing (RS), data can play a pivotal role.
R and QGIS are two examples of open source software that ...
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