Advancements in urban environmental studies : application of geospatial technology and artificial intelligence in urban studies According to UN estimates approximately nearly half of the worlds population now lives in cities and that figure is expected to rise to almost 70% by 2050. Cities now account for around 70% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and this percentage is predicted to rise in the near future as a result of projected increases in global urbanization patterns. It is widely acknowledged that irrational urban planning and design can increase emissions while also exacerbating threats and risks resulting in a slew of environmental issues such as urban heat islands air pollution flooding amongst other issues as well as environmental social and economic losses. Therefore these concerns must be addressed promptly in order to cope up with these rising difficulties and make urban environments safer for residents.With the advancement of remote sensing technology and the use of current remote observation systems urban data science remote sensing and artificial intelligence (AI) modeling and quantifying emergent difficulties in urban regions and urban systems have become easy. They aid in the quantitative analysis of urban shape functions and human behavior in cities. Harvesting data developing models and suggesting new methodologies will be aided by combining urban ecology with new breakthroughs in data science. This book is of great value to a diverse group of academicians scientists students environmentalists meteorologists urban planners remote sensing and GIS experts with a common interest in geospatial sciences within the earth environmental sciences as well as human and social sciences