Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics: Ict for Sustainable Solutions

This book is an outcome of the 33rd International Conference EnviroInfo 2019, held at the University of Kassel, Germany. It presents a selection of papers that describe innovative scientific approaches and ongoing research in environmental informatics and the emerging field of computational sustainability. The respective articles cover a broad range of scientific aspects including advances in core technologies such as earth observation, environmental modelling, big data and machine learning, as well as applications of ICT solutions intended to support societal transformation processes toward the more sustainable management of resource use, transportation and the energy supply. Given its scope, the book is essential reading for scientists, experts and students in these fields of research.

Rüdiger Schaldach is head of the research group for Land Use Systems at the Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR), University of Kassel, Germany. His research interests include spatial modelling and simulation of human-environment systems as well as questions related to sustainable land management and global change implications for ecosystems and societies.

Karl-Heinz Simon is a systems researcher, associated to the Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR), University of Kassel, Germany. His research interests are in modelling and simulation, socio-cybernetics, and in systems approaches to society-environment relationships.

Jens Weismüller  is a senior researcher of the Environmental Computing Team at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ). His research interests include algorithms and HPC implementations for hydrometeorologic as well as deep Earth applications.

Volker Wohlgemuth is a Professor for Industrial Environmental Informatics at the HTW Berlin, University of Applied Sciences. His research fields are material flow management, modeling and simulation, mobile computing and environmental management information systems.