Applications of Geospatial and Information Technologies Toward Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable development is possible by holistically prioritizing urban and rural development activities by capturing many complexities, constraints, and livelihood opportunities. In this context, United Nations (UN) designed a blueprint containing seventeen interlinked Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address the global challenges, including climate change, environmental degradation, peace, poverty, inequality, and justice. The achievement of SDGs and their universality would be possible through readily available data from affordable sources such as remote sensing images and readily available sources. The spatio–temporal data analysis is crucial for assessing, monitoring, and decision-making and becomes integral in addressing SDG indicators. However, the advancement and availability of an enormous amount of earth observation data increased the need for new methods and techniques. Nowadays, the integration of geospatial technologies along with information and communication technology (ICT) like the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), advanced sensor networking, and crowdsourcing has made a powerful analytic platform for Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS). This chapter comprehensively reviews and documents the scope and application of geospatial and information and communication technology and its role in action plan formulation toward achieving SDGs.

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Conclusion: Spatial Information Technology for Sustainable Development Goals

A review of scientific advancements in datasets derived from big data for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals

Utilizing geospatial information to implement SDGs and monitor their Progress

Abbreviations

Automatic identification system

Gross domestic product

Global positioning system

International business machines

Information and communication technology

Internet of things

Land surface temperature

Massive open online courses

Regional space applications programme for sustainable development

Sustainable development goals index

Sustainable development goals

Sustainable development solutions network

Spatial decision support system

Small island developing states

United Nations economic and social commission for Asia and the Pacific

Volunteered geographic information

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Authors and Affiliations

1. Cognizant Technology Solutions, Hyderabad, 500001, India Srabani Das & Kuntal Ganguly
2. Soil and Land Resources Assessment Division, National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500037, India Tarik Mitran
3. Environmental System Research Institute, India, Ecospace, Kolkata, 700091, India Surya Deb Chakraborty

1. Srabani Das