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Remote Sensing is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal about the science and application of remote sensing technology and is published semimonthly online by MDPI. The journal is indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Ei Compendex, PubAg, GeoRef, Astrophysics Data System, Inspec, dblp, and other databases. Journal Rank: (IF: 5.0) JCR – Q1 (Geosciences, Multidisciplinary) / CiteScore 7.9 – Q1 (General Earth and Planetary Sciences).

The study authored by Gulam Mohiuddin and Prof Dr Jan Peter Mund from Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development offers a comprehensive spatiotemporal exploration into how urbanization impacts land surface temperature (LST), focusing on the rapid urban development (Chbar Ampov District) around Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Utilizing Landsat imagery spanning from 2000 to 2021, the study has observed significant variability in LST driven by land use and cover changes alongside seasonal patterns.

Key findings include:

• LST variations ranging from 20°C to 69°C, significantly influenced by seasonal changes and urban development.
• Urban areas, notably those with reduced vegetation cover, exhibit elevated LST, contributing to the urban heat island effect.
• A replicable model for analyzing LST changes, providing crucial insights for urban planning and sustainable development strategies.

The research emphasizes the urgent need for integrated planning approaches that consider the environmental impacts of urban expansion, aiming to mitigate the urban heat island effect through sustainable urban planning practices. This study not only advances our understanding of LST dynamics in rapidly urbanizing regions but also demonstrates the usefulness of remote sensing as a tool for urban environmental analysis. 

The publication can be accessed at: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/7/1286.

We are very happy to announce that the Khmer language edition of the Build4People exhibition 2024 has been finally published online:

Among others, it presents good practice examples of green buildings and sustainable neighborhoods from Asia. It has been curated by Build4People Work Package #3 “Sustainable Neighborhoods” led by Eble Messerschmidt Partner, namely Rolf Messerschmidt, Oliver Lambrecht, Núria Roig, Petra Messerschmidt, with logistic and consulting support from Build4People Work Package #7 “Coordination, Communication, Dissemination” leader Michael Waibel.

The Build4People Exhibition is part of the Build4People Campaign to raise awareness of sustainability and to achieve transformative change in Cambodia’s urban sector.

On this occasion, we would like to warmly thank Prof Tep Makathy and his team from the Cambodian Institute for Urban Studies (CIUS) for carefully managing the related translation work. Furthermore, we would like to express our gratitude to our colleagues from Royal University of Phnom Penh, namely Chhinh Nyda, Se Bunleng, Sothun Nop, and Sok Serey for their language revisions. All of your valuable and meaningful support is very much appreciated!

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The Build4People team is happy to announce the recent publication of a video clip documenting the Build4People WP1-WP6 Science Workshop at Royal University of Phnom Penh on 28 February 2028.

The key objective of this workshop was to introduce and to discuss with local stakeholders two interconnected milestones, the “Build4People Awareness Campaign” and the “Build4People Exhibition” with the title “Cambodia’s Green Pioneers”. Both envisaged activities are considered as important participatory interventions to contribute to a change of mindset of Cambodia’s urban population, to enhance their self-efficacy, and to lead to more urban sustainability based on more environmentally friendly behaviour.

The Build4People exhibition (due to publication in November 2024), for example, intends to increase the public visibility of a diverse set of sustainability pioneers aiming to inspire the urban population to replicate their sustainable lifestyles. As a basis for both interventions serves the process of community based social marketing, a sound scientific approach when it comes to foster sustainable behavior.  implementation plan of the two above interconnected milestones.

The WP1-WP6 Science Workshop gathered a broad public of multi-stakeholders from academia, civil society, public administration, and the corporate sector, within and beyond the scope of the German government funded Build4People Project. At the beginning, there was a concise theoretical introduction to community based social marketing by Dr Anke Blöbaum, providing insights into awareness campaigning and the significance of role models in the field of sustainable urban transformation. This was followed by two parallel sessions to generally collect basic ideas how to implement such a campaign in urban Cambodia and to discuss how to identify adequate role models in Cambodia and how to define specific selection criteria. A second round of discussion focused on more practical questions of implementation, e.g. in regard of the content of the posters in terms of interview information on the role model, graphic design, or concrete dissemination of the campaign. A last session of the workshop focused on the joint preparation of a PR video clip to kick-off the Build4People Awareness Campaign and the call for Green Pioneers.

Finally, the organising team was particularly interested in gaining dedicated supporters of the Build4People Awareness Campaign and Build4People Exhibition “Cambodia’s Green Pioneers” to empower the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia on its meaningful pathway towards more sustainability.