Call for papers BSGLg n° 84 (2025/1)
Miscellaneous Volume
Scientific editor : Pr. Bernadette MÉRENNE-SCHOUMAKER
Deputy scientific editor : Pr. Geoffrey HOUBRECHTS
Call for papers
This volume will favour researches by young scientists working in departments of geography or associated with fundamental or applied geography.
All articles should include:
• a “State of the art” section where the author will present the current state of research in the field of the work presented as well as the research question initiated from this state;
• a part corresponding to the processing of original data in connection with the chosen question.
The research may focus on a regional or local space provided that the results can constitute a scientific and/or methodological contribution to the studied field.
Deadline
30/10/2024 - Deadline for receipt of contributions
30/06/2025 - Publication.
Submission of proposals
All proposals should be sent by email to B.Merenne@uliege.be.
Authors guidelines
All the proposals must comply with the instructions to the authors of the BSGLg.
Articles must be submitted on the basis of layouts which can be downloaded from the journal's website:
Full instructions to authors on text, figures, tables and photos formatting are available at download (pdf).
Submissions that do not follow the Guidelines for Authors may be rejected.
Call for papers BSGLg n° 85 (2025/2)
Urban Digital Twins: Challenges and Prospects
Editors : Roland Billen et Jean-Paul Kasprzyk
Urban digital twins are emerging as the future key elements in the management, development and planning of cities, in response to the numerous contemporary challenges our societies face. While geospatial technologies are already widely utilized at the urban level, ongoing advancements in data acquisition, processing, and structuring—thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT)—are enabling the creation of more integrated solutions, approaching digital twinning concepts used in industrial processes.
Our cities stand to benefit from versatile and multidimensional geospatial data infrastructures, fed by high-quality data (geometric, semantic, temporal), and coupled with advanced management and simulation tools. These twins could be used for crisis management, urban planning, environmental monitoring... in short, a multitude of applications that could benefit from the cross-referencing of spatial information.
However, urban digital twins must overcome technical, organisational, ethical and governance challenges, that are currently hindering their development and implementation. Many research questions remain, such as acquisition, quality, and interoperability of data, structuring of information, integration with simulation tools, and issues of governance and communication with various stakeholders (decision-makers, managers, citizens).
The aim of this special issue is to compile research addressing challenges and prospects of urban digital twins, encompassing their design, implementation, usage, and maintenance.
Calendar
30/03/2025 - Closing of receipt of contributions
30/12/2025 – Publication
Sending proposals
All proposals must be sent by email to rbillen@uliege.be
Instructions for authors
All article proposals must comply with the BSGLg instructions to authors. Article proposals must be submitted on the basis of the outline downloadable from the journal's website:
• canvas in Word format (.docx)
• canvas in Open Office format (.odt)
Full instructions for authors on formatting text, figures, tables and photos are available for download (pdf).
Proposals that do not follow the instructions for authors may be rejected.