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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt; background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:15.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#077f45">Special Issue Information<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt; background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif; color:#222222"><a href="http://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/Open_Data_2018" target="_blank">http://www.mdpi.com/journal/<wbr>information/special_issues/<wbr>Open_Data_2018</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.25pt; background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif; color:#222222">Dear Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt; background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif; color:#222222">We invite contributions that cover all aspect of the use of Open Data and geospatial analysis in fostering
inclusive, resilient, open and sustainable communities. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt; background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif; color:#222222">The explosive growth of cities and the rapid expansion of broadband and data are intersecting at a time
when the world faces serious challenges to achieving more sustainable development. Sensors and digital devices generate huge amount of data from which cities and governments can create indicators and learn new knowledge. Cities now have an important role to
play in national and local open data initiatives. Data user communities are trying to tackle various urban challenges for many intermediaries that see open data as the key factor to improve their services. However, are cities ready to move forward in terms
of open data? Are the current data user requirements taken into consideration in open data strategy? How are open data being used to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt; background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif; color:#222222">Hence, we invite papers describing original work in any of the following areas, but not limited to:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222; background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif">Urban Analytics<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222; background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif">Open data-driven initiatives for effective community collaboration<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222; background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif">The use of Open Data in Smart sustainable cities<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222; background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif">Frameworks for sustainable community engagement<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222; background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif">Reuse of open geographic data<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222; background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif">Impact of Open Data in cities<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#222222; background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif">Impact of Open Geographic Data<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt; background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif; color:#222222">This Special Issue will contain extended versions of selected papers presented at AGILE 2018 pre-conference
workshop titled Open Data for Open Cities (<a href="http://opendata4opencities.uji.es" target="_blank">http://opendata4opencities.<wbr>uji.es</a>) held in Lund, Sweden, 12 June, 2018. AGILE 2018 is the annual international conference on Geographic Information
Science.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.25pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"inherit",serif; color:#222222">Dr. Adeoluwa Akande<br>
Dr. Fernando Benitez<br>
Prof. Marco Painho<br>
Prof. Joaquín Huerta<br>
Prof. Pedro Cabral<br>
Prof. Michael Gould<br>
<i>Guest Editors</i><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#5c666c">Com os meus cumprimentos | <i>Best regards</i><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#5c666c"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#5c666c">Pedro Cabral, PhD<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#5c666c">Professor Auxiliar | Assistant Professor<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#5c666c">Coordenador Erasmus | Erasmus Coordinator
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#5c666c">Email: </span><span><a href="mailto:pcabral@novaims.unl.pt" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0563c1">pcabral@novaims.unl.pt</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#5c666c">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#5c666c">Web: </span><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0563c1"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/pcbcabral1/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/<wbr>pcbcabral1/</a></span></span></p>
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