iEarth: an interdisciplinary framework in the era of big data and AI for sustainable development

Peng Gong; Huadong Guo; Bin Chen; Fang Chen; Guojun He; Dong Liang; Zhonghui Liu; Zhongchang Sun; Jin Wu; Zhenci Xu; Dongmei Yan; Hongsheng Zhang

doi:10.1093/nsr/nwad178

iEarth: an interdisciplinary framework in the era of big data and AI for sustainable development

Natl Sci Rev. 2023 Jun 24;10(8):nwad178. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwad178. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Authors

Peng Gong^{1

2}, Huadong Guo^{3

4}, Bin Chen⁵, Fang Chen^{3

4}, Guojun He⁶, Dong Liang^{3

4}, Zhonghui Liu², Zhongchang Sun^{3

4}, Jin Wu⁷, Zhenci Xu¹, Dongmei Yan^{3

4}, Hongsheng Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, China.
² Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, China.
³ Internationl Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, China.
⁴ Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
⁵ Future Urbanity & Sustainable Environment (FUSE) Lab, Division of Landscape Architecture, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, China.
⁶ Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Hong Kong, China.
⁷ School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, China.

Abstract

The Intelligent Earth (iEarth) framework, composed of four major themes: iEarth data, science, analytics, and decision, is proposed to define and build an interdisciplinary and synergistic framework for research, practice, and education that simultaneously safeguards the sustainable development of our living planet.