Giuseppe Modica (0000-0002-0388-0256)

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Full professor in 'Rural buildings and agro-forest landscape planning' (AGR/10) at the University of Messina, Department of Veterinary Sciences.
Graduated cum laude in Forestry Sciences at the University of Reggio Calabria, Ph.D. in Environmental and Agro-forestry Engineering. Previously, associate professor at the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Department of Agraria.
Member of AIIA (Italian Association of Agricultural Engineering), CIGR (Commission International du Génie Rural), AgEng (International Association of Agricultural Engineers), European Geosciences Union (EGU), and Italian Association of Remote Sensing (AIT).
Member of the teaching staff for the following Ph.D. Courses at 'Mediterranea' University of Reggio Calabria: “Rural Development, Sciences and Technologies for agroforestry and Animal Farming” (2008-2015), “Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences and Technologies” (2012-2015), “Agricultural, Food and Forestry Sciences” (from 2017 to date).
Member of the Programme Committee of the International Conference on Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, and Spatial Statistics within the International Conference ICCSA. Guest Editor for the Special Issue of the journal Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) 'Sustainable Land Uses and Rural Governance'. Guest of the Special Issue “Geomatics in Forestry and Agriculture: New Advances and Perspectives” of the journal ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (ISSN 2220-9964). Guest editor of the following Special Issues of the journal Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292): “Machine Learning Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing Datasets”, “Multi-Sensor Data Fusion of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Remote Sensing for Environmental Applications”, and "Big Data and Remote Sensing for Smart Forestry".
His main research interests focus on sustainable landscape planning, land cover and land use change dynamics, landscape services, geospatial information in decision support systems, spatial multi-criteria evaluation, landscape analysis, and interpretation, remote sensing of vegetation, geographic object-based image analysis, machine learning, satellite, and UAV image processing.
I have authored more than 130 publications in these research fields. I am a referee for several international journals and a member of several scientific committees at international conferences. I am a member of the editorial boards of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292), Land (ISSN 2073-445X), and LaborEst (ISSN 2421-3187). I am also an Associate Editor of the journal Frontiers in Remote Sensing (ISSN 2673-6187).

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Università degli Studi di Messina Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie: Messina, Sicilia, IT

2023-01-09 to present | Full professor (Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie)

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Università degli Studi di Messina Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie: Messina, Sicilia, IT

Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria Dipartimento di Agraria: Reggio Calabria, Calabria, IT

Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria: Reggio Calabria, Calabria, IT

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Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria: Reggio Calabria, Calabria, IT

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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland): Basel, CH

Works (50 of 84)

CubeSat constellations: New era for precision agriculture?

Comparison of patch-based and synoptic connectivity algorithms with graph theory metrics. A case study in Reggio Calabria metropolitan area (South Italy)

Toward carbon neutral cities: A comparative analysis between Sentinel 2 and WorldView 3 satellite image processing for tree carbon stock mapping in Brussels

Vegetation Regrowth Analysis After Wildfire Events. Preliminary Results in the Aspromonte National Park (Calabria, Italy)

Clustering olive oil mills through a spatial and economic GIS-based approach

Web-based spatial decision support system for precision agriculture: A tool for delineating dynamic management unit zones (MUZs)

Using simulation modeling to demonstrate the performance of graph theory metrics and connectivity algorithms

An Unpiloted Aerial System (UAV) Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Based Approach to Detect Canopy Forest Structure Parameters in Old-Growth Beech Forests: Preliminary Results

Assessing Differences in Land Productivity Trends to Climatic Data in Arid and Semi-arid Zones: A Study Case in Northern Mozambique

Canopy Fire Effects Estimation Using Sentinel-2 Imagery and Deep Learning Approach. A Case Study on the Aspromonte National Park

Historic Agricultural Landscape Characterization: First Attempt of Historic Landscape Characterization (HLC) to Costa Viola Terraced Landscape (Calabria, Italy)

Imaging Burned Areas and Fire Severity in Mediterranean Fragmented Ecosystems Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2: The Case Study of Tortoli–Ogliastra Fire (Sardinia)

Intra-network Analysis Based on Comparison Between Graph Theory Approach and Pathwalker

MEDALUS Model Evolutions and Prospects Case Study Sicily

Multi-Temporal Satellite Imagery for Monitoring Productivity Trend in Mediterranean Coastal Forest Ecosystems: The Study Case of the State Natural Reserve "Duna Feniglia" (Italy)

Multispectral UAV-Based Monitoring of Behavior of Different Wheat and Barley Varieties

Proposal of an integrated 3D architectural survey method for application in historic agri-food building analysis and representation

UAV LiDAR Survey for Forest Structure Metrics Estimation in Planning Scenario. A Case Study on a Laricio Pine Forest in the Sila Mountains (Southern Italy)

Multispectral Vegetation Indices and Machine Learning Approaches for Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) Yield Prediction across Different Varieties

Assessing tree crown fire damage integrating linear spectral mixture analysis and supervised machine learning on Sentinel-2 imagery

Combined use of urban Atlas and Corine land cover datasets for the implementation of an ecological network using graph theory within a multi-species approach

A Fragmentation-Based Analysis of Costa Viola (Southern Italy) Agricultural Terraces

Preliminary Results in the Use of WorldView-3 for the Detection of Cork Oak (Quercus Suber L.): A Case in Calabria (Italy)

Unveiling the complex canopy spatial structure of a Mediterranean old-growth beech (<i>Fagus sylvatica</i> L.) forest from UAV observations

Virtual Reality Approach for Geoparks Fruition During SARS-Cov2 Pandemic Situation: Methodological Notes and First Results

Integrated use of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data and open-source machine learning algorithms for land cover mapping in a Mediterranean region

Regional-scale burned area mapping in Mediterranean regions based on the multitemporal composite integration of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data

Short-term temporal and spatial analysis for post-fire vegetation regrowth characterization and mapping in a Mediterranean ecosystem using optical and SAR image time-series

The Role of Remote Sensing in Olive Growing Farm Management: A Research Outlook from 2000 to the Present in the Framework of Precision Agriculture Applications

Twenty Years of Remote Sensing Applications Targeting Landscape Analysis and Environmental Issues in Olive Growing: A Review

Temporal and spatial analysis for post-fire vegetation recovery in a Mediterranean site. An approach using optical Sentinel-2 and SAR Sentinel-1 imagery.

A Multitemporal Fragmentation-Based Approach for a Dynamics Analysis of Agricultural Terraced Systems: The Case Study of Costa Viola Landscape (Southern Italy)

Combined Use of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 for Burn Severity Mapping in a Mediterranean Region

Detection and Sharing of Anomalies in the Vegetative Vigor of Durum Wheat in Italy

Monitoring Onion Crops Using Multispectral Imagery from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Multi Temporal Analysis of Sentinel-2 Imagery for Mapping Forestry Vegetation Types: A Google Earth Engine Approach

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Derived Canopy Gaps in the Old-Growth Beech Forest of Mount Pollinello (Italy): Preliminary Results

The implementation of the Principles for Responsible Management Education within tourism higher education institutions: A comparative analysis of European Union countries

Characterizing historical transformation trajectories of the forest landscape in Rome's metropolitan area (Italy) for effective planning of sustainability goals

Comparative Analysis of Different Spatial Interpolation Methods Applied to Monthly Rainfall as Support for Landscape Management

Implementation of multispecies ecological networks at the regional scale: analysis and multi-temporal assessment

Monitoring Onion Crop “Cipolla Rossa di Tropea Calabria IGP” Growth and Yield Response to Varying Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Rates Using UAV Imagery

Pixel- vs. Object-Based Landsat 8 Data Classification in Google Earth Engine Using Random Forest: The Case Study of Maiella National Park

Mapping the Urban Atmospheric Carbon Stock by LiDAR and WorldView-3 Data

A workflow based on Sentinel-1 SAR data and open-source algorithms for unsupervised burned area detection in Mediterranean ecosystems

Machine Learning Classification of Mediterranean Forest Habitats in Google Earth Engine Based on Seasonal Sentinel-2 Time-Series and Input Image Composition Optimisation

Comparison and assessment of different object-based classifications using machine learning algorithms and UAVs multispectral imagery: a case study in a citrus orchard and an onion crop

Landscape Transformation, Settlement Systems, and Small Rural Towns

Unsupervised Burned Area Mapping in a Protected Natural Site. An Approach Using SAR Sentinel-1 Data and K-mean Algorithm

A Comparison of UAV and Satellites Multispectral Imagery in Monitoring Onion Crop. An Application in the ‘Cipolla Rossa di Tropea’ (Italy)

Peer review (330 reviews for 85 publications/grants)