Two book chapters by Professor and Founding Director of BCC Geospatial Center of the CUNY CREST Institute and Doctoral Faculty in the Earth and Environmental Science Program at Graduate Center & Bronx Community College (BCC), City University of New York (CUNY), Sunil Bhaskaran are published in the Springer Nature:

Chapter 1– describing the importance of approaching the implementation of decarbonization strategies holistically in global cities

Sunil Bhaskaran, Vladimir Berg, Sanjiv Bhatia, Jayant Kumar Shahi and Andrella Collins (2022), “Integrated Urban Decarbonization Planning Tool for Global Cities”. Chapter in Book volume titled – Application of Geospatial Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Urban-environmental Studies’. Springer Nature (Published: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21587-2).

Chapter 2– describes the importance of using high resolution MSS satellite data for extracting carbon sequestered from trees and their role in climate change adaptation

Sunil Bhaskaran., Minei, A., Shin, J., Bhatia, S., Collins, A. (2023). “Geospatial Analyses for Urban Metabolism and Climate Change”. In: Bhadouria, R., Tripathi, S., Singh, P., Joshi, P.K., Singh, R. (eds) Urban Metabolism and Climate Change. Springer, Cham. (Published: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29422-8_15).

Photo Credit: Sunil Bhaskaran

Dr. Bhaskaran expresses gratitude to the US-National Science Foundation (NSF) and & National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) federal grants and his wonderful research interns, associates, and coordinators for their efforts and participation in the research.