Space Informatics for Sustainable Development

S. Murai, R.B. Singh

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN: 9781040892787
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This text deals with the subject of remote sensing, and the use of technology to aid environmental maintenance. Topics covered include a microcomputer based grassland local administration support system, and the monitoring of Himalayan cryosphere using satellite imagery.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• List of the Contributors
• Table of Contents
• Global Deforestation and Global Land Degradation
• Relative Radiometric Normalization of Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) Data Using an Automatic Scattergram—Controlled Regression
• Socioeconomic Status Assessment and Land Degradation Modelling for Watershed Management by Using Remote Sensing and GIS
• Land Use and Global Environment Conservation—A Modelling Approach
• Earth Science Data and Information Technology Network Development in India
• Erosion Control Engineering and Geoinformatics: River Planform Change and Sediment Yield Estimation in a Watershed of Siwarik, Nepal
• A Microcomputer-based Grassland Local Administration Support System
• Application of Remote Sensing to Environmental Monitoring: The Global Wetland Mapping Project
• Changes in Evapotranspiration due to Anthropogenic Changes in Land Cover in Monsoon Asia
• AVHRR Data Correction for Observing NDVI in a Mongolian Highland
• Feed Resource Evaluation in the Marginal Lands of Syria Using Satellite Image Processing
• Monitoring of Himalayan Cryosphere Using Satellite Imagery
• A Study on a National Information System on Natural Calamity Monitoring in China
• Application on Space Technology for Natural Disaster Mitigation
• Latur Earthquake—Osmanabad Area, A Perspective Analysis from Remote Sensing
• The Present Status, Potential and Limits of Simulation Models of Desertification
• Assessing Desertification in Arid Australia Using Satellite Data
• Environmental Monitoring and Resource Management in Indian Arid Region Using Space Informatics
• The Effect of Biogenic Crusts on the Spectral Reflectance of the Semi-arid Regions
• Automatic Detection of Forest Fires Using Satellite Images
• Remote Sensing and GIS Based Land Use Information System for Natural Resource Monitoring and Management: The Indian Experience
• The Integration of Remotely Sensed Data into GIS
• MENRIS Programme In Hindu Kush Himalayan Region