Environmental Geoinformatics Extreme Hydro-Climatic and Food Securit
This second edition includes updated chapters from the first edition as well as five additional new chapters (Light detection and ranging (LiDAR), CORONA historical de-classified products, Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs), GNSS-reflectometry and GNSS app
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Joseph Awange John Kiema
Environmental Geoinformatics Extreme Hydro-Climatic and Food Security Challenges: Exploiting the Big Data Second Edition
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Environmental Geoinformatics Extreme Hydro-Climatic and Food Security Challenges: Exploiting the Big Data Second Edition
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Joseph Awange Spatial Sciences Curtin University Perth, WA, Australia
John Kiema Department of Geospatial and Space Technology University of Nairobi Nairobi, Kenya
ISSN 1863-5520 ISSN 1863-5539 (electronic) Environmental Science and Engineering ISSN 1431-6250 ISSN 2661-8222 (electronic) Environmental Science ISBN 978-3-030-03016-2 ISBN 978-3-030-03017-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03017-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018960239 1st edition: © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 2nd edition: © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
The title and subtitle of this textbook convey a distinct message. Monitoring—the passive part in the subtitle— refers to observation and data acquisition, whereas management—the active component—stands for operation and performance. The topic is our environment, which is intimately related to geoinformatics. The overall message is: All the mentioned elements do interact and must not be separated. There are still other aspects which must not be separated: theory and practice of geoinformatics. The book presents an excellent bal
