Overview
- Shares the latest findings from remote sensing monitoring of Sri Lanka from the China–Sri Lanka Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Includes hundreds of high-resolution remote sensing images to show Sri Lanka’s ecological setting, social and economic status and evolution process
- Contributes to the “Belt and Road” Initiative and shows its significant social benefits
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About this book
This book presents a survey, dynamic monitoring and comprehensive analysis of Sri Lanka’s land, vegetation, surface water, ocean and other environmental resources, as well as its economic, transportation, urban, agricultural and tourism development. It offers readers accurate, systematic and comprehensive information on Sri Lanka’s ecological setting and socio-economic development. It also sheds light on policies for the protection of the environment and biodiversity.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Xianhu Wei, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Devoted to research on remote sensing surveys, monitoring and evaluation of land resources and the environment, as well as spatial and temporal variation of land surface water and regional responses to global changes, he is the Leading Researcher at two institutions for talent cultivation and scientific research, i.e., the China–Sri Lanka Joint Research and Demonstration Center for Water Technology and the Sino–Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has participated in more than 20 research projects and hosted more than 10 others, including national and provincial key projects. He has published more than 30 papers and two books, and copyrighted one computer software program.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Geography and Remote Sensing Analysis of Sri Lanka
Authors: Xianhu Wei
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4627-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Hubei Science and Technology Press Co., Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4626-0Published: 13 February 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4629-1Published: 13 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-4627-7Published: 12 February 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 263
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 312 illustrations in colour
Topics: Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Physical Geography, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis