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This chapter highlights the most important conclusions and recommendations from all chapters to provide perspective and guidance for students, teachers, researchers, decision-makers, etc. It includes summarized information on the latest research studies that used remote sensing (RS) and geographical information systems (GIS) techniques for environmental applications in Libya. Conclusions of different Libyan case studies related to the use of remote sensing and GIS tools have been described and several modeling approaches have been introduced. The current chapter also includes set recommendations that illustrate the relationships between remote sensing, field observations, laboratory analysis, and GIS for an integrated analysis of managing Earth’s natural resources more sustainably and addressing many of the environmental problems humans face today.
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Hamdi A. Zurqani: conceptualization, methodology, supervision, software, data curation, formal analysis, validation, investigation, writing-original draft, visualization, writing—review and editing, review of analysis. The author has read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
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Zurqani, H.A. (2022). Conclusions and Recommendations for Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Libya. In: Zurqani, H.A. (eds) Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Libya. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97810-5_12
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