Asian-Pacific Remote Sensing and GIS Journal
Semi-annual since 1988
The Journal's objectives are twofold: to provide an opportunity for scientists and researchers in the developing countries of Asia and the Pacific to publish the results of their research efforts in remote sensing and GIS; and to be a data/information source on the latest developments in the application of those technologies. Contents provide a regional review of remote sensing and GIS applications, methodologies and experiences.
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current issues:
| vol. 9, no. 1, 1997 | free |
| vol. 8, no. 2, 1996 | free |
| vol. 8, no. 1, 1995 | free |
Space Technology Applications Newsletter
Quarterly since 1983
The objective of the Newsletter is to be a medium for the exchange of information on the development status of space technology applications and to provide an update on the progress made at the national and regional levels in implementing the Beijing Declaration adopted by the Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Development in the Asia and the Pacific. Each issue contains a brief summary of recent regional activities/events and programmes undertaken by the secretariat, member and associate member countries.
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current issues:
| vol. 15, no. 2, October 1997 | free |
| vol. 15, no. 1, July 1997 | free |
| vol. 14, no. 2, October 1996 | free |
| vol. 14, no. 1, July 1996 | free |
Expert Group Meeting on the Development of Guidelines on GIS Standards and Standardization Procedures, 18-20 September 1995, Kuala Lumpur, 1995, 78 pages
The goal of the Expert Group Meeting, attended by 27 experts from 13 countries, was to ensure multilevel networking, sustain exchange of information and to assist ESCAP in preparing a general set of guidelines for standardization of GIS for users at the local, national and regional levels. The present volume contains 12 expert papers and country experiences, covering GIS development and standardization.
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| ST/ESCAP/1609 | free |
High-level Seminar on Integrated Uses of Space Applications for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development: Proceedings, 1996, 1 volume
The Seminar, concerned with space technology applications for poverty alleviation and rural development, focused on four main areas: satellite remote sensing applications and natural resources management; satellite communication applications to distant education and rural development; space applications to food security, agricultural management and natural disaster monitoring; and earth space information infrastructure. Included in the present volume are the expert papers and country experiences presented at the Seminar.
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| ST/ESCAP/1817 | free |
Manual on GIS for Planners and Decision Makers, 1996, 153 pages
Spatial information technologies provide a powerful organizational and analytical tool for sustainable development decision-making and should be studied, designed and implemented through the use of remote sensing and GIS, in order to ensure economic development without affecting the ecology and the environment. The present manual combines the theoretical aspects of the technology with a description of concrete applications developed by countries of the region for land resources management and regional planning, tax mapping and zoning, local governance, volcanic hazard risk prediction, and modelling flooding impact from dam construction.
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| ST/ESCAP/1615 | free |
Pilot Scale Feasibility Study on an Earth Space Information Network for Asia and the Pacific, 1996, 90 pages
The pilot study, reported on in this volume, was conducted by the Space Technology Applications Section (STAS) of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of ESCAP and had as its purpose to determine the feasibility of a regional operational earth space information network that would assist access to, and distribution of, data and information required for planning and implementing sustainable development. Based on an analysis of the information acquired, a structure of the Earth Space Information Network for Asia and Pacific (ESINAP) has been proposed.
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| ST/ESCAP/1712 | free |
Proceedings of the First Meetings of Regional Working Groups on Space Applications for Sustainable Development, 1995-1996, 1996, 121 pages
The Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Development recommended the constitution of regional working groups to promote and sustain regional cooperation on space technology applications in four sectors: (a) remote sensing, GIS and satellite-based positioning, (b) satellite meteorology, (c) satellite communications, and (d) space sciences and technology applications. This volume contains a report on the four regional meetings of the Working Groups on Space Applications for Sustainable Development convened in Bangladesh (June 1995), Indonesia (February 1996), China (March 1996), and Republic of Korea (April/May 1996) to review the space technology applications, as envisaged in the Regional Strategy and the Regional Action Plan.
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| ST/ESCAP/1728 | free |
Proceedings of the Meetings of Regional Working Groups on Space Applications for Sustainable Development, 1997, 1 volume
The present volume contains the proceedings of four regional working groups: Remote Sensing, GIS and Satellite-based Positioning; Satellite Communication Applications; Meteorological Satellite Applications and Natural Hazards Monitoring; and Space Sciences and Technological Applications.
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| ST/ESCAP/1790 | free |
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System for Environment and Natural Resources Management: Proceeding, 1996, 223 pages
The present volume presents an overview of the proceedings of the Workshop on Sustainable Rural Development Using Integrated Remote Sensing and GIS, Hyderabad, India, 17-21 September 1996, and includes the expert papers on remote sensing and geographic information systems for use in sustainable rural development planning; land use/land cover; agriculture and soils; forestry and land degradation; water resources management and fisheries; and other applications of remote sensing and GIS activities in Azerbaijan, Cambodia and Sri Lanka.
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| ST/ESCAP/1789 | free |
Remote Sensing for Tropical Ecosystem Management, 1996, 124 pages
The monograph presents the proceedings of the Regional Remote Sensing Seminar on Tropical Ecosystem Management, held in Suva, Fiji, 26-31 August 1996. The Seminar had as its objective the sharing of the latest scientific and technical information on space technology and spatial technology applications to land and marine ecosystem management; experiencing the tropical ecosystem in the oceanic environment; and hands-on PC/software training in integrated applications of remote sensing and GIS.
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| ST/ESCAP/1751 | free |
Report of the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Consultative Committee (ICC) on the Regional Space Applications Programme for Sustainable Development; Report of the Meeting of the Regional Working Group on Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems and Satellite-based Positioning; and Summary Record of the Meeting of the Inter-agency Subcommittee on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-8 June 1996, 1996, 318 pages
This publication presents reports of the meetings convened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-8 June 1996 to review regional space applications. Also included are country reports on space technology applications in Bangladesh, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam.
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| ST/ESCAP/1689 | free |
Small is Beautiful: Affordable Space Missions for the Sustainable Development of Asia and the Pacific, 1997, 97 pages
Recent times have witnessed a major breakthrough in the field of satellite technology, miniaturization, through the use of high-technology mechanisms which has increased the potential to build operational small satellite systems. This report examines whether small and comparatively inexpensive satellites have a role in the sustainable development of Asia and the Pacific. In addition to exploring the financial and technical reasons for the growing interest in small satellites, the publication gives details of how this technology can be productively used.
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| ST/ESCAP/1823 | free |