This book provides a unique insight into the research and recent developments undertaken among the African Remote Sensing community in regard to the environment. It includes reports of the latest research outcomes in the field of remote sensing and geospatial information technologies, analyses discussions around operational topics such as capacity building, Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), applications of advanced remote sensing technologies (LiDAR , Hyperspectral) in Africa, big data, space policy, and topics of high actually in the field of climate changes, ocean and coastal zone management, early warning systems, natural resources management or geospatial science for sustainable development goals. The book comprises the contributions of the AARSE (African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment) international conference which is conducted biennially across Africa, alternately with the AfricaGIS conference. It is the premier forum in Africa for research on remote sensing technologies and geospatial information science, gathering leading scholars from the remote sensing and related communities. The conference is co-organised by the Arab Academy of Science and Technology, in partnership with the National Authority for Remote Sensing & Space Sciences (NARSS) of Egypte, and continues a long series of successful AARSE conferences which started in 1996, in Harare (Zimbabwe) and has been held in Abidjan (Cote D'Ivoire) in 1998, Cape Town (South Africa) in 2000, Abuja (Nigeria) in 2002, Nairobi (Kenya) in 2004, Cairo (Egypt) in 2006, Accra (Ghana) in 2008, Addis Abeba (Ethiopia) in 2010, El Jadida (Morocco) in 2012, Johannesburg (South Africa) in 2014, and in Kampala (Ouganda) in 2016. The book is mainly addressed to practitioners and experts from academia, politics and industry.

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Part I Space and Geospatial Science for Sustainable Development Goals Earth Observation for Water Resource Management and Sustainable Development.- River Long Profiles of Selected Third-Order Basins in Basement Complexes.- A Remote Sensing Based Approach for Optimizing the Sampling Strategies in Crop Monitoring and Crop Yield Estimation Studies.- Part II Remote Sensing and GIS for Natural Resources Management.- GIS Based Analysis of the Extent and Dynamic of Forest Cover Changes Between 19902017 Using Geospatial Techniques: In Case of Gog District, Gambella Regional State, Western Ethiopia.- Conflict and Agricultural Production: Using Earth Observation to Assess Productivity and Support Rehabilitation in Syria.- Morphometric Analyses of Tarhuna Drainage Basins to Accesses Groundwater Potential Using GIS Techniques.- Change Detection in the Horticultural Region of Cape Town Using Landsat Imagery.- Part III Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Coastal Zone Management.- Assessment of Lake Victoria's Trophic Status Using Satellite-Derived Secchi Disk Depth.- Part IV Applications of Advanced Remote Sensing Technologies (LIDAR, Hyperspectral) in Africa.- Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Small Scale Precision Farming in Botswana.- Part V Climate Changes Implications on Sustainable Development in Africa.- Spatiotemporal Analysis of Sitatunga (Tragelaphus Spekei) Population's Response to Flood Variability in Northern Botswana Wetlands: Implications for Climate Change Mitigation.- Assessment of the Impact of Deforestation on Forest Carbon Storage. A Case Study of Mabira Forest, Uganda.- Part VI Space Technologies and Geospatial Sciences for Early Warning Systems.- Analysis of the 2012 Flooding Events Downstream of Shiroro Reservoir, A Case of Gurmana Niger State, Nigeria.- Part VII Big Data and Data Mining of Geospatial Data.- Remote Sensing Analysis of the Evolution and Retreat Dynamics of the Auchi Gully, Southwestern Nigeria.- Optimizing the Selection of Spatial and Non-spatial Data for Higher Accuracy Multi-scale Classification of Urban Environments.- Investigating the Potential of Common Earth Observation Satellite Imagery for Automated Multi-criteria Mapping of Urban Landscape at Municipal Level in South Africa.-Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing for Suitability Assessment of Dams in Solai Nakuru: Kenya.