Space for Sustainability: Using Data from Earth Observation to Support Sustainable Development Indicators

• Other Authors: Morse, Stephen (Editor), Murphy, Richard (Editor), Andries, Ana (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Environmental economics; earth observation; end-users; environmental management; land use; Brazil; Sustainable Development Goals; hazards; Earth observations; remote sensing; demography; urbanization; gridded population; very high resolution satellite data; habitat suitability; habitat assessment; Environmental Land Management; monitoring; verification; reporting; soil organic carbon; soil organic matter; Earth Observation; SDGs; indicator type; data challenges; UN sustainable development goals; education; socio-economic; overcrowded schools; vulnerability; flooding; Earth Observation (EO); Google Street View (GSV); climate change; uncertainty evaluation; desertification; global change; Earth observation; planetary measurement; Land Degradation Neutrality
• Online Access: DOAB: description of the publication

Achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires accurate, consistent and cost-efficient data. The papers in this book set out some of the frontiers regarding the use of Earth Observation (EO) data derived from satellites to help populate sustainable development indicators. It sets...