Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems Applications in adb projects

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Tables
1 Typical Applications of Remote Sensing in Asian Development Bank Projects 
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2 List of Projects Applying Space Technology 
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3 Satellite Images Used to Monitor and Predict Erosion and Morphological Changes 
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4 Typical Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Asian Development Bank Projects 23
5 List of Projects Applying Geographic Information Systems 
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Figures
1 Overview of Satellite Remote Sensing 
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2 Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation 
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3 Radar Signal Reflection 
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4 Overview of Project Components 
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5 Municipal Information System 1 
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6 Municipal Information System 2 
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7 Municipal Information System 3 
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8 Basic Concepts of Geographic Information Management and Geographic Data Analysis 
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9 Night Brightness Compared to Population Density (2005) 
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10 Planning Cycle and Spatial Decision Support Tools 
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11 Map of Hydropower Catchments Overlaid on Areas at Risk of Deforestation 
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12 Model-Based Corridor Delineation and Management Zones, Sai Yok Cluster of the
Tennasserim Biodiversity Conservation Corridor, Thailand 
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13 Development Maptool Showing Asian Development Bank Project Portfolio 
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Tables and Figures

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ADB 
Asian Development Bank
AFSIS 
ASEAN Food Security Information System Project
ALIS 
Agricultural Land Information System
ALOS 
Advanced Land Observing Satellite
ASEAN 
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASTER 
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
BAS 
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
BWDB 
Bangladesh Water Development Board
CAREC 
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
CASP 
Core Agriculture Support Program
CEGIS 
Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services
CLUE
Conversion of Land-Use Change and its Effects
DEM 
digital elevation model
DMCs 
developing member countries
DONRE 
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DSM 
digital surface model
GIS 
geographic information systems
GISTDA
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency
G-MIS
GIS-based municipal information systems
GMS 
Great Mekong Subregion
GPS
Global Positioning System
GSMaP 
Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation
IRS 
Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
IWRM 
integrated water resource management 
JAXA 
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JSM
Java Spatial Model
KBDI 
Keetch Byram Drought Index 
km kilometer
Lao PDR 
Lao People’s Democratic Republic