Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems Applications in adb projects

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Table 2 List of Projects Applying Space Technology
Sector
Country
Project Title
Application
Climate change 
adaptation
Bangladesh
Strengthening the Resilience of the
Water Sector in Khulna to Climate 
Change (TA 7197-BAN) (See page 25)
High-resolution satellite imagery as 
background for GIS analyses 
Disaster 
management
Pakistan
Pakistan Floods (2010) Damage and 
Needs Assessment (TA 7579-PAK)
Satellite-based flood damage 
assessment
Bangladesh, 
Philippines, 
Viet Nam
Applying Remote Sensing Technology in 
River Basin Management (TA 8074-
REG)
Improvement of flood forecasting 
using satellite-based rainfall data
Energy
Uzbekistan
Solar Energy Development (TA 8008-
UZB)
Satellite-based solar energy 
resource map
Mongolia,
Philippines,
Sri Lanka
Quantum Leap in Wind Power 
Development in Asia and the Pacific
(TA 7990-REG)
Satellite-based wind energy 
resource map
Environment
Bangladesh
Land Use Mapping of the Chittagong Hill 
Tracts Using Remote Sensing
(TA 7481-BAN)
Satellite-based land coverage map 
and digital elevation model
Food security
Philippines
Improving Agricultural and Rural Statistics 
for Food Security (TA 8029-REG)
High-resolution satellite imagery for 
land classification for agricultural 
statistics
Lao PDR,
Philippines,
Thailand,
Viet Nam
Innovative Data Collection Methods
for Agricultural and Rural Statistics
(TA Proposed)
Rice crop cultivation mapping and 
yield estimation using satellite radar 
data
Cambodia,
PRC,
Lao PDR,
Myanmar,
Thailand,
Viet Nam
Accelerating the Implementation of the 
Core Agriculture Support Program
(TA 6521-REG)
Satellite-based near real-time 
drought monitoring system