Challenges Towards Ecological Sustainability in China

04.01.2019

Englisch

9783030034832

Springer International Publishing

Nein

340

1st edition 2019

Gebundene Ausgabe

An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Dr. Xiaojun Yang is a tenured Full Professor of Geography in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy at Florida State University (FSU). He completed his higher education in China, the Netherlands, and the USA. His research interests include the development of remote sensing and geospatial information techniques to support geographic inquiries in the urban and environmental domains. He has done research for NASA and has received competitive grants from US National Science Foundation (NSF) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Yang has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications including six books; his book "Urban Remote Sensing: Monitoring, Synthesis, and Modelling in the Urban Environment" was translated into Chinese and was selected to receive one of the Best Imported Book Awards by China Press Association in 2016. In addition to his own publications, Yang was guest editor for six SCI journals. He also served as a Director of Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) and Chair of the Commission on Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery of the International Cartographic Association (ICA).

Water Resources in China, China's Coastal Ecosystems, ecological problems in southern china, Biodiversity in South China Sea, Green Development Strategies, urban remote sensing in china, Bioremediation in China, Environmental Geography, remote sensing/photogrammetry

RGB - Physische Geographie und Topographie PSAF - Ökologie, Biosphäre RBK - Hydrologie und die Hydrosphäre RNU - Nachhaltigkeit RGW - Geographische Informationssysteme (GIS) und Fernerkundung

235 mm

15.5 cm