Space Technology has recently taken over the traditional way of Mapping in various fields relating to proper Planning and Management. Remote Sensing and GIS has surfaced to be the "key" tools that enabled proper planning than the traditional way of Mapping, Cartography. Improved technology has greatly helped in the recent years, particularly in the areas of mapping and planning. In essence, this book provides a systematic way and approach in utilizing Space Technology (Remote Sensing, GIS & GPS), to map and investigate Ground water for monitoring and proper planning efforts. In addition, the...

The book concentrates on how forests are critical for the survival of the grass root communities who do not have any skill / expertise to eke out living from other means. It also embarks on a plethora of social analyse in a GIS platform to show what consequences and how such situation could be improved for sustainable development and localized poverty alleviation. Satellite Remote Sensing has been used as a tool to the maximum extent possible to generate these inputs that can be used towards sustainable development in a particular geographic entity. The book is meant for natural resource...