Environmental Remote Sensing in Egypt, 1st ed. 2020 Springer Geophysics Series

Introduction.- Water quality and pollution.- Environment and Climate Change.- Geomorphology.- Conclusions.

Dr. Salwa F. Elbeih is an associate professor of Civil Engineering at the Engineering Applications and Water Division, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Cairo Egypt since May 2014. She obtained her Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Ain Shams University in 2007 and 2002 respectively. She is the head of the engineering applications department at NARSS and director of the publishing office of the Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (EJRS). She is responsible for the grant office in the Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) Office at NARSS. Her research interests comprise applications of remote sensing and GIS in civil engineering, environmental and geotechnical engineering, the relation between archaeological and water resources conditions.

Prof. Abdelazim Negm is a professor of Hydraulics at the Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt, since 2004. He got his Ph.D. in 1992 from Zagazig University (ZU), and his M.Sc. from Ain shams University in the year 1990. He was the vice dean of the Faculty of Engineering of ZU from 12/2008 to 12/2011 and was the head of the Environmental Engineering Dept. at Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt, from October 2013 to March 2016. He participated in several international projects since 2006 until now. He published more than 350 papers in national and international journals and conferences and contributed in more than 50 chapters. Some of his papers were awarded prizes of the best papers. He is the editor of several volumes at the Springer Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Series (HEC Series). Two volumes were published in May 2017, and 10 volumes were published in the year 2019. Additional, several volumes will be published during the year 2020. He is a member of the scientific committee of several international conferences and a member of the organizing committee of others and participated in more than 80 conferences as we

Contains a unique source of remote sensing extracted information about the Egypt environment Provides detailed methodological research approaches for data extraction from several RS sources Enriches understanding and assessment of Egypt’s environment from different points of view Includes many case studies on various environmental topics regarding Egypt’s environment with resources mapping