1. Remote Sensing 13/10/2009 Dr. Ahmad BinTouq E-mail: abintouq@uaeu.ac.ae URL: http://faculty.uaeu.ac.ae/~abintouqhttp://faculty.uaeu.ac.ae/~abintouq GEO 440: GIS for Urban & Regional Planning

2. Overview GIS methods section within the textbook To provides basic understanding of GIS concepts How can we use RS for GIS, when, where and why? – What is RS?

3. Remote Sensing Remote sensing is the art, science, and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical objects and the environment through the process of recording, measuring and interpreting imagery and digital representation of energy patterns derived from non-contact sensor systems (American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing).American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

4. Remote Sensing Collect information about the earth surfaces It provides a reliable and cost-effective means of studying the natural and human environment Can be used for protection, natural resources management and planning Planning and Policy - land use, urban planning, zoning: to detect changes in land use from agricultural land to a construction site or housing development.

5. RS for Urban Planning Urban planning and development applications of GIS using RS Monitoring Urban Growth Mapping cities and communities

6. RS and Planning RS support multi-scale urban planning. Three scales of urban and rural planning, such as city and town system planning, urban master planning, and detailed urban planning

7. RS and Planning Examples Categorizing natural disaster damage assessment using satellite-based. Comparison of remote sensing image processing techniques to identify tornado damage areas from Landsat TM data.

8. Exercise When can we use RS for urban planning? When we can not use RS for urban planning? Chapter discussed RS for GIS applications, what are those?