The chapters in this book present state-of-the-art geomatics technologies applied in global environmental studies. This text provides the latest research findings and delivers complete references to related publications. This book will motivate the undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners to better understand the environmental changes with informed solutions.

1. Land change modeling: status and challenges.- 2. Long-Term change dynamics using Landsat archive for the Region of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.- 3. Modeling the effects of land use change and climate change on stream flow using GIS and hydrological model.- 4. Support vector machines for land cover mapping from remote sensor imagery.- 5. Digital processing of SAR Data and image analysis techniques.- 6. Development of a new wetness index based on RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR data.- 7. Mapping sea ice from satellite SAR imagery.- 8. Modelling shallow landslide risk using GIS and a distributed hydro-geotechnical model.- 9. Mapping coastal erosion risk in the southern Red River Delta, Vietnam.- 10. An integrated model for assessing carbon dioxide emissions considering climate change mitigation and flood risk adaptation interaction.- 11. Glaciological studies at Pasterze Glacier (Austria) based on aerial photographs.- 12. Grassland productivity simulation: integrating remote sensing and an ecosystem process model.- 13. Landscape ecological mapping for biodiversity evaluation using airborne laser data.- 14. Combining different data sources for city growth analysis and architectural heritage mapping.- 15. Influence of political regime change to land use development in urban areas in the Czech Republic.- Index.