Digital Land Resources to Support Sustainable Development in Egypt

Prof. Abd-Alla Gad is a Senior Professor, Environmental Studies and Land Use Division, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, SUDSOE - FP7-EU project coordinator with the following history, experience and expertise. He got his PhD from Faculty of Sciences, State University of Ghent, Belgium, Ph. D. in Soil Sciences, Using Remote Sensing Techniques, with the degree of "Greatest distinction", October 1988. Then joined Post Doctor Studies in the Remote Sensing Technology International Center (RESTIC) in Tokyo, Japan, in 1994 and Peace fellowship holder for post Doctor Studies in the State University of South Dakota, 1995. He is a holder of the state prize in advanced technical Studies Agricultural Sciences in Egypt. National expert in the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, 1995-2002. Prof. Gad is deeply involved in environmental impact assessments in Egypt and in the Arab world. He is a regional coordinator for a number ofEU funded projects (AVICENE, CAMELEO, LANDWATERMED, MEDCOASTLAND, MEDAQUA1, MEDAQWA2, MELIA EU-INCO Project and FP4BATIW- FP7 and a member of the International working group linking MIRA and Horizon 2020 projects activities (2009-2012), a coordinator of the ERAWIDE EU-FP7 project "Characterization and Sustainable Use of Egyptian Degraded Soils  - SUDSOE", January 2012-December 31, 2014. Additionally, he was principal Investigator of several National funded projects in the field of soil, water use and environmental sciences and Project evaluator for the Marie Curie programmes. Moreover, Prof. Gad is a member of EU-Egypt Cooperation Comity for Science and Technology since 2008, a member of a number of international scientific events around the world and has published 158 articles in different International and National Journals and bulletins. On the other hand, he was instructor of “Environmental Impact Assessment on Land use/Land Cover Using Remote Sensing and GIS (Northwestern Coast of Egypt), Training course on: The role of remote Sensing and Space Technologies in EIA, Organized by UNESCO, EGSMA, NARSS, UNDF and the British Council, Cairo. Also, he was a tranier in the training Program Director of "GIS project Management" and "Air Pollution", Projacs International for Project Analysis & Control System Co. Furthermore, he is an editorial board member & reviewer of different international Journals, and editor-in-chief of the Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (EJRS).

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Materials Used.- Chapter 3. Methodology.- Chapter 4. Results and Discussion.