Space technology: A powerful tool for safeguarding world heritage

• Lei Luo,
• Jie Liu,
• Francesca Cigna,
• Damian Evans,
• Mario Hernandez,
• Deodato Tapete,
• Peter Shadie,
• Athos Agapiou,
• Abdelaziz Elfadaly,
• Min Chen,
• Lanwei Zhu,
• Bihong Fu,
• Ruixia Yang,
• Shahina Tariq,
• Mohamed Ouessar,
• Rosa Lasaponara,
• Xinyuan Wang,
• Huadong Guo

Affiliations

Lei Luo

International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), Beijing 100094, China; Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100094, China; International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) Under the Auspices of UNESCO, Beijing 100094, China

Jie Liu

International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), Beijing 100094, China; International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) Under the Auspices of UNESCO, Beijing 100094, China

Francesca Cigna

Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC), National Research Council (CNR), 00133 Rome, Italy

Damian Evans

École Française d’Extreme-Orient, 22 Avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris, France

Mario Hernandez

International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE), Mexico City, Mexico

Deodato Tapete

Italian Space Agency (ASI), 00133 Rome, Italy

Peter Shadie

Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute, 16 Dunmore Lane, Katoomba, NSW 2780, Australia

Athos Agapiou

Earth Observation Cultural Heritage Research Lab, Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Cyprus University of Technology, PO Box 50329, 6 Limassol 3036, Cyprus

Abdelaziz Elfadaly

National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Cairo 1564, Egypt

Min Chen

Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment, Ministry of Education of PRC, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China

Lanwei Zhu

International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), Beijing 100094, China; Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100094, China; International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) Under the Auspices of UNESCO, Beijing 100094, China

Bihong Fu

International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), Beijing 100094, China; Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100094, China; International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) Under the Auspices of UNESCO, Beijing 100094, China

Ruixia Yang

International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), Beijing 100094, China; Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100094, China; International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) Under the Auspices of UNESCO, Beijing 100094, China

Shahina Tariq

COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad 45550, Pakistan

Mohamed Ouessar

Institut des Regions Arides (IRA)-Medenine, Medenine 4119, Tunisia

Rosa Lasaponara

Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA), CNR, C. da Santa Loja, Tito Scalo, 85050 Potenza, Italy

Xinyuan Wang

International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), Beijing 100094, China; Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100094, China; International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) Under the Auspices of UNESCO, Beijing 100094, China; Corresponding author

Huadong Guo

International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), Beijing 100094, China; Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100094, China; International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) Under the Auspices of UNESCO, Beijing 100094, China; Corresponding author