rootbrowseIAC-16B1session 55. Earth Observation Applications and Economic BenefitsPapers1. New paradigms for commercial benefits from India’s EO activities2. Performance evaluation of remote sensing based urban indices and assessment of urabanization dynamics in Bangalore-India3. EO APPLICATIONS AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS FOR UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE (UCH): RESULTS OF THE EU FP7 ITACA (Innovation Technologies and Applications for Coastal Archaeological sites) PROJECT4. Lineament Study In Groundwater Exploration Using Space Based Technology: A Case Study of Owo Lga, Ondo State, Nigeria.5. Improving Water Quality Measurement: An Algorithm to Estimate Chlorophyll-a in Case-II Shallow Water6. COSMO-SKYMED MISSION: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS7. Spaceborne SAR Technology Application in the Smart Grid8. The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and its Contributions to Implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development9. Spaceborne X- and C-band SAR data exploitation for ship route analysis10. A New Initiative to Bridge the Gap between Earth Observation Data and End Users: The Climate Online User Data (CLOUD)11. EUROPEAN UNION’S INITIATIVES TO FOSTER COPERNICUS USER AND MARKET UPTAKE