IMAGES ARE AN OUTSTANDING EVIDENCE ON RAPID DEVELOPMENT 'A PERFECT EXAMPLE FROM UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)'

摘要

Before 1960's, UAE was a poor developing country, and almost there were no real signs of civilization. During the 1970's two important things happened: H. H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the president of UAE, and the other Emirates rulers get together and established the United Arab Emirates and considerable oil findings were discovered. The UAE Leadership has proved to have deep future vision; in three decades the country jumped from a negligible relatively backward scattered emirates to a well developed and civilized country. Development is very obvious; from tents and sandy tracks to tower buildings and highways, from desert to green belts of palm trees and vegetables in all parts of the country, and most important, education, healthcare and all other services became the best in the region. Urban development was so sharp; someone who left the place 10 years age can hardly knew his location and services in all sectors became the best on the international level. The oil money was properly invested in development. UAE Air Force Space Reconnaissance, used satellite and aerial images for the past 20 years and successfully utilized images from various sources including aerial photographs, Russian satellites images, SPOT and Landsat images and recently, in late 2000, established a National Ground Station with direct reception of IKONOS, IRS and KOMPSAT satellites imagery data and with nationals controlling all stages of data reception, processing, analysis and production. The attached images are an obvious outstanding proof on the rapid development which has been achieved in the past few decades in all life aspects, which in the mean time reflects how wise the leadership is and size of efforts and plans which have been steadily put in action in the benefit of the people and their future.