Efficiency evaluation of satellite data products in environmental policy

Backhaus, R.; Beule, Bernd

doi:10.1016/j.spacepol.2005.05.008

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“…Moreover, remote sensing (RS) permits repeated and consistent assessment and monitoring of the environment; it allows independent control and its quality can be assessed. Therefore it is a tool with some very desirable characteristics for supporting environmental policy [Esty, 2004;Backhaus and Beule, 2005;De Leeuw, 2010]. There is a growing interest in the application of remote sensing technologies to the protection of global environment.…”

Section: Remote Sensing For Environmental Policy Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Linking GMES Space Component to the development of land policies in Outermost Regions—the Azores (Portugal) case-study

Gil

Fonseca

Lobo

et al. 2012

European Journal of Remote Sensing

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The aim of this study is to assess the potential effectiveness of GMES Space Component Sentinel Missions for land-based environmental policy support in the Azores Autonomous Region (Portugal). Sixteen different types of legal and spatial instruments are currently being applied in this region. Most of them require detailed and accurate Land-use/Landcover cartography in order to deliver reliable outputs at municipal, island and archipelagic scales. Sentinel-2 Mission products can fulfill these requirements in a cost-effective way. A Spatial Data Infrastructure-based Regional GMES framework is proposed in order to process, assess, validate and integrate this GMES data into the decision support system of Azorean regional land policies.

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Section: Remote Sensing For Environmental Policy Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Linking GMES Space Component to the development of land policies in Outermost Regions—the Azores (Portugal) case-study

Gil

Fonseca

Lobo

et al. 2012

European Journal of Remote Sensing

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“…Working on forest fragmentation, Heilman et al [20] found that the length of detectable roads increased by 40% when switching from 1:100,000 scale to 1:24,000 scale data. The utility of these products may increase if they are developed in response to requests from potential users and a systematic survey of needs of existing policies and programs, instead of developing the products first and making them available to users afterwards [2]. This type of survey also helps to illuminate where the same basic remote sensing product can be used to meet multiple programmatic objectives of several different agencies or institutions, reducing the costs across all agencies [2].…”

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“…Policy implementation and evaluation requires data to ensure compliance and to monitor for policy success. Remote sensing products (including aerial photography, airborne and satellite imagery) are increasingly useful for monitoring and reporting requirements established by national policies and international treaties, conventions and agreements [2].…”

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“…This program helps measure the success of the 1981 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, phasing out the production and use of chlorofluorocarbons [12]. The initiation of large-scale programs such as the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) for the European Union [2] and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) in the USA also highlight the growing importance of remote sensing and large scale datasets. NEON makes heavy use of remote sensing information, using an Airborne Observation Platform (supporting LiDAR, digital photography and imaging spectrometer sensors) to observe trends in land use change, invasive species, and ecosystem functioning [13].…”

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Use of Remote Sensing to Support Forest and Wetlands Policies in the USA

Mayer

Lopez

2011

Remote Sensing

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Abstract:The use of remote sensing for environmental policy development is now quite common and well-documented, as images from remote sensing platforms are often used to focus attention on emerging environmental issues and spur debate on potential policy solutions. However, its use in policy implementation and evaluation has not been examined in much detail. Here we examine the use of remote sensing to support the implementation and enforcement of policies regarding the conservation of forests and wetlands in the USA. Specifically, we focus on the "Roadless Rule" and "Travel Management Rules" as enforced by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service on national forests, and the "No Net Loss" policy and Clean Water Act for wetlands on public and private lands, as enforced by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Army Corps of Engineers. We discuss several national and regional examples of how remote sensing for forest and wetland conservation has been effectively integrated with policy decisions, along with barriers to further integration. Some of these barriers are financial and technical (such as the lack of data at scales appropriate to policy enforcement), while others are political.

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“…Remote sensing solutions become attractive in this context only to the extent that they can deliver environmentally relevant information and provide a mechanism that supports meaningful oversight in a time-sensitive manner [5]. Although research has shown that remote sensing technologies have tremendous potential for compliance and remediation applications, this potential has only been demonstrated in a "proof-of-concept" manner [2,4].…”

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Tracking Environmental Compliance and Remediation Trajectories Using Image-Based Anomaly Detection Methodologies

Lein

2011

Remote Sensing

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Recent interest in use of satellite remote sensing for environmental compliance and remediation assessment has been heightened by growing policy requirements and the need to provide more rapid and efficient monitoring and enforcement mechanisms. However, remote sensing solutions are attractive only to the extent that they can deliver environmentally relevant information in a meaningful and time-sensitive manner. Unfortunately, the extent to which satellite-based remote sensing satisfies the demands for compliance and remediation assessment under the conditions of an actual environmental accident or calamity has not been well documented. In this study a remote sensing solution to the problem of site remediation and environmental compliance assessment was introduced based on the use of the RDX anomaly detection algorithm and vegetation indices developed from the Tasseled Cap Transform. Results of this analysis illustrate how the use of standard vegetation transforms, integrated into an anomaly detection strategy, enable the time-sequenced tracking of site remediation progress. Based on these results credible evidence can be produced to support compliance evaluation and remediation assessment following major environmental disasters.

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Efficiency evaluation of satellite data products in environmental policy

Cited by 21 publications

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Linking GMES Space Component to the development of land policies in Outermost Regions—the Azores (Portugal) case-study

Linking GMES Space Component to the development of land policies in Outermost Regions—the Azores (Portugal) case-study

Use of Remote Sensing to Support Forest and Wetlands Policies in the USA

Tracking Environmental Compliance and Remediation Trajectories Using Image-Based Anomaly Detection Methodologies

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