Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing · 1991 · 21 citations · 0 references
ManagementEnvironmental ManagementGeoinformaticsGeographic Information SystemsRemote SensingWaste ManagementPhotogrammetryRemote Sensing For InventorySite AssessmentSite CharacterizationWaste DisposalWaste Management SystemsClassification System DesignClassification System EvaluationGeoreferencingMonitoring Of Disposal SitesPrioritizationRemedial Action PlanningRemedial Action PlansWaste Disposal Sites
Over the past 15 years, various studies have documented the value of remote sensing for inventorying and assessing waste-disposal sites. Most of these efforts have concentrated on specific sites. This paper reviews and illustrates a procedure that can be applied in performing comprehensive inventories of known and unknown, active and inactive, waste-disposal sites over county-size areas. The steps described include pre-survey activities, evaluation and acquisition of aerial photographs, development of the classification system, public information surveys, airphoto analysis, site georeferencing, site prioritization and follow-up airphoto analysis, and implementation of a monitoring program. Although not a case-study report, the paper focuses on Suffolk County, N.Y., where multidate, historic aerial photographs were analyzed in conjunction with field and citizen surveys to detect and categorize hundreds of previously unidentified sites for remedial action. 20 refs.