Title :
Remote sensing: economic viability of environmental monitoring
Author :
Macauley, Molly K. ; Brennan, Timothy J.
Author_Institution :
Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The authors assess the benefits of future higher spatial and spectral resolution space-based remote sensing for environmental regulation and enforcement. They draw from the economics literature on regulation, monitoring, and enforcement to frame their analysis of the technological attributes of the emerging remote sensing systems. They find that the systems are likely to have significant and highly beneficial implications for regulation and enforcement
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; pollution measurement; remote sensing; atmosphere; economic viability; enforcement; environmental monitoring; land surface; meteorology; pollution measurement technique; regulation; satellite remote sensing; space-based remote sensing; spaceborne method; terrain mapping; Costs; Environmental economics; Finance; Inspection; Pollution; Protection; Public policy; Regulators; Remote monitoring; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International
Conference_Location :
Lincoln, NE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3068-4
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516942
