APPLICATION OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY WITH ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT FOR POLLUTION MONITORING -- Space Science, Exploration and Policies -- Pollution Science, Technology and Abatement -- APPLICATION OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY WITH ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT FOR POLLUTION MONITORING -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. EARTH POLLUTION -- 1.1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.2. POLLUTION SOURCES -- Fossil Fuel -- Other Pollution Sources -- Trading Activities -- 1.3. POLLUTION CONTROL -- 1.4. AIR, LAND AND WATER POLLUTION REDUCTION -- 1.5. SPACE TECHNOLOGY FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGREEMENTS -- Remote Sensing and Multilateral Environmental Agreements -- Applications of Remote Sensing to Environmental Treaties -- Biodiversity-Related Agreements -- Kyoto Protocol -- Desertification -- Marine Applications -- (i) Remote Sensing Technology -- (ii) Environmental Treaties -- (iii) Global Monitoring for Environment and Security -- (iv) The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor -- (v) Millennium Ecosystem Assessment -- (vi) The Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project -- (vii) The Bonn Agreement -- (viii) Roles for Remote Sensing -- (ix) Negotiation -- (x) Environmental Assessment -- (xi) Implementation Review -- (xii) Compliance and Dispute Resolution -- (xiii) The Broader Political Process -- 1.6. SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS: REMOTE SENSING AND GIS DEVELOPMENT AND ACHIEVEMENTS -- 1.7 GIS AS A TOOL FOR ATMOSPHERIC VEHICLE IMPACT POLLUTION MONITORING -- Wireless Sensor Networks -- (i) Expandability -- (ii) Scalability -- (iii) Portability -- (iv) Cost -- Systems Details -- CHAPTER 2. METHODOLOGY FOR POLLUTION MONITORING -- 2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.2. REMOTE SENSING METHODS FOR OIL SPILL DETECTION -- Mineral Oil Films -- 2.3. AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM -- 2.4. OTHER USED SYSTEMS -- Oil Drift and Dispersion Models.

2.5. SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR SENSORS FOR OIL SPILL -- 2.6 A GIS APPLICATION IN PREDICTING OF URBAN TRAFFIC AIR POLLUTION -- GIS Development -- Model Description -- GIS Mapping -- (i) Input Data Description -- Graphical Outputs Description -- CHAPTER 3. INDICATORS AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR POLLUTION DETECTION -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- ACRONYMS -- 3.2. OIL SPILL DETECTION -- Oil Spill Data Development -- Required Parameters -- 3.3. REMOTE SENSING AND GIS - INTEGRATION OF REMOTE SENSING INFORMATION -- 3.4. VEGETATION AS THE TOOL FOR OIL SPILL MONITORING -- Pollution of Soil by Hydrocarbon Raw Stock and its Biological Activity -- 3.5. REMOTE SENSING AS A TOOL OF PROTECTION OF THE LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE -- Application of Remote Sensing Methods -- Remote Sensing Data Analysis -- 3.6. REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY OF RELEVANCE TO THE OIL SPILL TREATY -- 3.7. MONITORING OF THE LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS -- Background -- Methodology -- Field Methodology -- GIS Development and Data Projection and Conversion -- Digital Elevation Model -- 3.8. RIVER INUNDATION IMPACT REDUCTION BASED ON SPACE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION -- Method -- Key Findings -- Investigated Area Description -- Space Image Processing -- Tasseled Cap Transformation -- Digital Elevation Model Development -- Identification of Potential Flood Inundation Areas -- Potential Flood Inundation Areas Mapping -- Modification of the 3D Model of the Selected Areas -- Discussion -- 3.9. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY -- Initial Data Access -- The Problem Search Approach -- 3.10. HIGH RESOLUTION SPACE IMAGES FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE AREA MONITORING WITH APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS -- Methodology -- Preliminary Processing as a Main Stage -- Classification Results -- 3.11. PROMPT SYSTEM OF AEROSPACE MONITORING OF TRANSBORDER NATURAL, ECOLOGICAL AND NATURAL DISASTER PROCESSES.

Analyses -- Organizational Developments -- 3.12. SPACE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION FOR STRENGTHEN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IN EFFECTIVE EARLY WARNING -- CHAPTER 4. SPACE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS FOR POLLUTION IMPACT FORECASTING, PREPAREDNESS AND REDUCTION -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. SATELLITE APPLICATIONS -- 4.3. REMOTE SENSING FOR ENVIRONMENT -- Specific Action Programs -- 4.4. SPACE TECHNOLOGY FOR POLLUTION DETECTION AND PREVENTION -- Air Pollution and Dust Storms -- Drought and Desertification -- Earthquakes -- Forest Fires -- Fires in Turkey's Adana Region and Northwest of Syria -- Floods and Severe Storms -- Dam Break in Syria -- Landslides -- Oil Spills -- Volcanic Eruptions -- Ice Hazards -- Ozone Depletions -- Sun Flares -- Nuclear Explosions -- 4.5. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR AIR POLLUTION FORECASTING -- Meteorological Models and Interfaces -- Urban Air Quality Models -- Population Exposure Models -- 4.6. APPLICATIONS OF THE IMPROVED INTEGRATED SYSTEMS -- Helsinki UAQIFS -- Oslo UAQIFS -- Copenhagen Emergency Decision - Support System -- 4.7. MONITORING THE GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL USING THE RADARSAT - 1 AND RADARSAT - 2 -- 4.8. SPACE TECHNOLOGY IN CLIMATE CHANGE OBSERVATION -- Introduction -- Observation Requirements -- Earth Observation Systems for Monitoring Climate Change -- Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Program -- CHAPTER 5. ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTS -- 5.1. REMOTE SENSING AND GIS FOR ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN SOCIETY BENEFITS -- INTRODUCTION -- 5.2. SPATIAL RISK ANALYSIS SOFTWARE PACKAGE USE -- 5.3. MODELING OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS -- 3d Models of Potentially Dangerous Objects -- Elevation Model of the Studied Area -- 5.4. REMOTE SENSING AND GIS APPLICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKS MANAGEMENT -- Integration of Construction Data in GIS.

5.5. REMOTE SENSING AS THE SUITABLE TOOL FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT -- Introduction -- Methodology -- (i) Remote Sensing -- a. Bathymetry [266] -- b. Bottom-Type Classification [15] -- c. Additional Information Layers -- (ii) GIS Analysis: Risk Assessment Mapping -- (iii) Outcomes -- 5.6. CONCEPTUAL APPROACH OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT BY APPLICATION OF ADVANCES SPACE TECHNOLOGY -- Introduction -- GIS Technology in Data Structuring for Engineering Management -- Engineering Facility Construction Management with Application of GIS Technology -- Possible Research Areas -- Space Technology in Engineering for Pollution Management -- 5.7. AIR POLLUTION MODELING WITH THE GIS APPLICATIONS -- Introduction -- Vehicular Pollution Modeling -- Inadequacies of Vehicular Pollution Modeling -- GIS Applications in Air Pollution Modeling -- 5.8. GIS IN SPATIAL MODELING OF AIR POLLUTION IN URBAN AREAS -- Introduction -- Methods of Integration Air Quality Models into the GIS -- GIS Data Management and Functionality -- GIS Data Models -- Lidar Measurements for Air Quality Assessment Based on Spatial Models -- Case Studies of the Urban Areas -- Spatial Modeling of the Flat Urban Area -- Spatial Modeling of the Street Canyons -- Pollution Mapping Based on Geographic Information System -- 5.9. GIS FOR SOIL RESOURCES: SATELLITE DATA ANDCOMPUTERS TO MONITOR THE STATE OF THE REGION'S SOILS -- Precision Farming -- GIS - Based Mapping and Modeling of Soil Erosion -- Using Satellites to Monitor Changes in Land Use -- Farmers and GIS -- Disseminating the Information -- 5.10. APPLICATION OF GPS - GIS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC POLLUTION -- Introduction -- Study Areas Description -- Used Equipment and Survey Design -- Analysis of Results -- 5.11. NECESSARY ACTIONS, WORK AND MAINTENANCE FOR WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION -- Introduction - Legal Requirements -- Planning.

Pollution Prevention -- Silt -- Activities that Can Cause Silt Pollution -- Disturbance of the River Bed / Working in the River Channel -- Disposal of Water from Excavations, Dewatering and Pumping -- Exposed Ground and Stockpiles -- On-site Working -- Disposal of Contaminated Water - Treatment and Disposal Methods -- a. Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) -- Examples of Source Control Sustainable Drainage Systems -- b. Settlement Lagoons or Tanks -- Settlement Lagoon / Tank - A Checklist -- c. Filtration -- d. Pump to Grassland -- e. Discharge to Sewer -- f. Tanker off Site -- Concrete and Cement -- Storage - General -- Security -- Refueling -- Biodegradable Oils -- Pollutant Containment -- Waste Management -- Data Integration Based on Remote Sensing Methods and GIS Technology -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.