Use of SPOT images as a tool for coastal zone management and monitoring of environmental impacts in the coastal zone

Paola Almeida-Guerra

doi:10.1117/1.1496786

1 September 2002 Use of SPOT images as a tool for coastal zone management and monitoring of environmental impacts in the coastal zone

Paola Almeida-Guerra

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 41, Issue 9, (September 2002). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1496786

Modern techniques such as remote sensing have been one of the main factors leading toward the achievement of serious plans regarding coastal management. A multitemporal analysis of land use in certain areas of the Colombian Caribbean Coast is described. It mainly focuses on environmental impacts caused by anthropogenic activities, such as deforestation of mangroves due to shrimp farming. Selection of sensitive areas, percentage of destroyed mangroves, possible endangered areas, etc., are some of the results of this analysis. Recommendations for a coastal management plan in the area have also resulted from this analysis. Some other consequences of the deforestation of mangroves in the coastal zone and the construction of shrimp ponds are also analyzed, such as the increase of erosion problems in these areas and water pollution, among others. The increase of erosion in these areas has also changed part of their morphology, which has been studied by the analysis of SPOT images in previous years. A serious concern exists about the future of these areas. For this reason new techniques like satellite images (SPOT) have been applied with good results, leading to more effective control and coastal management in the area. The use of SPOT images to study changes of the land use of the area is a useful technique to determine patterns of human activities and suggest solutions for severe problems in these areas.

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Paola Almeida-Guerra "Use of SPOT images as a tool for coastal zone management and monitoring of environmental impacts in the coastal zone," Optical Engineering 41(9), (1 September 2002). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1496786

Published: 1 September 2002

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