TY - GEN
T1 - The role of remote sensing and GIS for security
AU - Coskun, H. G.
AU - Alganci, U.
AU - Usta, G.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Environmental security is an increasing issue in world affairs. Environmental security is the state of human-environment dynamics that includes restoration of the environment damaged by military actions, and amelioration of resource scarcities, environmental degradation and biological threats that could lead to social disorder and conflict. NATO continues to list environmental security as among its most important priorities. Without greater measures to insure environmental security, continued population and economic growth will diminish natural life support systems leading to migration and conflict. With half the world clustering into urban environments, natural disasters and global environmental change affect greater numbers of people who are dependent on civil systems for water, power, transportation, food and other manufactured systems. Security for environment, water management and information is becoming major necessity due to terrorism and heighten level for the quality of human life. New advanced methodologies which are Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) important tool to determine and help to solve described problems to monitor environment for risk assessment and management are needed to meet new challenges including terrorist attacks. Some projects using remote sensing methods with satellite data and GIS software which are subjected to monitor water quality and urban chancing up to time at the drinking water basin and dam will be shown, giving examples on how this integration of multisource information works now and advise the new technologies in the near future.
AB - Environmental security is an increasing issue in world affairs. Environmental security is the state of human-environment dynamics that includes restoration of the environment damaged by military actions, and amelioration of resource scarcities, environmental degradation and biological threats that could lead to social disorder and conflict. NATO continues to list environmental security as among its most important priorities. Without greater measures to insure environmental security, continued population and economic growth will diminish natural life support systems leading to migration and conflict. With half the world clustering into urban environments, natural disasters and global environmental change affect greater numbers of people who are dependent on civil systems for water, power, transportation, food and other manufactured systems. Security for environment, water management and information is becoming major necessity due to terrorism and heighten level for the quality of human life. New advanced methodologies which are Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) important tool to determine and help to solve described problems to monitor environment for risk assessment and management are needed to meet new challenges including terrorist attacks. Some projects using remote sensing methods with satellite data and GIS software which are subjected to monitor water quality and urban chancing up to time at the drinking water basin and dam will be shown, giving examples on how this integration of multisource information works now and advise the new technologies in the near future.
KW - Drinking water basin and dam
KW - Environmental Security
KW - Geographic Information System
KW - Multisource information
KW - Remote sensing
KW - Water management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36549005046&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4020-6575-0_23
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4020-6575-0_23
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:36549005046
SN - 9781402065743
T3 - NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security
SP - 337
EP - 351
BT - Integration of Information for Environmental Security
ER -
