From Remote Sensing to Decision Support System for Industrial Quarry Basins

Licciardello, Cinzia; Marco, A. Di; Biagini, Stefania; Tayeh, Khalil; Palazzuoli, D.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-94426-1_28

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“…This method avoids wasting time or avoidable environmental damage. Other very valid methods consulted [56] are based on LIDAR surveys integrated with SAPR surveys and terrestrial laser scanners in order to obtain a representative result of detail. However, these surveys, in the monitoring of quarries, are carried out along slopes and in complex extractive districts.…”

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In-Depth Monitoring of Anthropic Activities in the Puglia Region: What Is the Acceptable Compromise between Economic Activities and Environmental Protection?

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In many countries in the world, the conservation of habitats is at risk mainly due to anthropic pressures on the environment. A study was conducted to assess the extent to which sensitive and high nature-value habitats are damaged by high-impact human activities. Some evaluation methods that are applied may not be entirely appropriate to the characteristics of the investigated areas or may be very accurate but provide results that are delayed with respect to the occurrence of the events that created the loss of their characteristics. The main purpose of this study is to optimise some methodologies for monitoring the impacts of human activities making it possible to obtain better results in less time and with much lower costs. This methodology has been applied in two different areas present in the Puglia Region in south-eastern Italy, in the central Mediterranean area. The biotope fragmentation method was applied on coastal dunes, in the province of Brindisi, affected by an important tourist influx. The results of the inclusion, in the evaluation methodology, of the remote sensing of the paths indicate a more real situation on the state of fragmentation of the coastal dunes. The second methodology concerns the monitoring, through topographical profiles obtained from Sentinel-1 DEM images, of active and inactive mining sites, allowing to obtain of very detailed information on the progress of mining activities in a very short time. By implementing these methodologies, it is possible to improve the control of the territory allowing a more detailed analysis in order to safeguard the environment from impacting human activities and avoiding, as much as possible, the occurrence of illegal activities. Finally, compensation factors to ensure that human activities are conducted in a sustainable way are also evaluated.

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In-Depth Monitoring of Anthropic Activities in the Puglia Region: What Is the Acceptable Compromise between Economic Activities and Environmental Protection?

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“…However, natural soil loss between 2017 and 2020 was significantly reduced compared to the interval of years 2009-2016. The detail of these data is shown in a previous work (Licciardello et al, 2021).…”

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“…In order to properly assess the sustainability of the authorized activities, regional and national laws oblige quarry owners to issue a report on MCW/MQW production rates to monitoring agencies: these data are available in the Regional Environmental Information System (SIRA) of the Regional Environmental Agency of Tuscany (ARPAT). As highlighted in Licciardello et al (2021), the tracking of extracted volumes disposed in situ for quarries in the Carrara basin over the years is a valuable additional resource for ARPAT control planners, which has allowed them to prioritize environmental controls based on waste management performance and to monitor the achievement of sustainable waste management goals. As part of a project involving ARPAT, several remote sensing methods were used to derive areal and volumetric datasets, which were used to calculate a set of experimental indicators related to the potential impact of MQW/MCW on the entire Carrara industrial basin (Licciardello et al, 2021).…”

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“…As highlighted in Licciardello et al (2021), the tracking of extracted volumes disposed in situ for quarries in the Carrara basin over the years is a valuable additional resource for ARPAT control planners, which has allowed them to prioritize environmental controls based on waste management performance and to monitor the achievement of sustainable waste management goals. As part of a project involving ARPAT, several remote sensing methods were used to derive areal and volumetric datasets, which were used to calculate a set of experimental indicators related to the potential impact of MQW/MCW on the entire Carrara industrial basin (Licciardello et al, 2021). The indicators proposed in this work are targeted at local monitoring of individual quarries, while those already in the literature were limited to monitoring of high-level plans, being mainly based on (a) the life cycle assessment (LCA) method applied to building materials (Bianco et al, 2016;Zabalza et al, 2011), (b) the influence of the adoption of industrial best practices (Zabalza et al, 2011), (c) other hybrid approaches (Capitano et al, 2018), or (d) the restoration of natural habitats (Zhang Q. et al, 2018), are mainly aimed at monitoring regional plans that require Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) (Huang et al, 2007) The multidimensional nature of the proposed indicators, which vary over time and space, requires further work to facilitate the use of the indicators by decision makers.…”

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2d/3d Soil Consumption Tracking in a Marble Quarry District

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Marco

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Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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Abstract. Complex extractive districts, such as the marble quarries in the Apuan Alps (northern Italy), require soil consumption monitoring over the years that could be achieved through high-resolution remotely sensed data. To derive 2D and 3D indicators with appropriate resolution for annual monitoring of high-resolution changes in soil consumption, aerial images, LiDAR acquisitions, satellite data, and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) acquisitions were used. In particular, open-access Sentinel-2 multispectral satellite imagery with a spatial resolution of 10 m was used to assess cover changes (2D), and then refined by manual interpretation for 5 years (2016-2021). 3D changes were detected by comparing free aerial LiDAR data from 2009 and 2017, integrated with two stereo models obtained from Pléiades high-resolution satellite images from 2020 and 2022. 3D changes observed over the years by algebraic elevation comparison, performed in QGIS 3.x environment, highlight quarries characterized by intense mining activities (extracted marble blocks, characterized by positive elevation differences) and quarry area management (debris disposal and service infrastructure construction, characterized by negative elevation differences). The combined use of 2D and 3D change indicators can be challenging in order to correctly represent soil consumption over the years. A dual 2D/3D webgis client have been developed for proper representation of 2D/3D spatial indicators of ongoing extraction activities in the Carrara marble basin: high-resolution images have been served as tiled data, while 2D/3D spatial indicators are served as static and/or tiled vector data. Open-Source libraries have used in data processing, serving and representation inside a map interface.

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From Remote Sensing to Decision Support System for Industrial Quarry Basins

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In-Depth Monitoring of Anthropic Activities in the Puglia Region: What Is the Acceptable Compromise between Economic Activities and Environmental Protection?

2d/3d Soil Consumption Tracking in a Marble Quarry District

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