Special Issue "Remote Sensing in Support of Environmental Policy" A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2011 Introduction Remotely sensed data are increasingly used (with varying success) for the monitoring and regulation of existing environmental policies, particularly those that occur at scales over which site visits are prohibitive. These policies govern deforestation and carbon balances, air and water pollution, urban sprawl and loss of agricultural land, and habitat destruction of threatened species, to name a few. As environmental degradation is made more visible and quantifiable, remote sensing data may also generate support for new policies. This issue will cover: the strengths and weaknesses of the existing use of remote sensing data in policy creation, implementation, evaluation, and enforcement; future advances in technology and applications; and unresolved issues including scale mismatch between available data and policy boundaries, legal implications (such as for private property rights), and the tenuous support for space programs that underpin all remote sensing efforts. Submission Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. Papers will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Remote Sensing is an international peer-reviewed Open Access monthly journal published by MDPI. Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this Open Access journal is 500 CHF (Swiss Francs). English correction and/or formatting fees of 250 CHF (Swiss Francs) will be charged in certain cases for those articles accepted for publication that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections. Special Issue Editor Guest Editor Dr. Audrey L Mayer Department of Social Sciences & School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 209 AOB, Social Sciences 1400 Townsend Dr. Houghton, MI 49931, USA E-Mail: [email protected] Keywords •carbon emissions •compliance •conservation •deforestation •environmental monitoring and assessment •environmental policy •law •pollution •regulation •remote sensing •satellite images •scale •space program Audrey L. Mayer, Ph.D. Michigan Technological University School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science & Department of Social Sciences 1400 Townsend Dr. Houghton, MI 49931 1-906-487-3448 [email protected] http://forest.mtu.edu/faculty/mayer/index.html http://www.social.mtu.edu/people/almayer.htm
