A monitoring system of sand mining in large rivers and its application to the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River, Myanmar
Sand mining is one of the major sustainability challenges of the 21st century. Rates of extraction are surpassing sand supply, and ensuing sand starvation is adversely impacting channel-floodplains and deltas. Therefore, quantifying sand mining’s location and extent, through global monitoring and de...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1538882022-01-01T20:11:13Z A monitoring system of sand mining in large rivers and its application to the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River, Myanmar Gruel, Charles R. Latrubesse, Edgardo Manuel Asian School of the Environment Earth Observatory of Singapore Science::Geology Sand Mining Monitoring System Sand mining is one of the major sustainability challenges of the 21st century. Rates of extraction are surpassing sand supply, and ensuing sand starvation is adversely impacting channel-floodplains and deltas. Therefore, quantifying sand mining’s location and extent, through global monitoring and detection, particularly in fluvial systems, is becoming a priority. Sand mining by dredges and barges (extraction of sand and secondarily gravel) in South East Asian rivers, including illegal sand mining, has become rampant, and a monitoring system is not yet in place. Here, we present a high-resolution remote sensing-based mining monitoring system for sand mining in fluvial systems. We used Sentinel-1 mission, a radar component of the Copernicus joint initiative of the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA). The system, tested in the Ayeyarwady, the second largest river in SE Asia, detects sand mining by barges almost in real-time with a satisfactory accuracy level. An additional advantage of the monitoring system is that it does not incur any costs, making it accessible to multiple users, decision-makers, and stakeholders. Nanyang Technological University Published version This research was funded by the Earth Observatory of Singapore and Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University 2021-12-30T07:43:48Z 2021-12-30T07:43:48Z 2021 Journal Article Gruel, C. R. & Latrubesse, E. M. (2021). A monitoring system of sand mining in large rivers and its application to the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River, Myanmar. Water, 13(17), 2331-. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13172331 2073-4441 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153888 10.3390/w13172331 2-s2.0-85114030491 17 13 2331 en Water © 2021 The Author(s). Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). application/pdf |
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Sand mining is one of the major sustainability challenges of the 21st century. Rates of extraction are surpassing sand supply, and ensuing sand starvation is adversely impacting channel-floodplains and deltas. Therefore, quantifying sand mining’s location and extent, through global monitoring and detection, particularly in fluvial systems, is becoming a priority. Sand mining by dredges and barges (extraction of sand and secondarily gravel) in South East Asian rivers, including illegal sand mining, has become rampant, and a monitoring system is not yet in place. Here, we present a high-resolution remote sensing-based mining monitoring system for sand mining in fluvial systems. We used Sentinel-1 mission, a radar component of the Copernicus joint initiative of the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA). The system, tested in the Ayeyarwady, the second largest river in SE Asia, detects sand mining by barges almost in real-time with a satisfactory accuracy level. An additional advantage of the monitoring system is that it does not incur any costs, making it accessible to multiple users, decision-makers, and stakeholders. |
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