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Abstract
Use of Remote Sensing and GIS for Targeted Watershed Restoration
Track: Remote Sensing Imagery
Author(s): Sandra Arthur, Neil Weinstein
Remote sensing and GIS tools are used to develop a planning process for restoring hydrologic functions in impaired urban watersheds using the principles of Low Impact Development (LID). Maps of various ecological parameters can be derived from the remote imagery, including soil moisture, vegetation coverage, surface temperature, impervious surfaces, and land use. These maps are used to identify impaired areas--for example, dry and compacted soils, degraded vegetation, extensive imperviousness, strong urban heat islands, exposed sediment, and/or disconnected riparian buffers. GIS overlays then identify landowners, homeowners associations, and stakeholders that could be potential partners in the restoration of these areas.
Sandra Arthur
Low Impact Development Center, Inc.
5010 Sunnyside Ave, Suite 200
Beltsville , MD 20705
USA
Phone: 301-982-5559
Fax: 301-982-1994
E-mail: starthur@lowimpactdevelopment.org
Neil Weinstein
Low Impact Development Center, Inc.
5010 Sunnyside Ave
Suite 200
Beltsville
USA
Phone: 301-982-5559
Fax: 301-982-1994
E-mail: nweinstein@lowimpactdevelopment.org