Deep Learning with Satellite Imagery to Enhance Environmental Enforcement
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- Abstract
- The protection of air, water, and land depends critically on the role of government agencies that monitor and enforce environmental laws. In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administers a vast range of statutory schemes, with regulations touching on critical industries, including energy, agriculture, transportation, and construction. Notwithstanding landmark statutes, such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, there is increasing evidence that regulatory bodies struggle in enforcing these laws. We argue that the vast increase in the quantity and quality of satellite imagery, coupled with rapid advances in computer vision, often dubbed the “deep learning” revolution, has the potential to substantially enhance environmental monitoring and enforcement.
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| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | 2021 |
| Date modified | August 10, 2021; December 5, 2022 |
| Publication date | June 7, 2021 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Handan-Nader, Cassandra |
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| Author | Ho, Daniel E. |
| Author | Liu, Larry Y. |
Subjects
| Subject | Deep Learning |
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| Subject | Environmental Enforcement |
| Subject | Satellite Imagery |
| Subject | Clean Air Act |
| Subject | Clean Water Act |
| Subject | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Subject | Stanford Law School |
| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Book |
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- Cassandra Handan-Nader, Daniel E. Ho & Larry Y. Liu, Deep Learning with Satellite Imagery to Enhance Environmental Enforcement, in DATA SCIENCE APPLIED TO SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS 206-28 (Jennifer Dunn & Prasanna Balaprakash eds., Elsevier, 2021). Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/bh005pt4088
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