Using Earth Observation Technologies for Better Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement of Environmental Laws
Using Earth Observation Technologies for Better Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement of Environmental Laws
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利用地球观测技术更好地遵守法规并执行环境法
DOI：
10.1093/jel/eqp027
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Purdy R
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作者：
Purdy R
环境法的常规实施和执行机制存在弱点，加上制定更明智和更节约资源的监管办法的压力，表明存在着更多地利用地球观测技术作为环境法中遵守监管工具的真实的机会。卫星能力和相关EO技术的技术改进意味着这些技术对环境法领域的工作人员来说可能变得越来越重要。新的高分辨率卫星现在可以拍摄出接近摄影质量的照片，我们从太空观察到的东西正在发生巨大变化。利用这些新技术来观察和提供遵守环境规定的证据，可以为监测和执行某些类型的立法提供重要机会。本文认为，EO技术的这些巨大的步骤变化的相关性，有效的环境执法的当代挑战。
Weaknesses in conventional mechanisms of implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, coupled with pressures to develop smarter and more resource-efficient regulatory approaches, suggest that there are real opportunities for the greater use of earth observation (EO) technologies as a regulatory compliance tool in environmental law. Technological improvements in the capabilities of satellites and associated EO technologies mean these could become increasingly relevant for those working in the environmental law sector. New high-resolution satellites can now produce pictures of near photographic quality and what we can observe from space is changing dramatically. Using these new technologies for observing and providing evidence of environmental compliance could provide significant opportunities in monitoring and enforcing some types of legislation. This article considers the relevance of these dramatic step-changes in EO technologies to contemporary challenges of effective environmental law enforcement.