ID: 56377
Title: Relative radiometric correction of multi-temporal ALOS AVNIR-2 data for the estimation of forest attributes
Author: Qing Xu, Zhengyang Hou, Timo Tokola
Editor: George Vosselman
Year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier, Vol 68, March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Keywords: Multi-temporal images, pseudo-invariant features, multivariate alteration detection (MAD), transformation, Bi-temporal principle component analysis, Local radiometric correction, Estimation accuracy
Abstract: Relative radiometric correction methods have been widely used to correct ground illumination difference in multi-temporal satellite data. ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite) data starts to play an important role in forest and carbon assessment, such as the REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) program. The objective of the study was to compare three relative radiometric correction methods for five multi-temporal ALOS AVNIR -2 (Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer) images, and to examine the influence of each correction method on the estimation accuracy of forest attributes with auxillary field inventory plot data. Both spectral features and textual features were extracted before and after radiometric correction and used in estimation procedure. All the radiometric correction methods used improved the estimation accuracy of forest stem volume at plot level, and they were MAD (multivariate alteration detection) transformation -based normalization, PCA (principle component analysis) - based correction and local radiometric correction, among which MAD transformation based normalization exceeded others by reducing the relative RMSE by 5.75% with the ordinary least square fittign and 6.8% with the K-MSN (K-Most Similar Neighbour) method both after leave-one-out cross-validation. RMSE for only the corrected area is also calculated. In view of the small proportion of plots in that area. The result can be used to improve the visual effect of mosaics of multi-temporal ALOS scenes to retrieve more accurate forest estimates for national forest resources and biomass mapping.
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ID: 56376
Title: Building extraction from oblique airborne imagery based on robust facade detection
Author: Jing Xiao, Markus Gerke, George Vosselman
Editor: George Vosselman
Year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier, Vol 68, March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Keywords: Oblique images, multiple views, building extraction, facade detection, dense matching
Abstract: A large number of applications and research fields rely on up-to-date and accurate representation of existing buildings, for example in GIS or 3D city models. Besides verification of existing building datasets, the detection of new objects from remote sensing data is major task in digital photogrammetry. This paper presents a new approach on building detection and simple reconstruction using airborne oblique images only. Facades are detected in oblique images using edge and height information. The latter is extracted from the same images usign a dense image matching technique, implying the need for stereo overlap at the particular facade. The facades are represented as vertical planes in object space and are used to define building hypotheses. These initial buildings are then verified and refined employing the point cloud as derived from multiple image dense matching. The method has been tested on almost 400 buildings in two areas which include different building structures. The result show that the detection rate depends on the number of viewing directions available at a particular building. A building is considered to be detected as soon as any portion of it is detected by our algorithm. Accordingly the correctness is constant above 90%, demonstrating the robustness of the approach. The completeness varies from 67% to 95%, while the geometric accuracy is limited because only box models are fitted to facades. Thus, the next step in the research will be to adapt the outline delineation to irregular buildings.
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ID: 56375
Title: Integrated point and edge matching on poor textural images constrained by self-adaptive triangulations
Author: Bo Wu, Yunsheng Zhang, Qing Zhu
Editor: George Vosselman
Year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier, Vol 68, March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Keywords: Image matching, point matching, edge matching, triangle constraint, self-adaptive propagation
Abstract: This paper presents an innovative image matching method for reliable and dense image matching on poor textural images, which is the integrated point and edge matching based on the self-adaptive edge-constrained traingulations. Firstly, several seed points and seed edges are obtained on the stereo images, and they are used to construct a pair of initial edge-constrained trianulations on the images. Then, points and edges are matched based on the triangle constraint and other constraints. The newly matched points and edges are inserted into the triangulations and the constrained triangulations are updated dynamically along with the matching propagation. The final results will be the final edge-constrianed traingulations generated from the successfully matched points and edges. Experiments using typical space-borne, airborne, and terrestrial images with poor textures revealed that the integrated point and edge matching method based on self-adaptive triangulations is able to produce dense and reliable matching results. Moreover, from the final matched points and edges, 3D points and eddges preserving the phycial boundaries of objects can be further derived based on photogrammetric techniques, which is ideal for further object modeling applications.
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ID: 56374
Title: Assessing post-fire vegetation recovery using red-near infrared vegetation indices: Accounting for background and vegetation variability
Author: S Veraverbeke, I Gitas, T Katagis, A Polychronaki, B Somers, R Goossens
Editor: George Vosselman
Year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier, Vol 68, March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Keywords: Forestry, vegetation, forest fire, Landsat, spectral
Abstract: Post-fire vegetation cover is a crucial parameter in rangeland management. This study aims to assess the post-fire vegetation recovery 3 years after the large fires on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. In this context, 13 red-near infrared (R-NIR) vegetation indices (VIs) were evaluated. Some of these indices, the so called soil-Adjusted VIs (SAVIs), attempt to minimize the influence of background variability, however, so far the impact of the variability in spectral response between different vegetation species on index perfomance has not yet been rigorously assessed. Using a combination of field and simulation techniques this study accounts for the impact of both background and vegetaion variability on index performance. The field data included a spectral library (59 vegetation and 29 substrate signals) and 78 line transect plots. One Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) scene of July 2010, 3 years after the fire event, was employed in the study. Results based on simulated mixtures of in situ measured reflectance showed that (i) SAVIs outperformed the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in environments with a single vegetation type, (ii) the NDVI more accurately estimated vegetation cover in environments with heterogeneous vegetation layers and a single soil type and (ii) overall, when both vegetation and background variability is incorporated in the model, the NDVI was the most optimal index. Findings from the simulation experiment corroborated with the results from the Landsat application. The Landsat NDVI showed the highest correlation with the line transect field data of recovery (R2 = 0.68) and the rank in performance of the Landsat-based indices was similar to that of the simulation experiment in which both vegetation and substrate variability was introduced. Results depend on the initial variability present in the study area, however, some trends can be generalized. Firstly, results support the use of SAVIs in enviornments with a single vegetation type. Secondly, for applications in environments to which natural vegetaion variability is inherent, such as the post-fire recovery landscape of this study, we, however, recommend the use of the NDVI because its normalizing capacity minimizes the impact of vegetation variability on fractional cover estimates.
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ID: 56373
Title: Building - damage detection using pre- and post- seismic high- resolution satellite stereo imagery: A case study of the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
Author: Xiaohua Tong, Zhonghua Hong, Shijie Liu, Xue Zhang, Huan Xie, Zhengyuan Li, Sonlin Yang, Weian Wang, Feng Bao
Editor: George Vosselman
Year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier, Vol 68, March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Keywords: Building collapse detection, earthquake, rational polynomial coefficient, Geopositioning accuracy, digital elevation model, IKONOS stereo images
Abstract: To address the disadvantage of traditional methods providing only two-dimensional (2D) damage change of the collapsed buildings, this paper presents an approach for the detection of the buildings that have collapsed in an earthquake based on 3D geometric changes, particularly height change of the buildings, using pre- and post- seismic IKONOS stereo image pairs. One of the critical issues-the accuracy of the 3D ground point determination from high-resolution satellite imagery (HRSI) - is first addressed employing a bias-compensation model based on the rational function polynomial coefficient bundle adjustment. With the refined 3D ground coordinates, two ways of detecting the collapsed buildings are propsed: (1) detection of an individual collapsed building by comparing the height differences at the corner points of the building calculated from the pre- and post-seismic IKONOS stereo pairs and (2) determination of the region of collapsed buildings by calculating the difference between the pre- and post- seismic digital elevation models (DEMs) generated again from the pre- and post- seismic stereo images. At the same time, a pre-seismic DEM based on a topographical map is generated for detection comparison in the study.
The experiment results for Dujiangyan using two IKONOS stereo pairs before and after the Wenchuan earthquake demonstrated the following, (1) Accuracy of better than 1.1m in planimetry and 1.5 m in height can be achieved from the pre- and post- seismic IKONOS stero image pairs using the affine bias compensation model. This accuracy guarantees the feasibility of detecting the 3D geometric changes of the earthquake-induced building collapses from pre- and post-seismic HRSI stereo images. (2) Using the refined 3D coordinates of the ground points computed from the pre- and post-seismic IKONOS stereo pairs, the status (i.e., totally collapsed, partially collapsed or not collapsed) and the number of collapsed storeys can be estimated for an individual building being assessed. (3) The region of collapsed buildings can be determined by differencing the pre- and post-seismic DEMs created from the pre- and post- seismic IKONOS stereo paris. An overall accuracy of better than 90% is achieved for the detection of the collapsed buildings based on the difference DEM using the pixel- and object-based assessment methods.
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ID: 56372
Title: Comparative evaluation of the Vegetation Dryness Index (VDI), the Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI) and the improved TVDI (iTVDI) for water stress detection in semi-arid regions of Iran
Author: Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, Kenji Omasa, Yo Shimizu
Editor: George Vosselman
Year: 2012
Publisher: Elsevier, Vol 68, March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Keywords: NDVI, ND117, Land surface temperature, semi-arid regions, water status
Abstract: This study aims at developing appropriate methods to detect water stress in the semi-arid regions of Iran. To do this, the Vegetation Dryness Index (VDI) concept, originally developed for forest fire detection, was applied to detect vegetation/soil water stress. A modified approach towards the Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI) concept, incorporating air temperature and a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to develop the improved TVDI (iTVDI) is also introduced and the results are compared with the original TVDI and VDI through verification by precipitation and soil moisture data. Evaluation of the VDI in the study area showed that there was no significant relationship between the VDI values and precipitation or soil moisture indicating its inappropriateness to be used for water stress detection. Compared with the TVDI, results indicated that there were more statistically significant relationships between the iTVDI and recent precipitation and soil moisture in the four land cover types in the study area. This indicates that the iTVDI is highly influenced by recent precipitation during the summer and can therefore estimate water status. It is concluded that the iTVDI can be successfully used for vegetation /soil water stress monitoring in the semi-arid regions of Iran.
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ID: 56371
Title: In vitro molecular assessment of cyanobacteria for salt tolerance
Author: Alekha Kumar Ghadai, Diptikanta Acharya, Sunil Kumar and Sailabala Padhi
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2012
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 11, No (1), March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Enviornment and Pollution Technology
Keywords: Cyanobacteria, salt tolerance, molecular assessment, pigments
Abstract: Blue green algae (Cyanobacteria) constitute the largest, most diverse and most widely distributed group of photosynthetic prokaryotes. These are known to be primary colonizers of inhospitable ecosystems in which they colonizeed almost all kinds of aquatic ecosystems. Salt tolerance is a good taxonomic character too because of their diverse morphological organization and different biochemical machineries. Four species of cyanobacteria, namely Oscillatoria tenue, Lyngbya estruarii, Scytonema major and Calothrix juliana were collected from the salt pans of Huma and cultured in medium containing varying concentrations from 0 to 25 ppt of NaCl for 20 days to asses the tolerance level of them. The growth and various macromolecular contents were determined along with the pigments on 20th day of culture. These organisms are able to tolerate the salt concentration of 5 ppt to 15 ppt.
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ID: 56370
Title: Water quality profile of Kas reservoir of Satara district, Maharashtra, India
Author: S M Pawar and S R Sonawane
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2012
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 11, No (1), March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Enviornment and Pollution Technology
Keywords: Kas reservoir, water quality index, drinking water standards
Abstract: The present study was intended to calculate water quality index (WQI) of Kas reservoir. The quality was assesed by examing various physico-chemical parameters namely pH, total alkalinity, total hardness, total dissolved solids, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand and chloride for which no earlier reports are available on this water body. The quality of water assessed for public consumption, recreation and other purposes. From the investigation, it was found that some of the parameters like pH, dissolved oxygen, hardness and chlorides are within the periomissible limtis but others like TDS and BOD exceeded slightly above the permissible limits laid by WHO, BIS and ICMR. The results indicate excellent status of the water body. But in future there is a need by authorities to take some concrete steps for maintenance of the reservoir for better health of people residing in that area.
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ID: 56369
Title: Analysis of atmospheric fungal biopllutants in the Intramural Air Environment of a library and its relevance to book deterioration and allergic diseases
Author: K R Hogale, A V Karne and B D Patil
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2012
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 11, No (1), March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Enviornment and Pollution Technology
Keywords: Library enviornment, fungal biopollutants, book deterioration, allergic diseases
Abstract: The fungal spore incidence inside a working library was recorded by operating Rotorod Air Sampler for a period of three months. Apart from dust particles, altogether 47 type of biopollutants were identified of which 42 belonged to fungal spore types and remaining 5 types belonged to group ' other types ' . Out of the total 42 fungal spores, 29 belonged to Deuteromycotina, 8 to Ascomycotina, 3 to Basidiomycotina and 2 to Zygomycotina. The spore types of Cladosporium (26.21%), Aspergilli + Penicilli (22.32%), Mucor + Rhizopus (4.92%), Alternaria (4.42%), Curvularia (3.22%), Nigrospora (2.84%), hyaline threads (2.57%), Leptosphaeria (2.24%), rust spores (2.04%) and Torula (2.02%) were found to occur in a relatively higher concentration. Biopollutants obtained peak in the month of September (34070/m3 of air) with 43.8 spore percentage, when there was a record of 46.7 mm rainfall, average mean temperature of 24.50C and relative humidity of 86.2%. The significance of fungal spore types recorded as biodeteriogens and aeroallergens was considered. The daily temperature, relative humidity and rainfall was recorded and the effect of prevailing weather on the incidence of fungal airspora is reported in this paper.
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ID: 56368
Title: Treatment of wastewater using different fixed beds reactors- A pilot plant study
Author: A R Vinod and R M Mahaligegowda
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2012
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 11, No (1), March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Enviornment and Pollution Technology
Keywords: Wastewater treatment, fixed bed reactors, fibrous coconut coir, corrugated sheets
Abstract: The present investigation was aimed to study removal of COD and NH3-N in two fixed bed reactors, one filled with fibrous coconut coir and the other with alternate pebble bed with corrugated sheets. The experimental study was conducted for a batch mode of operation. The bio-reactors were continuously aerated and fed with hostel sullage having an initial average COD of 890 mg/L and NH3-N of 70 mg/L. The reactor with coconut coir showed appreciable amount of COD removal of 79% to 84% and nitrification of 56% to 71% for a detention period of 4-16 hrs. The reactor with alternate pebble bed with corrugated sheets showed COD removal of 70% to 75% and NH3-N of 50% to 65%. The use of various fixed beds having higher surface area is effective in removing COD and nitrogen levels in domestic sullage with high organic impurities. Fibrous materials like coconut coir seem to be a promising option in removal of COD and NH3-N comparing to conventional attached growth bed such as pebble bed along with corrugated sheets.
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ID: 56367
Title: Litter production studies in a lake margin ecosystem
Author: Mayank Singh, O P Singh ' Vatsa ' and M P Singh
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2012
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 11, No (1), March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Enviornment and Pollution Technology
Keywords: Litter production, productivity, biomass, lake margin ecosystem
Abstract: The paper deals with an evaluation of magnitude of periodic change in biomass and productivity of litter in the neglected or abandoned land (Site-I) and winter season cultivated land or crop lands (Site -II) at ' Gujar Tal ' lake margin Jaunpur (U.P). The slight sloping lake-land ecotones of both the sites were distinguished into two zones, i.e. upper and lower. The peak biomass value of litter at Site- I was 79.44 g. m-2 in the upper zone and 43.12 g. m-2 in the lower zone both in the month of May. The maximum litter accumulation during the fallow period of Site-II was 52.46 g m-2 in October in the lower zone after recession of flood-water. In contrast, in crop period of Site-II, it was 59.12 g. m2 and 69.15 g. m-2 at the age of 120 days in upper and lower zones, respectively. The peak productivity value of litter at Site-I was 1.50 g m-2day-1 in the upper zone and 0.70 g m-2 day-1 in the lower zone both in the month of May. The highest productivity values of litter of plant community in the fallow lands of Site-II were 1.25 g m-2 day-1 in upper zone in the month of March, and 1.10 g m-2 day-1 in October in the lower zone. The net productivity of litter during crop period of site-II was 2.63 and 2.98 g m-2 day-1 at the age of 15 days of crop during November in the upper and lower zones. The annual litter production at Site-I was 87.67 g. m-2 yr-1 in the upper zone followed by 67.79 g. m-2yr-1 in the lower zone. Their respective peak annual production at Site-II was 91.12 and 141.24 g. m-2yr-1. Analysis of variance for litter biomass at Site-I showed that variation due to zones and months both was significant (p<0.001), while at site - II it was not significant both due to months and depths.
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ID: 56366
Title: Assessment of groundwater pollution based on bacteriological study in Thrissur city, Kerala, India
Author: R B Binoj Kumar and Anet Panakkal
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2012
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 11, No (1), March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Enviornment and Pollution Technology
Keywords: Groundwater pollution, bacteriological study, Thrissur city
Abstract: This study is intended to assess the likely contamination of groundwater in the shallow aquifer, owing to the gratuitors invasion of microorganisms in Thrissur Corporation. one of the ailing effects of urbanization is water pollution due to the incursion of faecal coliforms into groundwater resources, predominantly cramped to open wells. The outcome denotes that the water is habitually contaminated and the degree of contagion is elevated in the vicinity of temporary shelters of migrant workers. Predictable rationale for this is the admixture of human excreta and animal waste with the groundwater. Thus, insistent steps are recommended to the Corporation officials to deal with this distress at once to gruarantee provision for hygenic drinking water.
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ID: 56365
Title: Pollution load of four heavy metals in water, sediment and benthic organism in the Kulti river of Sundarban fed by Metropolitan sewage
Author: Anirban Akhand, Abhra Chanda, Pranabes Sanyal and Sugata Hazra
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2012
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 11, No (1), March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Enviornment and Pollution Technology
Keywords: Heavy metals, Kulti river, metropolitan sewage, pollution load index, concentration factors
Abstract: The degree of heavy metal contamination was estimated in the river water, sediments and benthic organisms in the Kolkata metropolitan sewage outfall zone and downstream areas along the Kulti River track. Four heavy metals namely Cr, Pb, Zn and Cd were studied seasonally. The hierarchy of heavy metals in the water samples and sediments was found in the order Zn>Pb>Cr>Cd and Zn>Cr>Pb>Cd respectively in most of the cases. Among the four heavy metals, Pb was found to be beyond the permissible limit recommended by Central Pollution Control Board of India for inland discharge. The extent of contamination by Cd is very prominent in the sedimetns followed by Pb, which is observed not only in the outfall region but also found persistant in the downstream stations. On the other hand contamination of Zn and Cr was not found to be widespread. Contamination in sediments of the outfall zone was most pronounced during the monsoon, while in the same season it was observed least in case of water samples. The pollution load index study revealed that the overall metal pollution load depleted towards the downstream. Among the two benthic organisms studied, metals were found to be accumulated more in Uca rose than Boleopthalmus spp.
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ID: 56364
Title: Contamination of heavy metals in seafood marketed from Virar and Bhayender markets of suburban areas of Mumbai
Author: G V Zodape, V L Dhawan and R R Wagh
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2012
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 11, No (1), March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Enviornment and Pollution Technology
Keywords: Seafood, heavy metals, fish, Mumbai suburban markets
Abstract: Seafood is the major source of food of large number of people residing in the coastal areas of Maharashtra. Fish samples namely Arius dussumieri, parastromateus niger, Harpadon nehereus, Dasyatis uranak and Carcharhinus limbatus from Virar Market, and Nemipterus japonicus, Harpadon nehereus, Coilila dussumieri, Johnius sina and Megalaspis cordyla from Bhayender Market were collected directly from the two suburban markets of Mumbai coast.The fish samples were dried in the laboratory and the dried fishes were crushed into a fine powder by mortar and pestle and stored in amber coloured bottles in vaccum desiccators. These samples were later used for determination of the six heavy metals namely zinc, manganese, iron, lead, cadmium and mercury by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. It is reported in the literature that the level of Zn in fishes is generally above the tolerable limits. In the present study it was found that the level of Zn in fishes from Virar and Bhayender markets was also above the tolerable limits. The data for Mn are comparable with the similar data reported by other workers. Iron was the dominant metal measured during the study. From this study, it was found that the concentration of Fe in different species of fishes were quite hihg as also reported in the earlier literature. Thus, the values of Fe in present study suggest severe contamination in seafood in recent years. The level of Pb, in this study is within tolerance limits. The concentration of Cd in the fishes was far lower than the consumption safety tolerance in fishes set by countries worldwide. According to the results obtained, the Hg level in the fishes was found to be below the tolerance limits. It was also found that the metal ion concentration was having a trend of increasing in winter season as compared to the pre monsoon and monsoon seasons.
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ID: 56363
Title: Environmental audit of distillery industry: A case study of Kumbhi Kasari distillery factory, Kuditre, Kolhapur
Author: T B Rao, S G Chonde, P R Bhosale, A S Jadhav and P D Raut
Editor: Prof K P Sharma
Year: 2012
Publisher: Technoscience Publications, Vol 11, No (1), March 2012
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: None
Subject: Nature Enviornment and Pollution Technology
Keywords: Environmental audit, distillery industry, waste minimization
Abstract: Environmental Audit is intended to quantify environmental performace and environmental position of an industry. Environmental audit report ideally contains a statement of environmental performance and position but may also aim to define what needs to be done to improve upon indicators of such performance and position. Present study is related to environmental audit of a distillery unit located near Kolhapur in Maharashtra. The environmental audit identified the various waste streams, waste minimization and treatment options in the distillery industry. The paper aims to substantiate the intension that the use of environmental audit practices help the industry to increase its productivity, and at the same time maintaining the environment.
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