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Document Type

Book Chapter

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

1972

Book Title

Remote Sensing of the Chesapeake Bay : A conference held at Wallops Station, Virginia April 5 - 7, 1971

Publisher

Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

City

Washington, D.C.

Series

NASA SP (Series); 294

Abstract

I have modified the scope of this paper slightly to include urban pollution because the pollution problems produced by the agricultural industry are essentially the same as those produced by municipalities. We know that environmental degradation occurs as a result of the discharge and the byproducts from both sources.

In the case of agricultural activities, the terrain has and still is being modified to convert it to crop production. In the livestock industry, large populations of animals are being concentrated into relatively small areas to meet the economic pressures of meat production. With the human population, the numbers of people are not only increasing but are also concentrating. Probably more important, countless square miles of terrain have been denuded and modified to make way for highway and street construction or for the development of housing units. From both sources the results are the same. We have increased siltation; we have increased organic loading; and we have increased nutrient loading

Keywords

Remote sensing -- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)

Agricultural and Urban Pollution


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