Using GIS in Ecological Management: Green Assessment of the Impacts of Petroleum Activities in the State of Texas

Edmund Merem, Bennetta Robinson, Joan M. Wesley, Sudha Yerramilli and Yaw A. Twumasi
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Edmund Merem: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jackson State University, 3825 Ridgewood Road, PO Box 23, Jackson, MS 39211, USA
Bennetta Robinson: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jackson State University, 3825 Ridgewood Road, PO Box 23, Jackson, MS 39211, USA
Joan M. Wesley: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jackson State University, 3825 Ridgewood Road, PO Box 23, Jackson, MS 39211, USA
Sudha Yerramilli: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jackson State University, 3825 Ridgewood Road, PO Box 23, Jackson, MS 39211, USA
Yaw A. Twumasi: Department of Advanced Technologies, School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, 1000 ASU Drive, Alcorn State University, MS 39096-7500, USA

IJERPH, 2010, vol. 7, issue 5, 1-30

Abstract: Geo-information technologies are valuable tools for ecological assessment in stressed environments. Visualizing natural features prone to disasters from the oil sector spatially not only helps in focusing the scope of environmental management with records of changes in affected areas, but it also furnishes information on the pace at which resource extraction affects nature. Notwithstanding the recourse to ecosystem protection, geo-spatial analysis of the impacts remains sketchy. This paper uses GIS and descriptive statistics to assess the ecological impacts of petroleum extraction activities in Texas. While the focus ranges from issues to mitigation strategies, the results point to growth in indicators of ecosystem decline.

Keywords: GIS; oil and gas; ecological assessment; ecosystem decline; management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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