Comparison of potential pollution levels in coastal areas of an Ionian island using hierarchical cluster analysis

Dimitrios Ch. Lazaris; Vasileios C. Drosos; Georgios Tasionas; Sarantis-Anggelos Liampas

doi:10.1117/12.2571706

26 August 2020 Comparison of potential pollution levels in coastal areas of an Ionian island using hierarchical cluster analysis

Dimitrios Ch. Lazaris, Vasileios C. Drosos, Georgios Tasionas, Sarantis-Anggelos Liampas

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Proceedings Volume 11524, Eighth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2020); 115241S (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2571706
Event: Eighth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2020), 2020, Paphos, Cyprus

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The aim of this research is to investigate the potential pollution similarity of the coastal areas using Hierarchical Cluster Analysis method. Furthermore, it is possible to monitor the evolution of tourist facilities in order to identify whether or not potential environmental distortions on the island. So, can be formulated a tourism policy that is in harmony with the island's natural environment. Lefkada is one of the small islands in the Ionian Sea. Geographically the island is situated off the western coast of Greece. Lefkada is often an especially attractive tourist destination with benefits of tourism and ecological costs for two decades. The quality of the environment, both natural and man-made, is essential to tourism especially the coastal areas. Those areas are transitional areas between the land and sea, and they include fragile ecosystems. At the same time, coasts are under very high local and tourism population pressure due to rapid urbanization processes. Massive influxes of tourists, often to a relatively small area, maybe have a huge impact on the environment. Eleven surveyed coastal areas were processed and grouped using the Hierarchical Cluster Analysis. This method is an exploratory technique that evaluates the similarities of potential pollution levels between coastal areas of Lefkada.

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Dimitrios Ch. Lazaris, Vasileios C. Drosos, Georgios Tasionas, and Sarantis-Anggelos Liampas "Comparison of potential pollution levels in coastal areas of an Ionian island using hierarchical cluster analysis", Proc. SPIE 11524, Eighth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2020), 115241S (26 August 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2571706

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Pollution

Oceanography

Analytical research

Ecosystems

Agriculture

Air contamination

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