Palomo Navarro, Alvaro and McDermott, A. and Dooley, John and Farrell, Ronan
(2013)
New CCTV approaches for environmental
enforcement in Ireland.
WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 179.
pp. 705-716.
ISSN 1743-3541
Abstract
According to a survey carried out in Ireland among the environment departments
of all Local Authorities, closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems are the most
widely used technology for monitoring and prosecuting illegal environmental
activities. Despite the fact that new technologies have been proposed in recent
years, CCTV remains the preferred option. However, commercial CCTV
systems are not specifically designed to tackle environmental enforcement
issues. From the survey analysis the main limitations of commercial CCTV
equipment deployed to date for environmental enforcement are: night time
monitoring, monitoring of high risk or hostile areas, and battery powered CCTV
systems for short term or remote deployments. The objective for the research
was to identify solutions to the CCTV issues raised in the survey. It focused on
the adaptation, installation and testing of commercial CCTV equipment for
environmental enforcement scenarios. For each scenario several technologies
with different configurations were evaluated. Equipment employed in this work
included: digital video cameras, infra red illuminators, analogue cameras with
long range optical zoom and low power consumption cameras. The effectiveness
of each solution was assessed on its ability to detect and record with accuracy
individuals, or vehicle licence plates, and the offences committed in a cost
effective manner. In conclusion, this research provided solutions for the three
CCTV challenges raised in the survey by Irish Local Authorities. Consequently,
new approaches to environmental monitoring are available to Local Authorities
for future environmental enforcement in Ireland.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
CCTV; environment monitoring; prosecution; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering |
| Item ID: |
4961 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.2495/SC130601 |
| Depositing User: |
Ronan Farrell
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| Date Deposited: |
19 May 2014 10:07 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment |
| Publisher: |
Wessex Institute of Technology (WIT) |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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