Integrated assessment of the environmental impact of mining

Abstract

The article gives new information on integrated assessment of the environmental impact of mining in the south of Russian Far East. The assessment is based on: Earth remote sensing data; normalized difference vegetation index for nature–technology systems; combination of the calculated vegetation index and digital relief model to implement individual estimation of the induced impact and natural effects; joint analysis of the induced impact based on satellite monitoring and field survey data; computation of ecological-and-economic damage.