ISPRS-Archives The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ISPRS-Archives Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. 2194-9034 Copernicus Publications Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W1-2023-287-2023 CONCEPTUALIZATION OF A SATELLITE, UAS AND UGV DOWNSCALING APPROACH FOR ABANDONED WASTE DETECTION AND WASTE TO ENERGY PROSPECTS Mei A. 1 Baiocchi V. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4491-7868 2 Mattei S. 3 Zampetti E. 1 Pai H.-J. 4 Tratzi P. 1 Ragazzo A. V. 1 Cuzzucoli A. 1 Mancuso A. 1 Bearzotti A. 1 Fontinovo G. 1 Grosso M. 3 Chu C.-Y. 4 Bianconi D. 1 Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, National Research Council of Italy, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy Department of Civil, Constructional and Environmental Engineering (DICEA), Sapienza University of Rome, 00184 Rome, Italy Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy Green Energy Development Center, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan 25 05 2023 XLVIII-1/W1-2023 287 293 Copyright: © 2023 A. Mei et al. 2023 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is available from https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-1-W1-2023/287/2023/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W1-2023-287-2023.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-1-W1-2023/287/2023/isprs-archives-XLVIII-1-W1-2023-287-2023.pdf

The aim of this research is to develop a multiparametric downscaling analysis for the detection of abandoned waste in the environment. This methodology, using a multi-technological approach, involves the adoption VHR satellite images, Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV). The identified Warning Areas (WA) will be investigated through an in-situ analysis with air quality measurement devices based on advanced sensors mounted on drones. The creation of a Cadastre Accumulation of Abandoned Materials (CAMA) and the related APP will allow the administrations to monitor the phenomenon. Finally, the waste product analysis, retrieved by means of UAS dataset computation, allows to retrieve some interesting prospects regarding Waste to Energy framework. Here, preliminary results obtained by the on-going INTESA Project are presented.