Quantifying and visualizing 32 years of agricultural land use change in Kabul, Afghanistan
Agriculture is a key element of Afghanistan’s economy and plays an essential role supporting the expanding population and urban development of Kabul, the country’s capital. Over the past decades the urban landscape has changed substantially and agricultural land use has shifted in its extent, locati...
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| author | Jessica D. DeWitt Katie M. Boston Marissa A. Alessi Peter G. Chirico |
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| description | Agriculture is a key element of Afghanistan’s economy and plays an essential role supporting the expanding population and urban development of Kabul, the country’s capital. Over the past decades the urban landscape has changed substantially and agricultural land use has shifted in its extent, location, and density. Identifying trends in the amount of agricultural area, as an indication of food production, is important for city planning and humanitarian efforts. While many studies have investigated Afghanistan's agriculture, most are conducted at scales that preclude their use for local-scale decision-making. This study quantifies agricultural extent across 32 years from 1988 to 2020 at local scale using simple and repeatable Landsat multispectral image analysis. The volume of data in time-series analysis complicatesvisualization of key findings and long-term trends. This study also explored visualization methods such as zonal mapping, animations, and the isolation of key themes in a 2D static map. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b925e9c1aec04f828e111adcf3d7b7672022-12-22T02:57:45ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Maps1744-56472022-04-0111010.1080/17445647.2022.2063079Quantifying and visualizing 32 years of agricultural land use change in Kabul, AfghanistanJessica D. DeWitt0Katie M. Boston1Marissa A. Alessi2Peter G. Chirico3U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA, USAAperture Federal under contract to U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA, USAU.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA, USAU.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA, USAAgriculture is a key element of Afghanistan’s economy and plays an essential role supporting the expanding population and urban development of Kabul, the country’s capital. Over the past decades the urban landscape has changed substantially and agricultural land use has shifted in its extent, location, and density. Identifying trends in the amount of agricultural area, as an indication of food production, is important for city planning and humanitarian efforts. While many studies have investigated Afghanistan's agriculture, most are conducted at scales that preclude their use for local-scale decision-making. This study quantifies agricultural extent across 32 years from 1988 to 2020 at local scale using simple and repeatable Landsat multispectral image analysis. The volume of data in time-series analysis complicatesvisualization of key findings and long-term trends. This study also explored visualization methods such as zonal mapping, animations, and the isolation of key themes in a 2D static map.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17445647.2022.2063079Agricultureland-use changeKabul Afghanistantime-series visualizationchange detection |
| spellingShingle | Jessica D. DeWitt Katie M. Boston Marissa A. Alessi Peter G. Chirico Quantifying and visualizing 32 years of agricultural land use change in Kabul, Afghanistan Journal of Maps Agriculture land-use change Kabul Afghanistan time-series visualization change detection |
| title | Quantifying and visualizing 32 years of agricultural land use change in Kabul, Afghanistan |
| title_full | Quantifying and visualizing 32 years of agricultural land use change in Kabul, Afghanistan |
| title_fullStr | Quantifying and visualizing 32 years of agricultural land use change in Kabul, Afghanistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantifying and visualizing 32 years of agricultural land use change in Kabul, Afghanistan |
| title_short | Quantifying and visualizing 32 years of agricultural land use change in Kabul, Afghanistan |
| title_sort | quantifying and visualizing 32 years of agricultural land use change in kabul afghanistan |
| topic | Agriculture land-use change Kabul Afghanistan time-series visualization change detection |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17445647.2022.2063079 |
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