Assessing Conflict Driven Food Security in Rakhine, Myanmar with Multisource Imagery
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Mapping Food Security
2. Methods
2.1. Satellite Preprocessing
2.2. Sentinel-1 Mapping Approach
2.3. Optical Mapping Approach
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Satellite Technical Outcomes and Considerations
3.2. Food Security Assessment Outcomes
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Rice | Non-Rice | Total | UA | Rice | Non-Rice | Total | UA | Rice | Non-Rice | Total | UA | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rice | 132 | 12 | 144 | 91.7 | Rice | 126 | 15 | 141 | 89.4 | Rice | 125 | 21 | 146 | 85.6 |
Non-Rice | 6 | 50 | 56 | 89.3 | Non-Rice | 12 | 47 | 59 | 79.7 | Non-Rice | 4 | 50 | 54 | 92.6 |
Total | 138 | 62 | 200 | Total | 138 | 62 | 200 | Total | 129 | 71 | 200 | |||
PA | 95.7 | 80.6 | PA | 91.3 | 75.8 | PA | 96.9 | 70.4 | ||||||
OA | 91.0 | OA | 86.5 | OA | 87.5 | |||||||||
Kappa | 78.4 | Kappa | 68.0 | Kappa | 71.2 |
Fallow | Abandoned | Harvested | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Pixels | 460,533 | 997,096 | 1,635,051 |
Percentage (%) | 14.89 | 32.24 | 52.87 | |
Area (Hectare) | 41,447.97 | 89,738.64 | 147,154.59 | |
2017 | Pixels | 461,598 | 892,191 | 1,708,732 |
Percentage (%) | 15.07 | 29.13 | 55.79 | |
Area (Hectare) | 41,543.82 | 80,297.19 | 153,785.88 | |
2018 | Pixels | 356,885 | 1,140,015 | 1,667,031 |
Percentage (%) | 11.28 | 36.03 | 52.689 | |
Area (Hectare) | 32,119.65 | 102,601.35 | 150,032.79 |
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Huang, X.; Ziniti, B.; Torbick, N. Assessing Conflict Driven Food Security in Rakhine, Myanmar with Multisource Imagery. Land 2019, 8, 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/land8060095
Huang X, Ziniti B, Torbick N. Assessing Conflict Driven Food Security in Rakhine, Myanmar with Multisource Imagery. Land. 2019; 8(6):95. https://doi.org/10.3390/land8060095
Chicago/Turabian StyleHuang, Xiaodong, Beth Ziniti, and Nathan Torbick. 2019. "Assessing Conflict Driven Food Security in Rakhine, Myanmar with Multisource Imagery" Land 8, no. 6: 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/land8060095
APA StyleHuang, X., Ziniti, B., & Torbick, N. (2019). Assessing Conflict Driven Food Security in Rakhine, Myanmar with Multisource Imagery. Land, 8(6), 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/land8060095