Cropland changes in times of conflict, reconstruction, and economic development in Iraqi Kurdistan
(2016) In Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment 45(1). p.78-88- Abstract
- The destruction of land and forced migration during the Anfal attacks against the Kurds in Iraq in the late 1980s has been reported to have severe consequences for agricultural development. A reconstruction program to aid people in returning to their lands was launched in 1991. To assess the agricultural situation in the Duhok governorate during the pre-Anfal (A), post-Anfal (B), reconstruction (C), and present (D) periods, we mapped winter crops by focusing on inter-annual variability in vegetation greenness, using satellite images. The results indicate a decrease in cultivated area between period A and B, and a small increase between period B and C. This supports reports of a decline in cultivated area related to the Anfal campaign, and... (More)
- The destruction of land and forced migration during the Anfal attacks against the Kurds in Iraq in the late 1980s has been reported to have severe consequences for agricultural development. A reconstruction program to aid people in returning to their lands was launched in 1991. To assess the agricultural situation in the Duhok governorate during the pre-Anfal (A), post-Anfal (B), reconstruction (C), and present (D) periods, we mapped winter crops by focusing on inter-annual variability in vegetation greenness, using satellite images. The results indicate a decrease in cultivated area between period A and B, and a small increase between period B and C. This supports reports of a decline in cultivated area related to the Anfal campaign, and indicates increased activity during the reconstruction program. Period D showed a potential recovery with a cropland area similar to period A. (Less)
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- Eklund, Lina LU ; Persson, Andreas LU and Pilesjö, Petter LU
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- 2016
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Agriculture, Conflict, Crop phenology, Iraqi Kurdistan, NDVI
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- Ambio: a Journal of the Human Environment
- volume
- 45
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 78 - 88
- publisher
- Springer
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- pmid:26202089
- wos:000368038800007
- scopus:84954366719
- pmid:26202089
- ISSN
- 0044-7447
- DOI
- 10.1007/s13280-015-0686-0
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- English
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- yes
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