 | The Question What most directly caused the genocide in Darfur, Sudan? or eventually led to it. was it simply differences in the people, or was there some underlying cause? possibly a change in the environment could've sparked or influenced this tragedy? this whole assignment focused on how changes in NDVI values, could have directly effected what happened in sudan. Resources we used specific NDVI values for each year from 2001 to 2008. we found out which month of the year was there lowest and highest average, then compared it to each year from 01 to 08, this was to show a change in vegitation, which is directly linked to rainfall, we found that there was a severe drop around the time the incident began, we also used other information about average rainfall. The Data we used the mean NDVI average for each month and also each year in august from 2001 to 2008. we took this information and made graphs to see when the highest and lowest values were. we also used that data on a physical map with color mapping to see the NDVI values directly in that area. This helped us to see an actual physical change in the Sudan area. The Information The NDVI values helped show a few different things. First, the amount of vegitation. As well when the lowest values occurred over several years. march had the Lowest NDVI values each year, meaning less precipitation and less vegitation. Where as in August it would show the highest values. as we tracked August from 01 to 08 we noticed a significant drop in 2002, which shows signs of a drought, and was the same time as the begininning of the genocide in Sudan. Applications As we can see a change in our environment such as drought, lack of vegitation, even floods ect. can drastically effect, social, political and many other aspects of life. As we pay attention to those small changes in our physical environments it can help us plan for what might happen, and evade such events like what has been happening in Sudan. |
