Conceptual Outline
Data Collection
Methodology
Spatial Analysis
Discussion
The purpose of the project is to find the areas with the potential for recovery experiment in Africa from deteriorated lands. With the sky rising of the population since industrial revolution, huge amount of lands are being deforested, becoming desert, unsuitable for living each year. It would be interesting and also possible to restore the deteriorated lands with the advanced technology.
The hypothesis is that if barren lands (because of chemical
contamination or other human activities) even reside in the areas with
very unfavorable natural environment, with some investment, it can be restored.
I am interested in what kinds of factors cause the barren and what is and
how to estimate the cost to restore it. I am trying to find the areas with
this kind of potential by analyzing the degree of deterioration in different
criteria, and the environmental factors such as potential evapo-transporation,
mean annual precipitation. Since restore vegetation is the first step in
restoration, some important factors such the maximum temperature fluctuation
in a day, elevation are not considered because the data is either in a
different resolution or not available. It will be
discussed in Discussion Section.