Description
Data includes aerial photographs and satellite images and GIS layers in raster formats interpreted from the images depicting land cover in Bonriki and land cover changes for the Bonriki survey area for different years. Images were processed and analysed from the years 1968 to 2014 under the Bonriki Inundation Vulnerability Assessment (BIVA) project. The following layers are available: Bonriki Aerial1998 Tif, Ki Biva Em Lines, Resistivity Lines, electromagnetic_survey_biva, Ki Biva Em Lines, Resistivity Points, boreholedataset.
A GIS raster layer showing land cover for Bonriki, in Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati, as at 2014, is also available via PacGeo. The layer is the result of the processing of an aerial photograph that was acquired in 2014 using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, and was used to interpret land cover changes in the area.
The Bonriki Inundation Vulnerability Assessment (BIVA) project aimed to improve understanding of the vulnerability of the Bonriki freshwater reserve to coastal hazards and climate variability and change. Improved knowledge of risks to this freshwater resource will enable better adaptation planning by the Government of Kiribati. This BIVA project was supported by the Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science Adaptation Planning (PACCSAP) programme.
| Publication Year | 2 015 |
| Language | English |
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| Rights Statement | Copyright Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) 2015. All rights for commercial/for profit reproduction or translation, in any form, reserved. SPC authorises the partial reproduction or translation of this material for scientific, educational or research purposes, provided that SPC and the source document are properly acknowledged. Public release of the data collection is restricted and on request basis with prior approval from the Kiribati Government. Metadata and layers are available for viewing and download through the SPC-PACGEO website. |
| Corporate Author | |
| General Note | Custodian: Jens Kruger, Manager, Ocean and Coastal Geoscience, SPC [email protected] |
| Publisher | Secretariat of the Pacific Community |
