Reclamation of mosquito breeding sites using Landsat-8 remote sensing data: A case study of Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria

8th IGRSM International Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial & Remote Sensing

地球科学;计算机科学

Amusuk, Danboyi Joseph^1 ; Hashim, Mazlan^1 ; Pour, Amin Beiranvand^1

Geoscience and Digital Earth Centre (Geo-DEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia^1

关键词: Comparative analysis;    Environmental health;    Environmental problems;    Malaria transmission;    Remote sensing data;    Supervised classification;    Urban environments;    World Health Organization;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/37/1/012022/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/37/1/012022

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

It is believed by recent releases of World Health Organization (WHO) that more than half of the world's population (3.2 billion) live in areas that are at risk of malaria transmission. Although increased efforts are dramatically reducing the malaria burden in some places where the rate of new cases indicates a fall by 37% globally and 60% death rate. Unfortunately, the subSaharan Africa still shares 89% of malaria and 91% of malaria deaths. Essentially, attacking the causative vectors and reclamation of the vector breeding sites could be remarkable for the rolling back the malaria epidemic project. Consequently, it is essential to explore the possibility of using recent Landsat-8 data remote sensing data and applications of Geographic Information System (GIS) technique in contributing to the realization of this objective. This investigation used for identifying mosquito breeding habitat (Derelict Ponds) zones the application of supervised classification of the Landsat-8 image in conjunction with GIS layering which allowed identification of high risk prone regions for mosquito breeding habitat. The methodology delineated 10 spatial locations of the Derelict Ponds (DP) spread around the Birnin Kebbi urban environment. Moreover, the results combined with comparative analysis of the link between warm climatic (temperature and rainfall data) conditions and Malaria prevalence that is associated with urban poverty. This study indicates that the application of Landsat-8 data and GIS techniques can be a useful tool for planning and management of environmental health and mapping of hot spot environmental problem areas.