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Nahian Ahmed, M. Islam, M. Hasan, Tamanna Motahar, M. Sujauddin
Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2019
Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2019
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Ahmed, N., Islam, M., Hasan, M., Motahar, T., & Sujauddin, M. (2019). Understanding the political ecology of forced migration and deforestation through a multi-algorithm classification approach: the case of Rohingya displacement in the southeastern border region of Bangladesh. Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes.
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Ahmed, Nahian, M. Islam, M. Hasan, Tamanna Motahar, and M. Sujauddin. “Understanding the Political Ecology of Forced Migration and Deforestation through a Multi-Algorithm Classification Approach: the Case of Rohingya Displacement in the Southeastern Border Region of Bangladesh.” Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes (2019).
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Ahmed, Nahian, et al. “Understanding the Political Ecology of Forced Migration and Deforestation through a Multi-Algorithm Classification Approach: the Case of Rohingya Displacement in the Southeastern Border Region of Bangladesh.” Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2019.
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@article{nahian2019a,
title = {Understanding the political ecology of forced migration and deforestation through a multi-algorithm classification approach: the case of Rohingya displacement in the southeastern border region of Bangladesh},
year = {2019},
journal = {Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes},
author = {Ahmed, Nahian and Islam, M. and Hasan, M. and Motahar, Tamanna and Sujauddin, M.}
}
Abstract
ABSTRACT Compared with numerous existing forced migration scenarios across the globe, migration from Myanmar to Bangladesh through southeastern border region is unique at least for three reasons – (i) very large number of migrants have been displaced to (ii) a very small area in (iii) a relatively short period of time, creating an obvious cumulative impact on forest cover area of the host country. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the dynamics of refugee migration and deforestation in Bangladesh. Satellite images of Landsat-5 & 8 and Sentinel-2 were classified via four different classification algorithms (SVM, Random Forest, CART, and Max Entropy) to measure major land use and land cover changes, namely, (i) dense forest, (ii) sparse forest, (iii) open area, and (iv) settlement from 1988 to 2018. The analysis revealed a declining trend of dense forest area, majority of which took place from 2016 to 2018 triggered by Rohingya migration. As a whole, the dense forest cover has been effectively halved (8531 ha in 2016 to 4498 ha in 2018) in the span of just two years while refugee settlement has increased nine-folds (271 ha in 2016 to 2679 ha in 2018). Aggregated and indisputable conclusion has been derived indicating that forced Rohingya migration and deforestation are indeed positively correlated.