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Point locations of brick kilns in Kabul, Afghanistan, derived from 1965, 2004, 2011, and 2018 satellite imagery

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Publication Date
Start Date
1965-05-01
End Date
2018-09-24

Citation

DeWitt, J.D., Chirico, P.G., Alessi, M.A., and Boston, K.M., 2021, Point locations of brick kilns in Kabul, Afghanistan, derived from 1965, 2004, 2011, and 2018 satellite imagery: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HMGGAM.

Summary

This dataset was created as part of the USGS Afghanistan Project investigating artisanal and small-scale mining activity. Clay mining for brick making purposes represents a small but important segment of the mineral extraction industry in Kabul, Afghanistan. Over the past several decades Kabul has grown from a relatively small city, with a 1970 population of less than 500,000 people, to a sprawling urban center with approximately 4.2 million people in 2020 (CIA 2020). Population growth has expanded the need for housing, commercial, and industrial buildings, and associated infrastructure. This has greatly increased demand for bricks, the primary construction material of the region. In this study, very high-resolution satellite imagery [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Jessica D Dewitt
Originator :
Jessica D Dewitt, Pete G Chirico, Marissa A Alessi, Kathleen M Boston
Metadata Contact :
Jessica D Dewitt
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Mission Area :
Core Science Systems
SDC Data Owner :
Florence Bascom Geoscience Center

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Purpose

Kiln locations were identified to quantify the expansion of the brick making industry in and near Kabul.

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