Anthropogenic Context

The Anthropogenic Context tool combines geospatial datasets of anthropogenic features (roads, railroads, canals) and land cover classification with hydrography and the riverscape extent (valley bottom) to provide a comprehensive view of the potential human impacts on riverscapes. The tool is designed to help researchers and resource managers understand the potential constraints as well as opportunities for restoration and conservation by identifying areas where human infrastructure may be impacting aquatic and riparian ecosystems. The tool is also designed to help identify areas where restoration and conservation efforts may be most effective by identifying areas where human infrastructure is not present or is less intense. The outputs of this tool also feed into the BRAT and RCAT models.

Resources

Data

Discover Anthropogenic Context model runs available in the Riverscapes Data Exchange.

Communities

Communicate with other Anthropogenic Context users and people in the riverscapes community.

Latest Version Change Log

Release notes tracking changes, bug fixes and issues.

Source Code

Anthropogenic Context is open source under the GNU general public license. The code is available on GitHub.