Description
The Data Layers include the following.Flooding: Regions that flood during heavy rainfall.Intermittent Streams: Areas flow as streams during heavy rainfall.Community drinking Water Sources: Locations where villagers used to collect water for drinking, most do not use anymore and only use ASPA water.Trash Accumulation: Locations where trash accumulates in streams and other accumulated locations within the village such as corners of roads where water pools.Cultivated Lands: Areas used for cultivation mostly small local cultivations behind households only a few larger cultivated areas.Cesspools: Areas that are not on sewer and still have cesspools. Other Pollution Sources: This category is for other land sources of pollution. Village Clean Up: These areas are designated as village cleanup areas and have a regular schedule for cleanup. Also included in this layer or in a separate layer is information on Government cleanup which happens primarily along the main road.Informal Dump Sites: These data layers indicate where people dump trash within the village, sometimes it is overflow from dumpsters while other points reperesent where trash is commonly dumped.Important Fishing Areas: Indicate regions of important fishing as outlined by the villagers.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zip File | ZIP | AS%20Watershed%20and%20Coastal%20Data.gdb.zip | Open resource |
Tags
- 169
- american samoa
- biosphere
- coastal use mapping for mpa sites
- coastal uses
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- faga'alu (14s170w0005)
- fatumafuti (14s170w0048)
- fisheries
- geographic information
- ocean basin
- pacific ocean
- pago pago harbor
- reef monitoring and assessment
- tutuila island
- united states of america
- utulei (14s170w0006)
- watershed
- watershed characterization
- watershed data
- zoology