Post Matthew monitoring on rural areas, South Region of Haiti (2018-05-16)

Description

Activation date: 2018-05-16
Event type: Storm

Activation reason:

Support monitoring of recovery after the passage of the Category 5 Hurricane Matthew on the 4th of October 2016. Six areas were selected to analyse several environmental aspects, including agricultural activities, forest in protected areas, mangrove areas, and finally coastline modifications. The geographical focus of this work is the Western area of the Grand’Anse, Haiti, which was severely affected.The aim is to build a comprehensive database to support recovery aid organizations in recovery monitoring of the critical resources destroyed. This information is to be used by local governmental organisation and users.Proposed solution and results:Map of tree-cover before and after Hurricane Matthew and, documenting damage assessment for parklands and mangroves areas.Map agricultural activities before and after Hurricane Matthew including landscape changes within agricultural areas.Map the coastline before and after Hurricane Matthew to indicate coastal erosion due to the wave action of the storm.

Contact

Email: jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Post Matthew monitoring on rural areas, South Region of Haiti (2018-05-16). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2c2d0edf-74f3-49ad-96a7-0a5b654d3f80

Keywords

Copernicus Emergency Management Service Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS CEMS Copernicus Service Mapping Emergency Copernicus Risk and Recovery Mapping Emergency Management Copernicus Emergency Management Service EMSN051 Storm Haiti HTI

Data access

Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation [EMSN051]: Post Matthew monitoring on rural areas, South Region of Haiti (2018-05-16)

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

Maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant geodatabase (GDB) and complete final report as well.

Spatial coverage

GML

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GEO

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GEO

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Lineage information

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-23
Modified date: 2021-04-12
Issued date: 2018-05-16
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSN051
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2c2d0edf-74f3-49ad-96a7-0a5b654d3f80
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