DATASET

Satellite-based conflict damage assessment of two selected cities in Yemen (2018-12-14)

Collection: CEMS-RRM : CEMS Risk and Recovery Mapping 

Description


Activation date: 2018-12-14
Event type: Humanitarian

Activation reason:


Since 2015, Yemen has experienced a devastating civil war, resulting, among other things, in physical damage to the building stock and infrastructures. The purpose of the requested mapping is to generate asset damage assessment information for the Aden and Sana'a cities in Yemen, as well as information on their expansion within selected reference periods.Damages’ AssessmentThe analysis involved photointerpretation of VHR satellite imagery, through comparing pre-conflict (2015) and up-to-date (2018) image datasets and the assignment of a damage severity category (moderate damage, severe damage, destroyed and razed to the ground assets) to each examined asset (building stock, pipelines, etc.).                Urban Morphology Urban SprawlNight Lights MappingThe information on the light intensity recorded during the night gives an indication on the population night activities, supporting the analysis of human footprint of Aden and Sana'a cities. The analysis is based on the calculation of the Sum Of Lights (SOL) index using VIIRS satellite sensors. In order to understand the effects of the conflict on the socioeconomic development, the analysis is performed: (1) before the beginning of the civil war (2014 until February of 2015), (2) in an intermediate period (end of 2016), and (3) for the third period of the civil war (2018).  

Contact

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

Contributors

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Satellite-based conflict damage assessment of two selected cities in Yemen (2018-12-14). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/b0652016-1bbd-4698-a644-3d6c601942cb

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Management EMSN058 Emergency Humanitarian Mapping YEM Yemen Risk and Recovery Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation [EMSN058]: Satellite-based conflict damage assessment of two selected cities in Yemen (2018-12-14)
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

Type Value
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GML
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WKT
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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-09-03
Modified date
2021-09-03
Issued date
2018-12-14
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSN058 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/b0652016-1bbd-4698-a644-3d6c601942cb
Popularity