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Syria EM | Environmental Impact - Changing Land Use #79

Open Holly-Transport opened 2 months ago

Holly-Transport commented 2 months ago

· Drawing insights from studies like those in Myanmar (see https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972101826X#bb0410), using very-high-resolution satellite imageries to classify land cover changes in conflict zones. The classification of land cover was divided into five main classes: Forest, Mangrove, Cropland (Paddy Field), Barren Soil, and vegetation. And using VHRI data, a total of seven categories: Residential Area, Forest, Barren/Scrubland, Development (roads and large infrastructures), Planted/Cultivated, Water/Wetland, and Burned Area were classified based on the objective of the study. A similar approach could be applied to Syria, identifying areas most affected by conflict since 2011, something similar to these charts:

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SahitiSarva commented 3 weeks ago

In the last call we let them know about two potential datasets - Two datasets are available - Dynamic World (2015 onwards) and Copernicus (2011-2015).