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Map Gaza Strip comprehensive building & housing unit damage assessment Gaza Strip comprehensive building and housing unit damage assessment / Title in static PDF map: Occupied Palestinian Territory Gaza Strip : imagery analysis 29 February 2024 / Alternate title in static PDF map: UNOSAT damage assessment overview map

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Title

  • Gaza Strip comprehensive building & housing unit damage assessment

Other Title

  • Gaza Strip comprehensive building and housing unit damage assessment
  • Title in static PDF map: Occupied Palestinian Territory Gaza Strip : imagery analysis 29 February 2024
  • Alternate title in static PDF map: UNOSAT damage assessment overview map

Summary

  • The dataset illustrates a satellite-imagery based comprehensive assessment of damage and destruction to structures within the area of interest in the Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territory, based on images collected on 29 February 2024 when compared to images collected on 1 May 2023, 10 May 2023, 18 September 2023, 15 October 2023, 7 November 2023, 26 November 2023, and 6-7 January 2024. According to satellite imagery analysis, UNOSAT identified 31,198 destroyed structures, 16,908 severely damaged structures and 40,762 moderately damaged structures, for a total of 88,868 structures. These correspond to around 35% of the total structures in the Gaza Strip and a total of 121,400 estimated damaged housing units.

Names

  • United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme, cartographer
  • United Nations Institute for Training and Research

Created / Published

  • Geneva, Switzerland : United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), 29 February 2024.

Headings

  • -  Gaza Strip--History--21st century
  • -  Buildings--War damage--Gaza Strip--Maps
  • -  Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Maps
  • -  Israel-Hamas War, 2023---Maps
  • -  October 7 Hamas Attack, 2023--Maps

Genre

  • Vector data
  • Geospatial data
  • Data sets

Medium

  • datasets

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G8302.G3

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024586197

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Online Format

  • compressed data

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Chicago citation style:

United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme, Cartographer, and United Nations Institute For Training And Research. Gaza Strip comprehensive building & housing unit damage assessment. Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Satellite Centre UNOSAT, 29 February, 2024. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024586197/.

APA citation style:

United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme, C. & United Nations Institute For Training And Research. (2024) Gaza Strip comprehensive building & housing unit damage assessment. Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Satellite Centre UNOSAT, 29 February. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024586197/.

MLA citation style:

United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme, Cartographer, and United Nations Institute For Training And Research. Gaza Strip comprehensive building & housing unit damage assessment. Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Satellite Centre UNOSAT, 29 February, 2024. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024586197/>.