Our Digital Earth - Insights and Opportunities from the World Settlement Footprint

doi:https://doi.org/10.1596/41229

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Our Digital Earth - Insights and Opportunities from the World Settlement Footprint

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.contributor.author	Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-20T13:02:34Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-20T13:02:34Z
dc.date.issued	2024-03-20
dc.description.abstract	Earth observation is a crucial source of accurate and up-to-date information of Earth’s natural and manmade environments that are critical when planning for, responding to, and mitigating the effects of natural hazards. Satellites that regularly collect images of the entire globe combined—with machine learning algorithms to process them more efficiently—have the potential to provide timely, standardized, verifiable, and scalable information. This report focuses on the use of Earth observation to identify built-up areas exposed to natural hazards. It describes the World Settlement Footprint (WSF) suite of derived datasets, developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), the Google Earth Engine team, and the World Bank. These gridded datasets capture the extent of built-up areas from 1985–2015 and again for 2019, estimated building heights, impervious surfaces, and estimated population. Earth observation derived information is particularly useful for standardized and recurring World Bank operations. The report looks at several World Bank operations, and the key insights provided through analysis incorporating the various WSF suite products.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099031824170686083/P17720919c2c1802b1ae8b111990bcf72ea
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41229
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41229
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	EARTH OBSERVATION
dc.subject	WORLD SETTLEMENT FOOTPRINT (WSF)
dc.subject	NATURAL HAZARDS
dc.title	Our Digital Earth - Insights and Opportunities from the World Settlement Footprint	en
dc.type	Report
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okr.crossref.title	Our Digital Earth - Insights and Opportunities from the World Settlement Footprint
okr.date.disclosure	2024-03-20
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-23T02:23:20.393081Z
okr.date.lastmodified	2024-03-19T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Report
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099031824170686083/P17720919c2c1802b1ae8b111990bcf72ea
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okr.identifier.docmid	P177209-9c2c1835-80dc-4e2b-ae8b-11990bcf72ea
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/41229
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	34283881
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	34283881
okr.identifier.report	188400
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099031824170686083/pdf/P17720919c2c1802b1ae8b111990bcf72ea.pdf	en
okr.sector	ICT Services,Other Public Administration
okr.theme	Disaster Risk Management,Mitigation,Data Development and Capacity Building,ICT,ICT Solutions,Rural Development,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Private Sector Development,Public Sector Management,Climate change,Urban and Rural Development,Adaptation,Geospatial Services,Data production, accessibility and use
okr.topic	Conflict and Development::Disaster Management
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::ICT Applications
okr.topic	Environment::Natural Disasters
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::ICT Data and Statistics
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::Rural Information & Communications Technologies
okr.unit	Climate Change-D1-GFDRR-IBRD (GFDRR)