EO technologies (both optical and SAR) are capable to categorize bio-physical coverage of land to produce land cover maps like CORINE Land Cover (CLC). The EO method is objective and allows for frequent updates. EO-derived land cover is an excellent basis for mapping land use, the socioeconomic use that is made of land. Land use products are used in a wide range of applications (e.g. agriculture, forestry, spatial planning, determining and implementing environmental policy, land accounting). In a humanitarian context, land use mapping is applied to map refugee camps, population and pressures on population that cause migration.
Assess changes to urban and rural areas
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