Building Damage Assessment Portal

Satellite-based building damage assessment using Sentinel-1 radar imagery and interferometric coherent change detection. This open source tool serves up pre-processed data on building damage and destruction in armed conflict settings, generated automatically using interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) coherent change detection. Compare automated damage detection results with optical satellite imagery, explore per-district damage counts, and download derived geospatial data products. These preliminary results are adapted from methods described in the following peer-reviewed and in-preparation publications:

1. Scher, C. and Van Den Hoek, J. (2025). Nationwide conflict damage mapping with interferometric synthetic aperture radar: A study of the 2022 Russia–Ukraine conflict. Science of Remote Sensing, 11, 100217. doi:10.1016/j.srs.2025.100217
2. Scher, C. and Van Den Hoek, J. (2025). Active InSAR monitoring of building damage in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas War. arXiv preprint. arXiv:2506.14730

Contact

For questions about data access or methodology, contact data@conflict-ecology.org.