Soil health in a conflict-affected area: An open-source Google Earth Engine framework to map land degradation in Gaza
Michele Torresani,
Omar Darissa,
Michel Hanania,
Claudio Zaccone,
Oussama Bouaicha,
Alessio Russo,
Heribert Insam,
Leonardo Montagnani,
Ilaria Fracasso,
Raphael Tiziani,
Roberto Tognetti,
Stefano Cesco,
Franz Zehetner,
Marco Fusi,
Duccio Rocchini,
Ciro Sannino,
Benedetta Turchetti,
Pietro Buzzini,
Anna Sandionigi,
Gianmarco Mugnai,
Vittorio Capozzi,
Giuseppe T. Cirella,
Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez,
Elisa Gamalero,
Tanja Mimmo,
Roy Neilson,
Luigimaria Borruso,
Faculty of Agricultural,
Environmental and Food Sciences,
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano,
Competence Centre for Plant Health,
Free University of Bolzano,
UNESCO Biotechnology Educational and Research Center,
Bethlehem University,
Department of Applied Sciences,
Technology and Engineering,
Bethlehem University,
Department of Biotechnology,
University of Verona,
School of Architecture and Built Environment,
Faculty of Engineering,
Queensland University of Technology,
BioTreaT GmbH,
Department of Ecosystem Management,
Climate and Biodiversity,
Institute of Soil Research,
BOKU University,
School of Natural and Environmental Science,
Newcastle University,
Newcastle Upon Tyne,
BIOME Lab,
Department of Biological,
Geological and Environmental Sciences,
Mater Studiorum University of Bologna,
Department of Agricultural,
Food and Environmental Sciences,
University of Perugia,
QmLHS Lab,
Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods,
University of Milano-Bicocca,
Department of Agronomy,
Natural Resources,
Animals and Environment ,
University of Padova,
Institute of Sciences of Food Production,
National Research Council of Italy ,
Faculty of Economics,
University of Gdànsk,
Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment,
Western Sydney University,
School of Environmental ,
Natural Sciences,
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering,
Bangor University,
Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica,
Università del Piemonte Orientale,
Ecological Sciences Department,
The James Hutton Institute
Progress in Physical Geography: An International Review of Geographical Work in the Natural and Environmental Sciences
Published online on June 18, 2026
Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, Ahead of Print.
Armed conflict accelerates soil and vegetation degradation, but field assessments and monitoring are often only possible at a later stage and/or indirectly, for example, through remote sensing data. We used the Dynamic World v1, a land-cover open-source ...