Dataset

Land Cover Classification in Harare, Zimbabwe

Land Use / Land CoverZimbabweThe World Bank

Dataset Objective

To show the land cover classification in Harare.

Context

Land cover classes in the attribute table are as follows: Class 1 Regular Residential (small planned buildings) Class 2- Regular Residential (small unplanned buildings) Class 3 Commercial/Industrial (large buildings) Class 4 Natural (Vegetation/Soil/non built-up

What is included

Land cover classes: regular residential, commercial/industrial and natural. Sub-classes data: small planned buildings, small unplanned buildings, large buildings, vegetation, soil and non-built environment.

Collection Methods

Satellite imagery. Classification results were based on Spot 5 imagery.