Data Visualizations

Areas of Control by Armed Group in the Syrian Civil War (January 2017 and January 2021)

Created in ArcGIS from Theissen polygons created from Administrative level 4 point data, dissolved by armed group in control.

Internal Displacement Stocks and Flows in the Syrian Civil War

Created in Microsoft Power BI. Data collected by the Syrian IDP Task Force and is available via Humanitarian Data Exchange.

Territorial Control Pre- and Post the Offensive on the Idlib Governorate (a.k.a. “Dawn of Idlib”) (April 2019 and March 2020)

Created in R; Data on territorial control (Administrative level 4) from the Syria Conflict Mapping Project at the Carter Center.

Created in R. IDPs refers to internally displaced persons. Data collected by the Syrian IDP Task Force and is available via Humanitarian Data Exchange.

Visualization of Locations that Report IDP inflows (‘treated’) and Locations that Never Report IDP inflows (‘never treated’) (January 2017 – June 2021)

Thiessen polygons created in ArcGIS. Map produced in R. Grey polygons represent locations that never report IDP inflows, white polygons with red borders represent locations that have reported IDP inflows . Author’s calculations using data collected by the Syrian IDP Task Force and is available via Humanitarian Data Exchange.

Predicted IDPs (internal displacement inflows) via Interpolation using Inverse Distance Weighting in ArcGIS (January 2017) (stretched values)

Predicted IDPs via IDW (January 2017) with zonal statistics by administrative level 4 polygon (discrete values).

Territories that Never Shift in Control by Armed Group (Left) vs. Territories that Do Shift in Control (Right) (2017-2021)

Created in Microsoft Power BI.

Created in Tableau. Administrative Level 4 refers to cities/towns/communities/villages (UN administrative data is available via HDX). Color shows sum of estimated IDP inflows filtered to range of 25,000 or greater. Data collected by the Syrian IDP Task Force and is available via Humanitarian Data Exchange.

Remote Attacks and Battles (June 2018) and New IDPs (July 2018) Dara Governorate (Southern Syria Offensive, June-July 2018)

Created in ArcGIS Pro. Purple shows intensity of remote attacks. Data on remote attacks from ACLED. Data on IDPs collected by the Syrian IDP Task Force and is available via Humanitarian Data Exchange.

Average Child Marriage Rates for Females in the EU and EU Area

Created in Tableau. Child marriage rates (females displayed) refers to the percentage of females ages 10-17 married for the first time as a percentage of females ages 10-17 in the population (per country). Data available from Eurostat.

Boxplot of Comparative In-work Poverty Risk for Employed Youth in the European Union (2004-2015)

Created in STATA. Data from Eurostat. Youth refers to ages 15-24. 15-29 is the extended age group.

Discouraged NEET Rates (Ages 15-29) in the EU (2000-2015)

Created in STATA. NEETs refers to youth not in employment, education, or training. Discouraged NEETs refers to those no longer seeking employment. The traditional age group is 15-24, though an extended age group is commonly examined to assess the precocity of the situation. Data and information available via Eurostat.