Purpose Informal dwellings describe makeshift lodgings made from temporary materials,
such as plastic, corrugated iron, sheeting, packing cases, or wood. These units allow low …

Urbanisation and digitalisation are two of the megatrends characterising contemporary
human society. Digital broadband access is an essential enabler, and despite its large …

Lima, Peru, is a highly dynamic urban region home to perpetually evolving informal areas.
Earth observation (EO) studies on these areas focused almost solely on their inhabited …

Population living in deprived conditions continues to grow, highlighting the urgent need for
accurate high-resolution maps and detailed statistics to plan interventions and monitor …

This study aims to overview the global slum settlements research potential through
bibliometric analysis. The data source was taken from the Scopus database during 2013 …

Climate change has led to an increase in the frequency and magnitude of hurricanes, floods
and wildfires. These events can have devastating impacts on human lives, infrastructure and …

The rapid growth of deprived areas in Low-to Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) is a great
urban challenge that requires consistent and updated information specifically about the …

Weltweit lebt im Jahr 2020 etwa ein Achtel der Bevölkerung in urbaner Armut. Die
Siedlungsstrukturen dieser Menschen sind unabhängig von lokalen Regularien entstanden …

Data4HumanRights training materials have been developed as open-source and tailored to
limited resource settings where community data collectors often live and work. An overview …

We present a pilot implementation to identify and define slums spatially, using the integrated
deprived area mapping system (IDEAMAPS)'deprivation framework. This pilot allows the …