High-resolution population estimation using household survey data and building footprints

G Boo, E Darin, DR Leasure, CA Dooley… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The national census is an essential data source to support decision-making in many areas
of public interest. However, this data may become outdated during the intercensal period …

[HTML][HTML] Urban poverty maps-From characterising deprivation using geo-spatial data to capturing deprivation from space

E Luo, M Kuffer, J Wang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Most earth observation (EO) approaches only yield a binary delineation of deprived/non-
deprived areas–an oversimplified characterisation with little information inferred regarding …

Mask R‐CNN‐based building extraction from VHR satellite data in operational humanitarian action: An example related to Covid‐19 response in Khartoum, Sudan

D Tiede, G Schwendemann, A Alobaidi… - Transactions in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Within the constraints of operational work supporting humanitarian organizations in their
response to the Covid‐19 pandemic, we conducted building extraction for Khartoum, Sudan …

[HTML][HTML] Building footprint data for countries in Africa: to what extent are existing data products comparable?

HR Chamberlain, E Darin, WA Adewole… - … Environment and Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Growth and developments in computing power, machine-learning algorithms and satellite
imagery spatiotemporal resolution have led to rapid developments in automated feature …

Characterizing human mobility patterns in rural settings of sub-Saharan Africa

HR Meredith, JR Giles, J Perez-Saez, T Mande… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Human mobility is a core component of human behavior and its quantification is critical for
understanding its impact on infectious disease transmission, traffic forecasting, access to …

Using Sentinel-1 and Google Earth Engine cloud computing for detecting historical flood hazards in tropical urban regions: a case of Dar es Salaam

B Demissie, S Vanhuysse, T Grippa… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the potential of freely available Sentinel-1 imagery coupled with
Google Earth Engine (GEE) for mapping and monitoring flooding in Dar es Salaam. Sentinel …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution population maps derived from sentinel-1 and sentinel-2

N Metzger, RC Daudt, D Tuia, K Schindler - Remote Sensing of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Detailed population maps play an important role in diverse fields ranging from humanitarian
action to urban planning. Generating such maps in a timely and scalable manner presents a …

Development of a uniform exposure model for the African continent for use in disaster risk assessment

N Paul, V Silva, D Amo-Oduro - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several destructive natural hazards have occurred throughout Africa over the past century,
yet few comprehensive exposure models exist for the continent. The high population growth …

How accurate are WorldPop-Global-Unconstrained gridded population data at the cell-level?: A simulation analysis in urban Namibia

DR Thomson, DR Leasure, T Bird, N Tzavidis… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Disaggregated population counts are needed to calculate health, economic, and
development indicators in Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), especially in settings …

Mapping Deprived Urban Areas Using Open Geospatial Data and Machine Learning in Africa

M Owusu, R Engstrom, D Thomson, M Kuffer, ML Mann - Urban Science, 2023 - mdpi.com
Reliable data on slums or deprived living conditions remain scarce in many low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs). Global high-resolution maps of deprived areas are fundamental …