High-resolution remotely sensed imageries have been widely employed to detect urban
villages (UVs) in highly urbanized regions, especially in developing countries. However, the …

Remote sensing has proven to be an invaluable and effective tool for mapping urban areas.
However, further efforts are required to fully utilize remote sensing data in mapping the …

Aerial images of neighborhoods in South Africa show the clear legacy of apartheid, a former
policy of political and economic discrimination against non-European groups, with …

Lima is facing rapid urban growth, including a rapid expansion of informal areas, mainly
taking place within three peripheral cones. Most of the studies on that subject focused in …

The current urbanization trend, along with a shortage of affordable housing, has led to the
proliferation of informal settlements in most cities in the global south. The variance in …

Informal settlement in developing countries are complex. They are contextually and
radiometrically very similar to formal settlement. Resolution offered by Remote sensing is not …

Removing many of the legacies of Apartheid, a former policy of political and economic
discrimination against non-European groups in South Africa, is a primary concern for the …

Sustainability is a term that is becoming increasingly prevalent, as several recent
catastrophic events are often attributed to the impact that modern lifestyle has on the …

The main idea of the paper is that convolutional neural networks can be applied to very
highresolution satellite imagery in order to classify New Delhi into formal (planned colony) …

To fight against poverty, the United Nations have made slum upgrading an important task
within the Sustainable Development Goals 11. In support of this target, slum maps providing …