Digitalization is globally transforming the world with profound implications. It has enormous
potential to foster progress toward sustainability. However, in its current form, digitalization …

Most earth observation (EO) approaches only yield a binary delineation of deprived/non-
deprived areas–an oversimplified characterisation with little information inferred regarding …

African cities are growing rapidly and more than half of their populations live in deprived
areas. Local stakeholders urgently need accurate, granular, and routine maps to plan …

Managing the rapid growth of deprived areas (commonly known as slums, informal
settlements, etc.) in cities of Low-to Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) demands detailed and …

Water is an essential part of the urban ecosystem and plays a vital role in alleviating urban
heat island (UHI) problems. The contribution toward UHI mitigation made by bodies of water …

As the fundamental unit of urban governance, communities are the grassroots for
responding to and facing disasters directly, and their resilience to disaster risks has …

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 …

Understanding human settlements' geographic location and extent can support decision-
making in resource distribution, urban growth policies, and natural resource protection. This …

Deprived settlements, usually referred to as slums, are often located in hazardous areas.
However, there have been very few studies to examine this notion. In this study, we leverage …

For smart, sustainable cities and urban planning, building extraction through satellite images
becomes a crucial activity. It is challenging in the medium spatial resolution. This work …