Using satellite imagery to understand and promote sustainable development

M Burke, A Driscoll, DB Lobell, S Ermon - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Accurate and comprehensive measurements of a range of sustainable
development outcomes are fundamental inputs into both research and policy. For instance …

[HTML][HTML] “Domains of deprivation framework” for map** slums, informal settlements, and other deprived areas in LMICs to improve urban planning and policy: A …

A Abascal, N Rothwell, A Shonowo… - … , environment and urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
The majority of urban inhabitants in low-and middle-income country (LMIC) cities live in
deprived urban areas. However, policy efforts and the monitoring of global goals and …

A review of machine learning and satellite imagery for poverty prediction: Implications for development research and applications

O Hall, F Dompae, I Wahab… - Journal of International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The field of artificial intelligence is seeing the increased application of satellite imagery to
analyse poverty in its various manifestations. This nascent but rapidly growing intersection of …

Google earth engine for informal settlement map**: A random forest classification using spectral and textural information

D Matarira, O Mutanga, M Naidu - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Accurate and reliable informal settlement maps are fundamental decision-making tools for
planning, and for expediting informed management of cities. However, extraction of spatial …

Fine-scale urban informal settlements map** by fusing remote sensing images and building data via a transformer-based multimodal fusion network

R Fan, F Li, W Han, J Yan, J Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Urban informal settlements (UISs) are high-density population settlements with low
standards of living and supply. UIS semantic segmentation, which identifies pixels …

[HTML][HTML] Towards user-driven earth observation-based slum map**

M Owusu, M Kuffer, M Belgiu, T Grippa… - … , environment and urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Earth observation (EO) capabilities to produce up-to-date geographical information on slums
over large areas supporting urban planning and evidence-based policymaking are largely …

[HTML][HTML] Need for an integrated deprived area “slum” map** system (IDEAMAPS) in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs)

DR Thomson, M Kuffer, G Boo, B Hati, T Grippa… - Social Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ninety percent of the people added to the planet over the next 30 years will live in African
and Asian cities, and a large portion of these populations will reside in deprived …

The scope of earth-observation to improve the consistency of the SDG slum indicator

M Kuffer, J Wang, M Nagenborg, K Pfeffer… - … international journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The continuous increase in deprived living conditions in many cities of the Global South
contradicts efforts to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable places. Using …

The role of earth observation in an integrated deprived area map** “system” for low-to-middle income countries

M Kuffer, DR Thomson, G Boo, R Mahabir, T Grippa… - Remote sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Urbanization in the global South has been accompanied by the proliferation of vast informal
and marginalized urban areas that lack access to essential services and infrastructure. UN …

[HTML][HTML] Uncertainty-aware interpretable deep learning for slum map** and monitoring

T Fisher, H Gibson, Y Liu, M Abdar, M Posa… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over a billion people live in slums, with poor sanitation, education, property rights and
working conditions having a direct impact on current residents and future generations. Slum …