Satellite remote sensing of surface urban heat islands: Progress, challenges, and perspectives

D Zhou, J ** using mobile phone data
P Deville, C Linard, S Martin, M Gilbert… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
During the past few decades, technologies such as remote sensing, geographical
information systems, and global positioning systems have transformed the way the …

Climate and conflict

M Burke, SM Hsiang, E Miguel - Annu. Rev. Econ., 2015 - annualreviews.org
We review the emerging literature on climate and conflict. We consider multiple types of
human conflict, including both interpersonal conflict, such as assault and murder, and …

[PDF][PDF] Human security

WN Adger, JM Pulhin, J Barnett, GD Dabelko… - 2014 - ore.exeter.ac.uk
Human security will be progressively threatened as the climate changes (robust evidence,
high agreement). Human insecurity almost never has single causes, but instead emerges …

Introducing the UCDP georeferenced event dataset

R Sundberg, E Melander - Journal of peace research, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents the UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset (UCDP GED). The UCDP GED
is an event dataset that disaggregates three types of organized violence (state-based …

Quantifying the influence of climate on human conflict

SM Hsiang, M Burke, E Miguel - Science, 2013 - science.org
Introduction Despite the existence of institutions designed to promote peace, interactions
between individuals and groups sometimes lead to conflict. Understanding the causes of …