High Resolution Population Maps for Low Income Nations: Combining Land Cover and Census in East Africa

In this paper we investigate whether satellite imagery in combination with land cover information and census data can be used to create inexpensive, high resolution and easily-updatable settlement and population distribution maps over large areas. (from Background)

Author Name(s):

Tatem, A.J.; Noor, A. M.; von Hagen, C.; Di Gregorio, A.; Hay, S. I.

Citation:

Tatem, Andrew J., Abdisalan M. Noor, Craig von Hagen, Antonio Di Gregorio, and Simon I. Hay. 2007. High Resolution Population Maps for Low Income Nations: Combining Land Cover and Census in East Africa. PLos ONE 2:e1298.

Publication type:

Articles

Journal Article

Publication year:

2007

Link(s):

https://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/pern_files/papers/Tatem_PLoSOne.pd…

Biome/Habitat:

Multiple Habitats

Population:

Population Size

Spatial Distribution