Slums are a global urban challenge, with less developed countries being particularly
impacted. To adequately detect and map them, data is needed on their location, spatial …

This paper contributes empirical evidence about the usefulness of remote sensing imagery
to quantify the degree of poverty at the intra-urban scale. This concept is based on two …

Slum identification in urban settlements is a crucial step in the process of formulation of pro-
poor policies. However, the use of conventional methods for slum detection such as field …

In the cities of the Global South, slum settlements are growing in size and number, but their
locations and characteristics are often missing in official statistics and maps. Although …

The link between place and crime is at the base of social ecology theories of crime that focus
in the relationship of the characteristics of geographical areas and crime rates. The broken …

Enriching Asian perspectives on the rapid identification of urban poverty and its implications
for housing inequality, this paper contributes empirical evidence about the utility of image …

Although 70% of the Amazon population lives in urban areas, studies on the urban Amazon
are scarce. Much of the urban Amazon population lives in precarious settlements. The …

This work presents a nonparametric statistical test, S-maup, to measure the sensitivity of a
spatially intensive variable to the effects of the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP). To the …

This paper explores the urbanization process under Functional Urban Areas (FUAs)
definition considering Ecuador as case of study. Analyzing data from 1950 to 2010, we have …

Housing is a basic human need; however, in recent decades slums have become the face of
urbanization in developing economies. Urbanization drives economic growth, playing an …