[HTML][HTML] The spatial allocation of population: a review of large-scale gridded population data products and their fitness for use

S Leyk, AE Gaughan, SB Adamo… - Earth System …, 2019 - essd.copernicus.org
Population data represent an essential component in studies focusing on human–nature
interrelationships, disaster risk assessment and environmental health. Several recent efforts …

COVID-19, activity and mobility patterns in Bogotá. Are we ready for a '15-minute city'?

LA Guzman, J Arellana, D Oviedo… - Travel Behaviour and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Social distancing and economic lockdown measures implemented in Global North countries
have been mimicked in the Global South to contain the spread of COVID-19. However, the …

Unveiling 25 years of planetary urbanization with remote sensing: Perspectives from the global human settlement layer

M Melchiorri, AJ Florczyk, S Freire, M Schiavina… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the last few decades the magnitude and impacts of planetary urban transformations have
become increasingly evident to scientists and policymakers. The ability to understand these …

A cellular automata-based land-use model as an integrated spatial decision support system for urban planning in developing cities: The case of the Bogotá region

LA Guzman, F Escobar, J Peña, R Cardona - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Bogotá and the 17 neighboring municipalities make up one of the biggest metropolitan
areas in Latin America. However, despite strong functional interactions within the area, there …

Exploring the urban gradient in population health: insights from satellite-derived urbanicity classes across multiple countries and years in sub-Saharan Africa

PM Macharia, J Pinchoff, C Taylor, L Beňová - BMJ Global Health, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
The demographic, ecological and socioeconomic changes associated with urbanisation are
linked to changes in disease incidence, health service provision and mortality. These effects …

Delineating urban areas using building density

MP De Bellefon, PP Combes, G Duranton… - Journal of Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
We develop a new dartboard methodology to delineate urban areas using detailed
information about building location, which we implement using a map of all buildings in …

Measuring the size and growth of cities using nighttime light

R Ch, DA Martin, JF Vargas - Journal of Urban Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper uses nighttime luminosity to estimate a globally comparable measure of the size
of metropolitan areas around the world for the years 2000 and 2010. We apply recently …

Definition matters. Metropolitan areas and agglomeration economies in a large-developing country

M Bosker, J Park, M Roberts - Journal of Urban Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
A variety of approaches to delineating metropolitan areas have been developed. Systematic
comparisons of these approaches in terms of the metro area landscape that they generate …

Estimating Local Agricultural GDP across the World

Y Ru, B Blankespoor, U Wood-Sichra… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
Economic statistics are frequently produced at an administrative level such as the sub-
national division. However, these measures may lack sufficient local variation in the …

Urbanization beyond the metropolis: Planning for a large number of small places in the global south

GF Randolph, C Deuskar - Journal of Planning Education …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
How are urban population and its growth distributed across urban settlements of different
sizes? In the Global South, this is a critical planning question, yet its answer is muddled by …