Worldpop - Fusion of earth and big data for intraurban population mapping

Steele, Jessica E., Nieves, Jeremiah, Tatem, Andrew J., Forget, Yann, Shimoni, Michal and Linard, Catherine (2018) Worldpop - Fusion of earth and big data for intraurban population mapping. In 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018 - Proceedings. vol. 2018-July, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. pp. 2070-2071 . (doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8518181).

Abstract

High resolution estimates of human population distributions are very useful for large-scale or national scale analyses in many fields including epidemiology, healthcare, resource distribution, and development. Population densities have long been estimated using remote sensing data, particularly at large spatial scales. However, the accuracy of population density predictions can be very poor in cities, and this is particularly relevant in urban areas in sub-Saharan Africa. Here we map intra-urban population densities for select African cities by disaggregating census data using random forest techniques with remotely-sensed and geospatial data, including bespoke time-series intra-urban built-up data. We produce maps with up to 83% explained variance and find including built-up density layers in urban population models allows for clear improvements in prediction.

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Contributors

Author: Andrew J. Tatem

University divisions

• Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute (pre 2018 reorg)
• School of Geography and Environmental Sciences
• Geography & Environment (pre 2018 reorg)
• Population, Health & Wellbeing (PHeW) (pre 2018 reorg)
• Population, Health and Wellbeing (PHeW)
• WorldPop

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