Title :
Combining GHSL and GPW to improve global population mapping
Author :
Sergio Freire;Thomas Kemper;Martino Pesaresi;Aneta Florczyk;Vasileios Syrris
Author_Institution :
European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC), Global Security and Crisis Management Unit. Via Enrico Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra (VA), Italy
fDate :
7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Available global population grids suffer from limitations that constrain their usability. The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) may benefit population disaggregation and mapping. We test the integration of the GHSL built-up grid and the Gridded Population of the World (GPW) in order to refine the mapping of population distribution in Syria, for the year 2000, greatly improving depiction of population distribution and density. Preliminary results indicate that GHSL is a good proxy for population disaggregation.
Keywords :
"Sociology","Statistics","Security","Usability","Indexes","Urban areas","Production"
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2015 IEEE International
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-7003
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326329
