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WorldPop develops peer-reviewed research and methods for the construction of open and high-resolution geospatial data on population distributions, demographic and dynamics, with a focus on low and middle income countries.
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WorldPop, open data for spatial demography
WorldPop, open data for spatial demography
High resolution, contemporary data on human population distributions, their characteristics and changes over time are a prerequisite for…
WorldPop
Apr 19, 2021
Assessing the impact of coordinated COVID-19 exit strategies across Europe
Assessing the impact of coordinated COVID-19 exit strategies across Europe
As rates of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases decline across Europe owing to nonpharmaceutical interventions such as social…
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Apr 16, 2021
Changing epidemiology and challenges of malaria in China towards elimination
Changing epidemiology and challenges of malaria in China towards elimination
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Apr 19, 2021
Evaluating nighttime lights and population distribution as proxies for mapping anthropogenic CO2…
Evaluating nighttime lights and population distribution as proxies for mapping anthropogenic CO2…
Tracking spatiotemporal changes in GHG emissions is key to successful implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…
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Apr 19, 2021
Exploring the use of mobile phone data for national migration statistics
Exploring the use of mobile phone data for national migration statistics
Statistics on internal migration are important for keeping estimates of subnational population numbers up-to-date, as well as urban…
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Apr 19, 2021
Effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain COVID-19 in China
Effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain COVID-19 in China
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic1. The strategies based on…
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Apr 14, 2021
High resolution global gridded data for use in population studies
High resolution global gridded data for use in population studies
Recent years have seen substantial growth in openly available satellite and other geospatial data layers, which represent a range of…
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Apr 19, 2021
Mapping internal connectivity through human migration in malaria endemic countries
Mapping internal connectivity through human migration in malaria endemic countries
Human mobility continues to increase in terms of volumes and reach, producing growing global connectivity. This connectivity hampers…
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Apr 19, 2021
Temporal trends in spatial inequalities of maternal and newborn health services among four east…
Temporal trends in spatial inequalities of maternal and newborn health services among four east…
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Apr 19, 2021
Predicting Near-Future Built-Settlement Expansion Using Relative Changes in Small Area Populations
Predicting Near-Future Built-Settlement Expansion Using Relative Changes in Small Area Populations
Advances in the availability of multi-temporal, remote sensing-derived global built-/human-settlements datasets can now provide globally…
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Apr 19, 2021
Global spatio-temporally harmonised datasets for producing high-resolution gridded population…
Global spatio-temporally harmonised datasets for producing high-resolution gridded population…
Multi-temporal, globally consistent, high-resolution human population datasets provide consistent and comparable population distributions…
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Apr 19, 2021
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