Lilford, Richard, Taiwo, Olalekan John and Albuquerque, João Porto de (2018) Characterisation of urban spaces from space: going beyond the urban versus rural dichotomy. The Lancet Public Health, 3 (2). e61-e62. doi:10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30008-2 ISSN 2468-2667.
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Abstract
Surveys of human health and welfare routinely draw a distinction between people living in urban and rural areas because censuses, from which surveys draw their sampling frames, distinguish between rural and urban residence. However, large areas of cities in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are classified as informal settlements or slums.1, 2 These sites are invisible in censuses and hence in sampling frames. We argue first that all countries that harbour slums should follow the example of the few countries that distinguish slums from non-slum areas in their censuses. Second, we argue that satellite images are likely to be useful in making this distinction in a reproducible way, and third, through linking satellite data to other routinely-collected data, derivation of a fine-grained analysis of city precincts might be possible.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies |
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Slums -- Health aspects, Census districts, Satellite image maps, Medical economics |
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Lancet Public Health |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 2468-2667 |
| Official Date: | February 2018 |
| Dates: | Date Event February 2018 Published 16 February 2017 Accepted |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Page Range: | e61-e62 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30008-2 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Re-use Statement: | ** From PubMed via Jisc Publications Router. ** History: received 13-12-2017; accepted 03-01-2018. |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons open licence) |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 February 2018 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 22 February 2018 |
| RIOXX Funder/Project Grant: | Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care National Institute for Health Research |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/99097/ |
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