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High-resolution population estimation using household survey data and building footprints

Authors :
Gianluca Boo
Edith Darin
Douglas R. Leasure
Claire A. Dooley
Heather R. Chamberlain
Attila N. Lázár
Kevin Tschirhart
Cyrus Sinai
Nicole A. Hoff
Trevon Fuller
Kamy Musene
Arly Batumbo
Anne W. Rimoin
Andrew J. Tatem
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

A lack of up-to-date population figures may hamper effective decision-making. Here, the authors develop a Bayesian model to estimate population data at high resolution in five provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.77e83f931a524d74913b08836e3d3868
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29094-x