Improving afripop dataset with settlement extents extracted from rapideye for the border region comprising South-Africa, Swaziland and mozambique

Geospatial Health

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 48-54

  Deleu, Julie ^a   Franke, Jonas ^b   Gebreslasie, Michael ^c   Linard, Catherine ^d  

^a Bervierslaan 54   (Belgium)

^b REMOTE SENSING SOLUTIONS GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Health; Malaria risk; Population mapping; Remote sensing; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MOZAMBIQUE; POPULATION DENSITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MOZAMBIQUE; POPULATION DENSITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND;

EID: 84933066377     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2015.336     Document Type: Article

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