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November 21, 2024
IDEAMAPS at the 12th World Urban Forum in Cairo, Egypt: Key Takeaways and Accomplishments
This year’s 12th session of the World Urban Forum in Cairo, Egypt (WUF12) brought a record-breaking attendance of over 25,000 participants from 182 countries. Our team led or participated in more than 8 events throughout the week, giving us a significant presence at this global gathering to showcase the work we’ve accomplished on the Data Ecosystem project and several other projects within the IDEAMAPS Network.
Andy Clarke, Adenike Shonowo, Grace Gielink
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May 29, 2020
Assist the global urban response to COVID-19
Thousands of cities need information, on our own we can only do so much... UN-Habitat is working with hundreds of countries and cities around the world, providing information and helping…
Dana R. Thomson
May 18, 2020
Spatial Data for COVID-19
Routine, accurate maps of slums, informal settlements, and other deprived urban areas in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are essential to ensure relevant COVID-19 prevention advice, food relief, and COVID-19…
Monika Kuffer
May 4, 2020
How routine, accurate maps of urban deprivation could have helped with COVID-19
According to UN-Habitat, approximately one-third of the population in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) lives in slums, informal settlements, or deprived urban areas. This translates to around 70% of the…
Helen Elsey
May 4, 2020
IDEAMAPS Pilot: Who we are Engaging in Lagos and Why
Agenda 2030 and the New Urban Agenda (NUA) have made cities the center of global development aspirations and implementation labs. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 aims to make cities and…
Peter Elias
May 2, 2020
About the SLUMAP Project
SLUMAP (Remote Sensing for Slum Mapping and Characterization in sub-Saharan African Cities) is a research project funded by the STEREO-III programme of the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO), a collaboration between…
Dana R. Thomson
April 26, 0023
Mexico Government Agency (INEGI) builds an IDEAMAPS Data Pipeline for Deprived Area Mapping
In 2020, Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) began working with the IDEAMAPS Network to apply our frameworks and approaches to deprived area mapping. INEGI has developed a…
Dana R. Thomson
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