Following a review of the social and phyiscal science literatures and developing an initial version of the IDEAMAPS Domains of Deprivation Framework (detailed in an earlier post), we met with 20 diverse stakeholders in Accra, Ghana for feedback.

Among the suggestions were to make a less linear layout - as deprivation is determined by a confluence of factors - and explicitly pull out governance issues as a separate domain of deprivation. The revised framework is as follows, and is detailed in an article available on preprint: "Domains of Deprivation Framework" for Mapping Slums, Informal Settlements, and Other Deprived Areas in LMICs to Improve Urban Planning and Policy: A Scoping Review.

In the Domains of Deprivation Framework, two domains reflect aspects of poverty measured within households: socio-economic status and housing. Three domains reflect area-level deprivations experienced within neighbourhoods: social hazards & assets, physical hazards & assets, unplanned urbanisation, and contamination. Finally, three domains reflect aspects of deprivation that relate to the connectivity (or lack thereof) between neighbourhoods, or which shape outcomes across the entire city: infrastructure, facilities & services

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