DEPRIMAP

2024-2028

DEPRIMAP - Unraveling the dynamics of deprived urban areas in the Majority World using AI and Earth Observation to foster evidence-based sustainable planning

DEPRIMAP aims to map, model, and analyze deprived urban areas (DUAs) in the Majority World using advanced geospatial data and machine learning techniques. The project focuses on understanding the socio-economic vulnerabilities and environmental risks faced by DUAs contributing to more resilient and sustainable urban planning.

WHERE?

·      Buenos Aires, Argentina

·      Lagos, Nigeria

·      Nairobi, Kenya

·      Dhaka, Bangladesh

with more cities to be included as the project progresses.

PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

DEPRIMAP is an interdisciplinary project designed to fill critical gaps in understanding the characteristics and vulnerabilities of deprived urban areas (DUAs) in the Majority World. By leveraging diverse geospatial datasets, such as satellite imagery from Copernicus and publicly available building and population data, DEPRIMAP seeks to map and model DUAs across diverse case study cities like Buenos Aires, Lagos, Nairobi, and Dhaka. The project’s key objectives are to:

  1. Map and characterize DUAs using machine learning algorithms to identify their physical and socio-economic patterns.
  2. Assess the vulnerability and exposure of DUA populations to natural hazards such as flooding and heatwaves.
  3. Provide actionable insights to inform urban planning, with a focus on reducing inequality and enhancing climate resilience in urban environments. Through active stakeholder engagements, DEPRIMAP aims to produce scalable, data-driven solutions to support sustainable urban development in the world's most vulnerable communities.

To learn more, visit the project website here.

IDEAMAPS Projects

The IDEAMAPS Network has produced an evolving family of projects with local teams in cities across the world.Our family of projects develop datasets of urban deprivation and assets (IDEAMAP Sudan, SLUMAP, IDEAtlas, and the IDEAMAPS Data Ecosystem), and foster capacity among stakeholders to use data for decision-making (Data4HumanRights, IDEAMAP Sudan).

PROJECTS WE’RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON

2024-2028
Currently Active
DEPRIMAP

·      Buenos Aires, Argentina

·      Lagos, Nigeria

·      Nairobi, Kenya

·      Dhaka, Bangladesh

with more cities to be included as the project progresses.

DEPRIMAP - Unraveling the dynamics of deprived urban areas in the Majority World using AI and Earth Observation to foster evidence-based sustainable planning

DEPRIMAP aims to map, model, and analyze deprived urban areas (DUAs) in the Majority World using advanced geospatial data and machine learning techniques. The project focuses on understanding the socio-economic vulnerabilities and environmental risks faced by DUAs contributing to more resilient and sustainable urban planning.

2022 - 2025
Currently Active
IDEAMAPS Data Ecosystem

LAGOS, Nigeria - NAIROBI, Kenya - KANO, Nigeria

To co-create an integrated data ecosystem that enables routine, accurate mapping of slums, informal settlements, and other deprived areas across LMIC cities 

Currently Active
IDEAtlas

Mexico City, Mexico - Medellín, Colombia - Salvador, Brazil - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Lagos, Nigeria - Nairobi, Kenya - Mumbai, India - Jakarta, Indonesia

The primary objective of IDEAtlas is to develop, implement, validate and showcase advanced AI-based methods to automatically map and characterize the spatial extent of slums from Earth Observation (EO) data.

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