Check out this open urbanisation dataset covering 16 countries in Sub-Saharan #Africa and the #Caribbean - with Degree of Urbanisation level 1 classifications and full documentation.

Useful for research, development planning, geospatial analysis and policy work.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.13130/RD_UNIMI/YFNFZC

#OpenData #GIS #UrbanStudies #DevelopmentData #DEGURBA

Where do populations live and how is it changing? 🌍 Explore WorldPop’s new open, high-resolution global population & urbanisation datasets. 📊 Data for impact.

Learn more: https://www.worldpop.org/blog/mapping-people-places-and-change-exploring-worldpops-latest-global-data-releases/

#OpenData #GIS #PopulationData #Geospatial #DataForDevelopment #Urbanisation #Global2 #DEGURBA

🏙️What is a city? The answer changes with the data.

New research shows maps can disagree on what’s urban or rural depending on the population grid underneath.

🔗Read and listen: https://www.worldpop.org/blog/degurba-why-your-urban-definition-depends-on-your-data/

#DEGURBA #Planning #DataForDevelopment

Urban - or rural? The answer matters more than you may think. 🏙️🌾
Countries are learning to map it better than ever.
🚀📊 Our DEGURBA training is building skills that power smarter policies - now and for the future.

Read more: https://www.worldpop.org/blog/skills-for-smarter-planning-how-degurba-capacity-building-is-empowering-countries/

#LMICs #DEGURBA #CapacityBuilding #GeospatialData #Urbanisation #DataForDevelopment #SDGs #NationalStatistics #Cameroon #Zambia

🚨 Editor's Choice in Remote Sensing Journal - our paper:

Exploring the Relationship between Temporal Fluctuations in Satellite Nightlight Imagery and Human Mobility across #Africa

#mobiledata #nighttimelights #Degurba #Rural #Mobility

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/editors_choice?listby=date&page_no=2&page_count=45&view=default

🚨 An interesting new paper using our open population data to test degree of #urbanisation measures in #Africa and suggest alternatives.

From the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol

#OpenData #DEGURBA

💻🏙️Join our webinar on ‘Applying the Degree of Urbanization’, a virtual side event of the #UN54SC

🗓️ 31 January 2023 at 15:00 CET

Register here 👉https://europa.eu/!cN8TgY

ℹ️ Discover the methodology for delineation of cities, urban & rural areas
#DEGURBA

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Eurostat/status/1620018947012845569

RT @UNStats: Join us for the #UN54SC side event on Applying the Degree of Urbanization - progress & next steps on Jan 31st, 9am EST!

Learn about national experiences since the @UN StatComm endorsed this new methodology in 2020.

Register here: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/RegisterUNSCsideeventDEGURBA
#Urbanization #DEGURBA

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Eurostat/status/1619138973045264386