Towards a Spatial Measure of SDG 11.1.1: Open Data for Urban Deprivation MappingShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: 2025 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE), IEEE, 2025Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Urban deprivation mapping is critical for addressing inequalities and achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11.1.1, which focuses on ensuring access to adequate housing and services in urban areas. This study introduces a geospatial framework to operationalize previously conceptualized urban Domains of Deprivation related to unplanned urbanization, limited infrastructure, and limited services within city segments at the city-scale. Leveraging open, global datasets, including Google’s V3 building footprints and 2.5D building heights, the model assigns deprivation scores (ranging from 0 to 6) based on binary thresholds derived from median values. Validation against reference slum boundaries provided by the IDEAMAPS network achieved an F1- score of 0.45 for high-deprivation areas. The results highlight the spatial distribution of deprivation across Nairobi and demonstrate the reliability of dense building indicators for identifying informal settlements. The framework demonstrates computational efficiency, enabling citywide analysis using accessible resources, and highlights its potential to inform urban planning and targeted interventions through scalable geospatial methodologies aligned with SDG 11.1.1.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IEEE, 2025.
Series
Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event, ISSN 2642-9535, E-ISSN 2334-0932
Keywords [en]
Graphical models, Buildings, Urban planning, Refining, Geospatial analysis, Reliability, Sustainable development, Remote sensing, Open data, Distribution functions, Urban deprivation, Geospatial analysis, IDEAMAPS Network, Informal settlements, Nairobi, SDG 11.1.1, 2.5D buildings
National Category
Other Earth Sciences Physical Geography
Research subject
Geomatics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-106368DOI: 10.1109/JURSE60372.2025.11076033Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105012192757ISBN: 979-8-3503-7183-3 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-106368DiVA, id: diva2:1985967
Conference
2025 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE). 5-7 May, 2025. Tunis, Tunisia
2025-07-292025-07-292026-02-12Bibliographically approved