Publications





Journal papers:

Luo, E., Kuffer, M., Wang, J., 2022. Urban poverty maps - From characterising deprivation using geo-spatial data to capturing deprivation from space. Sustainable Cities and Society 84, 104033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2022.104033

Wang, J., Georganos, S., Kuffer, M., Abascal, A., Vanhuysse, S., 2022. On the knowledge gain of urban morphology from space. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 95, 101831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2022.101831

Abascal, A., Rodríguez-Carreño, I., Vanhuysse, S., Georganos, S., Sliuzas, R., Wolff, E., Kuffer, M., 2022. Identifying degrees of deprivation from space using deep learning and morphological spatial analysis of deprived urban areas. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 95, 101820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2022.101820

Georganos, S., Abascal, A., Kuffer, M., Wang, J., Owusu, M., Wolff, E., Vanhuysse, S., 2021. Is It All the Same? Mapping and Characterizing Deprived Urban Areas Using WorldView-3 Superspectral Imagery. A Case Study in Nairobi, Kenya. Remote Sensing 13, 4986. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13244986

Merodio Gómez, P., Juarez Carrillo, O.J., Kuffer, M., Thomson, D.R., Olarte Quiroz, J.L., Villaseñor García, E., Vanhuysse, S., Abascal, Á., Oluoch, I., Nagenborg, M., Persello, C., Brito, P.L., 2021. Earth Observations and Statistics: Unlocking Sociodemographic Knowledge through the Power of Satellite Images. Sustainability 13, 12640. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132212640

Kuffer, M., Wang, J., Thomson, D.R., Georganos, S., Abascal, A., Owusu, M., Vanhuysse, S., 2021. Spatial Information Gaps on Deprived Urban Areas (Slums) in Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries: A User-Centered Approach . Urban Science 5, 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci5040072

Owusu, M., Kuffer, M., Belgiu, M., Grippa, T., Lennert, M., Georganos, S., Vanhuysse, S., 2021. Towards user-driven earth observation-based slum mapping. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 89, 101681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2021.101681


Kuffer, M., Thomson, D.R., Boo, G., Mahabir, R., Grippa, T., Vanhuysse, S., Engstrom, R., Ndugwa, R., Makau, J., Darin, E., de Albuquerque, J.P., Kabaria, C., 2020. The Role of Earth Observation in an Integrated Deprived Area Mapping “System” for Low-to-Middle Income Countries . Remote Sensing 12, 982. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12060982

Thomson, D.R., Kuffer, M., Boo, G., Hati, B., Grippa, T., Elsey, H., Linard, C., Mahabir, R., Kyobutungi, C., Maviti, J., Mwaniki, D., Ndugwa, R., Makau, J., Sliuzas, R., Cheruiyot, S., Nyambuga, K., Mboga, N., Kimani, N.W., Albuquerque, J.P. de, Kabaria, C., 2020. Need for an Integrated Deprived Area “Slum” Mapping System (IDEAMAPS) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Social Sciences 9, 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9050080








Preprints:

Kabiru, P., Kuffer, M., Sliuzas, R., Vanhuysse, S., 2022. The Relationship Between Multiple Hazards and Deprivation Using Open Geospatial Data and Machine Learning. In Review. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1359834/v1








Book chapters:

Kuffer, M., Grippa, T., Persello, C., Taubenböck, H., Pfeffer, K., Sliuzas, R., 2021. Mapping the Morphology of Urban Deprivation: The Role of Remote Sensing for Developing a Global Slum Repository. Urban Remote Sensing 305. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119625865.ch14








Conference papers:


Wang, J., Fleischmann, M., Venerandi, A., Kuffer, M. and Porta, S., 2022. Earth observation+ morphometrics: towards a systematic understanding of cities in challenging contexts. https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00080476

Kuffer, M., Vanhuysse, S., Georganos, S., Wang, J., 2021. Meeting User Requirements for Mapping and Characterizing Deprived Urban Areas in Support of Pro-Poor Policies. GI_Forum 2021, Volume 9, 85–93. https://doi.org/10.1553/giscience2021_01_s85

Vanhuysse, S., Georganos, S., Kuffer, M., Grippa, T., Lennert, M., Wolff, E., 2021. Gridded Urban Deprivation Probability from Open Optical Imagery and Dual-Pol Sar Data, in: 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. Presented at the 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, pp. 2110–2113. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554231

Kuffer, M., Thomson, D.R., Maki, A., Vanhuysse, S., Georganos, S., Sliuzas, R., Persello, C., 2021. EO-Based Low-Cost Frameworks to Address Global Urban Data gaps on Deprivation and Multiple Hazards, in: 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. Presented at the 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, pp. 2106–2109. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554094

Georganos, S., Vanhuysse, S., Abascal, Á., Kuffer, M., 2021. Extracting Urban Deprivation Indicators Using Superspectral Very-High-Resolution Satellite Imagery, in: 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. Presented at the 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, pp. 2114–2117. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554849

Owusu, M., Kuffer, M., Belgiu, M., Grippa, T., Lennert, M., Georganos, S., Vanhuysse, S., 2021. Geo-Ethics in Slum Mapping, in: 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. Presented at the 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, pp. 5700–5703. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553570

Grippa, T., Georganos, S., Vanhuysse, S., Lennert, M., Mboga, N., Wolff, É., 2019. Mapping slums and model population density using earth observation data and open source solutions, in: 2019 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE). Presented at the 2019 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE), pp. 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/JURSE.2019.8808934








Check also publications of related projects in which the partners are/were involved:

IDEAMAPS

REACT

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