Population and Infrastructure on Our Human Planet: Supporting Sustainable Development through Improved Spatial Data and Models for Human Settlements, Infrastructure, and Population Distribution Based on Earth Observations

Lead PI: Dr. Robert S. Chen , Dr. Alexander de Sherbinin , Greg Yetman
Unit Affiliation: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
January 2018 - June 2022
Inactive
Global
Project Type: Research

DESCRIPTION: This is a 3-year grant to support the Human Planet Initiative of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and advance the use of population and settlement data in computing selected Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators.

SPONSOR: National Aeronautics & Space Administration-NASA
RESEARCH TEAM: Susana Adamo, Marc Levy
EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS: University of Louisville, ImageCat, Inc.

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Stewardship of the planet

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Population and Infrastructure on Our Human Planet: Supporting Sustainable Development through Improved Spatial Data and Models for Human Settlements, Infrastructure, and Population Distribution Based on Earth Observations

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