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Measuring slums from space

Project Active from 15 Feb 2022 to 30 Jun 2025 Sustainable Growth, Cities and Cities that Work

This project applies advanced machine vision to high-resolution satellite imagery spanning 20 years, analysing slums across Indian and African cities. By developing a robust network architecture to address challenges such as limited data and overfitting, it enables large-scale studies of slum dynamics, growth, and conversion, generating new insights into urban poverty and development.

Researchers

Nick Tsivanidis

Nick Tsivanidis

Assistant Professor, University of California - Berkeley

Michael Gechter

Assistant Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University

Nicholas Swanson

PhD Student, University of California - Berkeley

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