Defining the Bull'S Eye: Satellite Imagery-Assisted Slum Population Assessment in Hyderabad, India
- 8 May 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Urban Geography
- Vol. 34 (3), 413-424
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2013.778665
Abstract
This paper presents an approach to qualitative and spatial assessment of slum population numbers in Hyderabad, India using circle-based population data from the Census of India and results of the analysis of high resolution QuickBird satellite image data (2003) derived from automatic line detection and lacunarity algorithm. This approach provides plausible and spatially explicit aggregate statistics of slum population numbers within the city. This work suggests that both over- and underreporting of slum population numbers does occur in Hyderabad, and provides an improved view on the slum distribution patterns within this urban agglomeration.Keywords
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