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Global Human Settlement Analysis for Disaster Risk Reduction [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015
The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) is supported by the European Commission, Joint Research Center (JRC) in the frame of his institutional research activities.
M. Pesaresi, D. Ehrlich, S. Ferri, A. Florczyk, S. Freire, F. Haag, M. Halkia, A. M. Julea, T. Kemper, P. Soille   +9 more
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Towards an automated monitoring of human settlements in South Africa using high resolution SPOT satellite imagery [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015
Urban areas in sub-Saharan Africa are growing at an unprecedented pace. Much of this growth is taking place in informal settlements. In South Africa more than 10% of the population live in urban informal settlements.
T. Kemper, N. Mudau, P. Mangara, M. Pesaresi   +3 more
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Effect of a self-help group intervention using Teaching Recovery Techniques to improve mental health among Syrian refugees in Norway: a randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2022
Background Mental health symptoms among refugees are common, often related to chronic pain disorders, and their management is usually challenging. Studies evaluating the effect of group therapies among adult refugees to improve mental health symptoms are
Wegdan Hasha, Jannicke Igland, Lars T. Fadnes, Bernadette N. Kumar, Unni M. Heltne, Esperanza Diaz   +5 more
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Crisis Transmission: Global Financial Crisis [PDF]

Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR), 2012
The aim of this paper is to explore, empirically, the channels of crisis transmission with regard to the Global financial crisis. EMP-based crisis proxy is used for eight countries, which include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico
Abdullah Alam
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PROTOCOL: Studies of the effectiveness of interventions to improve the welfare of those affected by, and at risk of, homelessness in high‐income countries: An evidence and gap map

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020
Homelessness – people living on the street, in temporary accommodation, or at risk of losing their homes – is a persistent problem across the developed world. Policies and programmes to tackle homelessness should be informed by evidence of effectiveness.
Howard White, Ashrita Saran, Ben Fowler, Audrey Portes, Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Ligia Teixeira   +5 more
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A New European Settlement Map From Optical Remotely Sensed Data

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2016
An application of a general methodology for processing very high-resolution imagery to produce a European Settlement Map (ESM) in support of policy-makers is presented. The process mapped around 10 million km2 of the European continent.
Aneta Jadwiga Florczyk, Stefano Ferri, Vasileios Syrris, Thomas Kemper, Matina Halkia, Pierre Soille, Martino Pesaresi   +6 more
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Assessment of the Added-Value of Sentinel-2 for Detecting Built-up Areas

Remote Sensing, 2016
Monitoring of the human-induced changes and the availability of reliable and methodologically consistent urban area maps are essential to support sustainable urban development on a global scale.
Martino Pesaresi, Christina Corbane, Andreea Julea, Aneta J. Florczyk, Vasileios Syrris, Pierre Soille   +5 more
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TOWARDS CONSISTENT MAPPING OF URBAN STRUCTURES – GLOBAL HUMAN SETTLEMENT LAYER AND LOCAL CLIMATE ZONES [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016
Although more than half of the Earth’s population live in urban areas, we know remarkably little about most cities and what we do know is incomplete (lack of coverage) and inconsistent (varying definitions and scale).
B. Bechtel, M. Pesaresi, L. See, G. Mills, J. Ching, P. J. Alexander, J. J. Feddema, A. J. Florczyk, I. Stewart   +8 more
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Image Enhancement and Feature Extraction Based on Low-Resolution Satellite Data

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2015
The purpose of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of contrast-based textural measurements and morphological characteristics that derive from high-resolution satellite imagery (three-band SPOT-5) when diverse image enhancements techniques are ...
Vasileios Syrris, Stefano Ferri, Daniele Ehrlich, Martino Pesaresi   +3 more
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Global Economic Crisis And Followrs [PDF]

دراسات أقليمية, 2010
The last crisis which infected the capitalistic system is considering the one that shake the ideas which the new liberation marketing it. It's proving the necessity of reconsidering of the whole theoretical absolute mechanism for the capitalistic system ...
Yasamin Hilal AL-Hayali
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