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The evolution of built-up areas in Ghana since 1975

We use high resolution satellite data on the proportion of buildings in a 250x250 meter cell to study the evolution of human settlement in Ghana over a 40 year period. We find a strong increase in built-up area over time, mostly concentrated in the vicinity of roads, and also directly on the coast....

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Autores principales: Fafchamps, Marcel, Shilpi, Forhad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8139467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34019578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250847