Modelling changing population distributions: an example of the Kenyan Coast, 1979-2009

• Published in: International journal of digital earth Vol. 10; no. 10; pp. 1017 - 1029
• Main Authors: Linard, Catherine, Kabaria, Caroline W., Gilbert, Marius, Tatem, Andrew J., Gaughan, Andrea E., Stevens, Forrest R., Sorichetta, Alessandro, Noor, Abdisalan M., Snow, Robert W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 03.10.2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Biological settlement; Census; Censuses; Coastal environments; Distribution; distribution modelling; gridded population datasets; Growth rate; High resolution; Historic sites; Human population; Kenya; Land cover; Modelling; Population; Population distribution; Spatial distribution; temporal change; Time series; Human population; gridded population datasets; Kenya; temporal change; distribution modelling

Large-scale gridded population datasets are usually produced for the year of input census data using a top-down approach and projected backward and forward in time using national growth rates. Such temporal projections do not include any subnational variation in population distribution trends and ig...