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The links are provided below to example gridded population survey manuals and implementations, as well as to methods for gridded population data creation.

12 Feb 2019

Estimation of Poverty in Somalia Using Innovative Methodologies

by Pape UJ and Wollburg PR. 2019. World Bank: Washington DC USA.
01 Sep 2018

Urban Essential Needs Assessment in the five communes of Kimbanseke, Kinsenso, Makala, N’sele and Selembao (Kinshasa)

by World Food Programme, Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping team. September 2018
25 Jul 2018

Geo-Sampling in Developing Nations

by Cajka J, Amer S, Ridenhour J, Allpress, J. 2018. Int J Soc Res Methodol, 21(6):doi:10.1080/13645579.2018.1484989
19 Mar 2018

Spatially disaggregated population estimates in the absence of national population and housing census data

by Wardrop NA, Jochem WC, Bird tJ, et al. 2018. PNAS, 115(14):doi:10.1073/pnas.1715305115
01 Jan 2018

Surveys for Urban Equity (SUE) Project: Planning Team Guide.

by Thomson DR, Bhattarai R, Dhungel R, Gajurel S, Singh S, Manandhar S, Khanal S. 2018. Leeds: Leeds University. 147p.
01 Jan 2018

Improving household surveys and use of data to address health inequities in three Asian cities: protocol for the Surveys for Urban Equity (SUE) mixed methods and feasibility study.

by Elsey H, Poudel AN, Ensor T, et al. 2018. BMJ Open, 8:doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024182.
01 Jan 2018

GridSample: Household surveys with gridded population data to overcome outdated/inaccurate census frame whilst saving time and cost

by Thomson DR and Hesse JB. 2018. World Vision International: Mozambique. Presentation at World Data Forum.
01 Jan 2017

GridSample: An R Package to Generate Household Survey Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) from Gridded Population Data

by Thomson DR, Stevens FR, Ruktanonchai NW, et al. 2017. Int J Health Geogr, 16:doi:10.1186/s12942-017-0098-4
16 May 2016

Addressing Inequities in Urban Health: Do Decision-Makers Have the Data They Need? Report from the Urban Health Data Special Session at International Conference on Urban Health Dhaka 2015.

by Elsey H, Thomson DR, Lin RY, et al. 2016. J Urban Health, 93(3):doi:10.1007/s11524-016-0046-9.
01 Jan 2016

Dynamic denominators: the impact of seasonally varying population numbers on disease incidence estimates

by zu Erbach-Schoenberg E, Alegana VA, Sorichetta A, et al. 2016. Popul Health Metr, 14:doi:10.1186/s12963-016-0106-0
17 Feb 2015

Disaggregating census data for population mapping using random forests with remotely-sensed and ancillary data

by Stevens FR, Gaughan AE, Linard C, Tatem AJ. 2015. PLoS One, 10(2):doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107042
27 Oct 2014

Dynamic population mapping using mobile phone data

by Deville P, Linard C, Martin S, et al. 2014. PNAS, 111(45):doi:10.1073/pnas.1408439111