Published October 6, 2022
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Monitoring urbanization in Gulu City, Uganda
- Creators
- Digital Earth Africa
- Project leader:
- Dr. Bemigisha, Jane1
- Project member:
- Sentamu, Hans Mark2
- 1. ESIPPS International Ltd
- 2. ESSIP International Ltd
Description
Hans Sentamu has been working with Dr Jane Bemigisha, Executive Director at ESIPPS and DE Africa Implementing Partner, Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), to better understand how urbanisation is impacting one particular area in Northern Uganda - Gulu City.
The urban extent of Gulu Municipality between 2017 and 2020 was recorded as an increase from 12.289km2 to 16.606km2 - growth of approximately 4km2. Urbanisation has been mostly along the major roads (shown in red). Ground truth data would support these findings.
By delivering impactful analysis in a short time frame and with free and open data, DE Africa provides a powerful platform to inform policy makers in the design of sustainable cities.