Accuracy of Modelled Gridded Population Estimates in “Slums” and Suitability for SDG 11 Monitoring

Dana Thomson1, Hazem Mahmoud2, Forrest R. Stevens3, Robert S Chen4, Argyro Kavvada5 and Andrea E Gaughan3, (1)University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, (2)University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, San Antonio, TX, United States, (3)University of Louisville, Dept. of Geographic and Environmental Sciences, Louisville, KY, United States, (4)Columbia University of New York, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia Climate School, Palisades, United States, (5)NASA Headquarters, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC, United States