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The people the census can't see: why satellite exposure data matters

The people the census can't see: why satellite exposure data matters

Settlements grow faster than surveys. In flood-prone valleys around Kathmandu, twenty years of satellite data show entire communities appearing where official statistics still show farmland.

Ten datasets, one decision: a field guide to built-up area products

Ten datasets, one decision: a field guide to built-up area products

There are at least ten global built-up area products, each with different resolutions, methods and failure modes. Picking one off the shelf is how analyses go quietly wrong.

What a month in Kathmandu taught us about co-designed capacity building

What a month in Kathmandu taught us about co-designed capacity building

Eighty percent of participants said the Field Lab positively impacted their career. Here's what made the format work — and what we'd change.