Abstract
African great metropolises are rapidly growing due to rural-urban migration. In Khartoum, Sudan, the
urban population increased from around 245,000 in 1956, to over 8 million, due to wider changes in
urbanization patterns driven by climate change, civil-unrest and protracted forced displacement.
With the lack of sustainable planning strategies to secure land tenure and access to services, the level
of deprivation in Khartoum informal settings witnessed a swift increase in urban poverty, that requires
mapping the vulnerabilities of the urban poor and providing evidence-based data to support
displacement ‘durable solutions’. In response, IDeaMapSudan was launched in 2020, as a joint
collaboration between Sudan Urban Development Think-Tank, Ministries of Social Development,
Physical Planning, Infrastructure and Transport, and the Faculty Geo-Information and Earth
Observation Science (ITC) at Twente University, to achieve three key objectives: 1) Provide capacitybuilding on using Earth Observation (EO) and spatial data innovation to fill the gaps in existing
administrative GIS maps, 2) Develop a community-led geo-spatial database for mapping deprived areas
(e.g. informal settlements) using socio-economic indicators for deprived areas in Khartoum, 3)
Establish an ‘Integrated Deprivation Area Mapping System’ for data sharing and communication, that
can guide the city planning decision -making process. Using Expert discussions and local field data
collection, IDeaMapSudan revealed that local data on deprivation do not exist or are scattered within
different local authorities, and the need to overcome the challenges of urban governance and technical
congruence between EO data and community-driven vulnerability assessments is essential, by having
a spatial distinction between slums, informal settlements, precarious areas, and other deprived areas,
beyond the limited understanding of physical deprivation and humanitarian led vulnerability
assessments.
urban population increased from around 245,000 in 1956, to over 8 million, due to wider changes in
urbanization patterns driven by climate change, civil-unrest and protracted forced displacement.
With the lack of sustainable planning strategies to secure land tenure and access to services, the level
of deprivation in Khartoum informal settings witnessed a swift increase in urban poverty, that requires
mapping the vulnerabilities of the urban poor and providing evidence-based data to support
displacement ‘durable solutions’. In response, IDeaMapSudan was launched in 2020, as a joint
collaboration between Sudan Urban Development Think-Tank, Ministries of Social Development,
Physical Planning, Infrastructure and Transport, and the Faculty Geo-Information and Earth
Observation Science (ITC) at Twente University, to achieve three key objectives: 1) Provide capacitybuilding on using Earth Observation (EO) and spatial data innovation to fill the gaps in existing
administrative GIS maps, 2) Develop a community-led geo-spatial database for mapping deprived areas
(e.g. informal settlements) using socio-economic indicators for deprived areas in Khartoum, 3)
Establish an ‘Integrated Deprivation Area Mapping System’ for data sharing and communication, that
can guide the city planning decision -making process. Using Expert discussions and local field data
collection, IDeaMapSudan revealed that local data on deprivation do not exist or are scattered within
different local authorities, and the need to overcome the challenges of urban governance and technical
congruence between EO data and community-driven vulnerability assessments is essential, by having
a spatial distinction between slums, informal settlements, precarious areas, and other deprived areas,
beyond the limited understanding of physical deprivation and humanitarian led vulnerability
assessments.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Appropriate Technology |
| Subtitle of host publication | Enhancing Peace and Governance through Appropriate Technology: Reimagining Sustainable Community Wellbeing in an Era of Global Climate Change |
| Publisher | International Network on Appropriate Technology |
| Pages | 461-474 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-9993666-7-7 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2022 |
| Event | 10th International Conference on Appropriate Technology, ICAT 2022: Enhancing Peace and Governance through Appropriate Technology: Reimagining Sustainable Community Wellbeing in an Era of Global Climate Change - Khartoum, Sudan Duration: 22 Nov 2022 → 25 Nov 2022 Conference number: 10 https://www.appropriatetech.net/index.php/10th-icat-2022 |
Conference
| Conference | 10th International Conference on Appropriate Technology, ICAT 2022 |
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| Abbreviated title | ICAT 2022 |
| Country/Territory | Sudan |
| City | Khartoum |
| Period | 22/11/22 → 25/11/22 |
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