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Using big data for official statistics : key considerations when using mobile phone data
(UN.ESCAP, 2022)
<p>Rapid technological advances and the recent COVID-19 pandemic are leading to new expectations from official data and statistics. National Statistics Offices (NSOs) are expected to respond to urgent data needs for timely, ...
Exposure to hazards assessment based on ‘POP-to-GUF’ methodology : sequence of steps : an operational manual using QGIS
(UN.ESCAP, 2021)
<p>This manual provides step-by-step instructions for implementing a methodology for calculating high resolution gridded-population and urban (built-up area) maps and statistics in GIS for overlay with the available maps of hazards (e.g. potential flood inundation maps) for estimating population exposure to hazards – one of the core components of disaster risk measurement. The methodology is implemented using freely available open source GIS software tools, in particular QGIS and related applications or plugins, most notably SAGA tools.</p>
<p><small>This manual developed by Jean-Louis Weber (Consultant) with Daniel Clarke (UNESCAP), Trevor Clifford (Consultant), and Gao Xian Peh (Consultant), with valuable feedback from the Disaster Management Agency of Indonesia (BNPB), the Dept. of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) of Thailand and the National Statistical Office (NSO) of Thailand.</small></p>...
Mapping population exposure to flood hazards : step by step guide on the use of QGIS
(UN.ESCAP, 2021)
This guide shows you step-by-step how to generate a map which shows the percentage of the population exposed to flood hazard.<br><br>
<p>For illustrative purposes we have focused on one type of flood hazard, riverine ...
Training manual on disability statistics
(United Nations, 2008)
This Training Manual on Disability Statistics is a joint product of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). This Training Manual provides ...
Guidelines for cognitive and pilot testing of questions for use in surveys : ESCAP project on improving disability measurement statistics in Asia Pacific region
(United Nations, 2010)
The Guidelines for cognitive and pilot testing of questions for use in surveys is a part of ESCAP project on improving Disability Measurement and Statistics in the Asia and Pacific region. It was prepared by ESCAP Statistics ...
Producing land cover change maps and statistics : step by step guide on the use of QGIS and RStudio
(United Nations, 2020)
<p>This guide shows you step-by-step how to create land cover change maps and statistics.
<p>The guide explains the use of open-source software, namely Quantum Geographic Information System (QGIS) to construct a map ...
Producing urban hotspot maps : step by step guide on the use of QGIS
(United Nations, 2021)
This guide shows you step-by-step how to create urban hot spot maps.
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Urban hot spots are in the context of the present guide understood as locations with rapid increase of artificial surfaces/built-up areas. The ...
Harnessing time-use data for evidence-based policy, the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and the Beijing Platform for Action : a resource for data analysis
(United Nations, 2021)
This publication provides a reference on the application of time-use data in providing insights for the formulation and
monitoring of public policies as well as monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals. It provides ...
Asia-Pacific guidelines to data integration for official statistics
(United Nations, 2020)
<p>The Asia-Pacific Guidelines to Data Integration for Official Statistics is the result of collective efforts of the members of the Data Integration Community of Practice (DI-CoP) to adapt the <a href=https://statswiki. ...
Producing land cover change maps and statistics : guide on advanced use of QGIS and RStudio
(United Nations, 2021)
This guide shows how to produce land cover change maps and statistical tables using open-source software Quantum
Geographic Information System (QGIS) and code in RStudio.<p></p>
The land cover change guide released in ...