Nature Communications (May 2022)

Estimating global economic well-being with unlit settlements

  • Ian McCallum,
  • Christopher Conrad Maximillian Kyba,
  • Juan Carlos Laso Bayas,
  • Elena Moltchanova,
  • Matt Cooper,
  • Jesus Crespo Cuaresma,
  • Shonali Pachauri,
  • Linda See,
  • Olga Danylo,
  • Inian Moorthy,
  • Myroslava Lesiv,
  • Kimberly Baugh,
  • Christopher D. Elvidge,
  • Martin Hofer,
  • Steffen Fritz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30099-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Nighttime lights from satellite are combined with a map of human settlements, showing that 19% of these areas, mainly in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, have no detectable artificial light. These data were then used in models to predict well-being.