Spatial Analysis and Modeling of Urbanization-Related Population and Land Use Dynamics

• Activity Number: 36 - Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Modeling of the Demographic and Economic Data
• Type: Invited
• Date/Time: Sunday, August 8, 2021 : 3:30 PM to 5:20 PM
• Sponsor: Business and Economic Statistics Section
• Author(s): Jing Gao*
• Companies: University of Delaware
• Keywords: population; land cover; land use; urbanization; spatial modeling

Abstract

Today, more than 80% of the U.S. population and 55% of the global population are urban. Over the 21st century, continued urbanization is expected across the world, altering the spatial distribution of global populations and urban landscapes. Urbanization-related population and land use change are an integrated dynamic, while existing models and methods usually treat them as two separate phenomena. Here I present a data-driven investigation of the spatial and temporal relationships between population and built-up land across the world. I will share key empirical findings as well as their implications for more integrated modelling of urbanization as a spatial dynamic of population and land use changes.