Table 1 Description of study sites
Site name | Country (region/city) | Settlement type | Crisis | Reference population estimate | Source of reference estimate | Date of reference estimate | Date of satellite image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kutupalong | Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar District) | Refugee camp | Rohingya refugees from Rakhine State, Myanmar | 11,047 | UNHCR registration (unpublished data) | 31 Dec 2009 | 29 Jan 2010 | Also analysed a makeshift camp (estimated population 20–30,000) surrounding formal refugee camp. |
Breidjing | Chad (Ouaddaï Region) | Refugee camp | Sudanese refugees from Darfur | 26,770 | UNHCR registration (unpublished data) | 31 Dec 2005 | 30 Jan 2006 | Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) demographic surveillance estimated 27,500 people [24]. |
Farchana | Chad (Ouaddaï Region) | Refugee camp | Sudanese refugees from Darfur | 19,070 | UNHCR registration (unpublished data) | 31 Dec 2004 | 11 Oct 2004 | MSF demographic surveillance estimated 16 250 people [24]. >1 month between image and analysis dates. |
Bambu | Democratic Republic of Congo (North Kivu Province) | IDP camp | Insecurity and attacks against civilians | 5871 | UNOPS Data Center for IDP demographic surveillance [25] | 31 Jan 2010 | 29 Jan 2010 | Analysis date chosen to coincide with population verification exercise. |
Mugunga III | Democratic Republic of Congo (North Kivu Province) | IDP camp | Insecurity and attacks against civilians | 1969 | UNOPS Data Center for IDP demographic surveillance [25] | 31 Jan 2010 | 29 Jan 2010 | Analysis date chosen to coincide with population verification exercise. |
Sherkole | Ethiopia (Benishangul-Gumuz Region) | Refugee camp | Southern Sudanese refugees, mainly from Blue Nile state | 13,958 | UNHCR registration (unpublished data) | 31 Dec 2006 | 8 Nov 2006 | >1 month between image and analysis dates. |
Shimelba | Ethiopia (Tigray Region) | Refugee camp | Eritrean refugees | 13,043 | UNHCR registration (unpublished data) | 31 Dec 2006 | 29 Oct 2006 | >1 month between image and analysis dates. |
Champs-de-Mars | Haiti (Port-au-Prince metropolitan area) | Informal IDP camp | Earthquake | 23,214 | Médecins Sans Frontières/Epicentre census [26] | 22 Apr 2010 | 30 Apr 2010 | |
Delmas 24, Sollino, Fort National | Haiti (Port-au-Prince metropolitan area) | Urban neighbourhoods with mixture of residents and informal IDPs | Earthquake | 39,349 | Médecins Sans Frontières/Epicentre census [26] | 13 May 2010 | 11 May 2010 | |
Kakuma | Kenya (Turkana District) | Refugee camp | Southern Sudanese, Somali and other refugees | 90,457 | UNHCR registration (unpublished data) | 31 Dec 2006 | 14 Jan 2007 | |
Bairro Esturro | Mozambique (Beira municipality) | Urban neighbourhood with few IDPs | Residual displacement from civil war | 9523 | T-square method estimate by Epicentre [8] | 15 Aug 2004 | 15 Aug 2004 | Analysed only section of Bairro Esturro included in reference study. A census took place in Sep 2003 and yielded a similar estimate (9479). |