The presentations from the Expert Group Meeting on Slum Mapping are found below in PDF format.

Wednesday, 21st May 2008

Session 1: Opening (Chair: Richard Sliuzas, Rapporteur Alex de Sherbinin)

Richard Sliuzas, ITC Alex de Sherbinin, CIESIN, Columbia University, USA	Welcome and General Purpose of EGM, Part Two
Prof. Dr. Martien Molenaar, Rector ITC	Official Welcome to ITC
Ron Spreekmeester	Word of Welcome from representative VROM
Dr. Gora Mboup, Head of the GUO, UN-HABITAT	Slums, Shelter Depriviation and Spatial Concentration , Part Two

Session 2: Developments in Urban Remote Sensing and the Diversity of Slum Conditions (Chair: Jan Turkstra, Rapporteur: Kirsten Hackenbroch)

Christiane Weber, University Louis Pasteur, France	From Slum Detection to Slum Definition
Richard Sliuzas, ITC, The Netherlands	Diversity of Global Slum Conditions - is a universal spatial definition of slums feasible?
Alex de Sherbinin, CIESIN, Columbia University, USA	Urban Poverty Mapping: Data and Methods

Special Guest Lecture Prof. Uptal Sharma (Center for Environmental Planning and Technology, School of Planning, Ahmedabad, India

Slum Development Strategies for Dharavi Slum in Mumbai, India

Session 3: Advanced Methods for Urban Image Analysis (Chair: Rainaldo Machado, Rapporteur: Chris Small)

Thomas Kemper and Martino Pesaresi, JRC, Italy	Examples of Robust and Replicable Feature Extraction for the Study of Built-Up Surface, using VHR Data
Mauro Barros Filho, University Recife, Brazil	Slum Detection through Lacunarity-Based Texture Analysis of Remote Sensing Images
Carsten Jürgens, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany	A Multi-Scale Remote Sensing Strategy for Slum Detection and Continuous Slum Monitoring

 Session 4: Statistical Issues in Urban Poverty Mapping (Chair: Mauro Barros Filho, Rapporteur: Monika Kuffer)

Alfred Stein, ITC, The Netherlands	Spatial Statistics and their Applications in (Urban) Remote Sensing
Chris Small, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observation, Columbia University, USA	Objectives, Strategies and Limitations of Remote Sensing for Slum Mapping
Peter Hofmann, Leibnitz Universität Hannover, Germany	Detecting Informal Settlements using Methods of Object Based Image Analysis
Richard Sliuzas and Alex de Sherbinin	Brief Introduction to Break Out Groups (planned on Thursday afternoon)

Thursday, 22nd May 2008

Session 5: Methods and Examples of Slum Mapping (Chair: Christiane Weber, Rapporteur: Huang Zhengdong)

Reinaldo Perez Machado, University of São Paulo, Brazil	Precarious Settlements Studies. Actual Situation in São Paulo, Brazil
Iffat Huque, CEGISBD, Bangladesh	Urban Slum Mapping in Bangladesh
Kirsten Hackenbroch, Germany	Land Use and Cover Mapping in Informal Settlements: the Case of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Pratima Joshi, Shelter Associates	GIS-based Poverty Mapping for Integrated Development of Slums

 Session 6: Methods and Examples of Slum Mapping

Sadhana Jain, IIRS India	Urban Remote Sensing for Slum Mapping in India
Monika Kuffer, ITC, The Netherlands	Measuring of Spatial Configuration of Informal versus Formal Urban Development using Spatial / Landscape Metrics
Huang Zhengdong and Zhan Qingming, Wuhan University, China	Mapping Slums and Urban Villages in China
Jan Turkstra, UN-HABITAT, Libya	Visible and Non-visible Slums, Libya and Somalia

Session 7: Break Out Groups

Group A Chair: Christiane Weber, Rapporteur: Alex de Sherbinin	What spatial criteria and indicators can be added to the currently applied slum definition and can they be universally applied?
Group B Chair: Alfred Stein, Rapporteur: Sadhana Jain	Are there efficient methods for up-scaling data from one spatial level to another?

Session 8: Break Out Groups

Group C Chair: Mauro Barros Filho, Rapporteur: Thomas Kemper	How reliable does the spatial and statistical data on slums have to be for policy development and decision making? Can this be quantified and can the costs and benefits associated with the required level be assessed?
Group D Chair: Richard Sliuzas, Rapporteur: Pratima Joshi	What instituational issues need to be addressed if local governments are to be able to be able to undertake slum mapping as a routine task? Can advanced technical approaches be combined with community based approaches?EGM slum Mapping break out Institutional.pdf

Friday, 23rd May 2008

Session 9: Break Out Groups

Presentations of Key Findings and Recommentations from Break Out Groups A, B & C (see summary reports under Sessions 7 & 8 above)

Session 10: Finalizing Conclusions and Recommendations (Chair: Prof. Dr. Martien Molenaar, Rapporteur: Iffat Huque)

Presentation of Key Findings and Recommendations from Break Out Group D (see summary report under Session 8 above)