In this episode of “Through the Human Geography Lens”, hosts Terri Ryan and Gwyneth Holt sit down with Marie Urban of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
02:20 Role at Oak Ridge (Group Lead for Human Geography)
04:30 LANDSCAN to understand populations and population movements.
05:50 Population assessment methodologies, proxies, and gap-fillers.
08:50 Prior technical methods and the iterative changes from 10-meter resolution to now.
11:10 Three types of LANDSCAN data sets.
13:20 Specific data fusion requirements for seamless integration
15:02 Trends in population movement during the COVID lockdown.
Sparks, Kevin, et al. “Shifting Temporal Dynamics of Human Mobility in the United States” Journal of Transport Geography, vol. 99, 2022, p. 1.
https://www-sciencedirect-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/science/article/pii/S0966692322000187
16:50 Open Access to LANDSCAN Global, LANDSCAN USA, and LANDSCAN HD data (through the efforts of Amy Rose at ORNL)
20:15 Earlier WWHGD “Boundaries” event at Columbia University