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Kytt MacManus

GIS Developer and Adjunct Lecturer, Columbia Univsersity
Verified email at ciesin.columbia.edu
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[HTML][HTML] The spatial allocation of population: a review of large-scale gridded population data products and their fitness for use

…, J Comenetz, A Sorichetta, K MacManus… - Earth System …, 2019 - essd.copernicus.org
Population data represent an essential component in studies focusing on human–nature
interrelationships, disaster risk assessment and environmental health. Several recent efforts …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating population and urban areas at risk of coastal hazards, 1990–2015: how data choices matter

K MacManus, D Balk, H Engin… - Earth System …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
The accurate estimation of population living in the Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ), and
at heightened risk from sea level rise, is critically important for policy makers and risk …

Taking advantage of the improved availability of census data: a first look at the gridded population of the world, version 4

E Doxsey-Whitfield, K MacManus… - Papers in Applied …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Global gridded population data are increasingly being applied to a broad range of fields. This
article presents improvements made in the fourth version of the Gridded Population of the …

[HTML][HTML] NASA's Black Marble nighttime lights product suite

…, I Miranda, Y Conte, N Marrero, K MacManus… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
NASA's Black Marble nighttime lights product suite (VNP46) is available at 500 m resolution
since January 2012 with data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) …

[PDF][PDF] Development of new open and free multi-temporal global population grids at 250 m resolution

S Freire, K MacManus, M Pesaresi, E Doxsey-Whitfield… - Population, 2016 - agile-gi.eu
Global population grids are essential to support analyses and inform policy-making in a
wide range of fields, from environmental assessment to disaster risk analysis and reduction. …

Global spatio-temporally harmonised datasets for producing high-resolution gridded population distribution datasets

…, AE Gaughan, JJ Nieves, G Hornby, K MacManus… - Big earth …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Multi-temporal, globally consistent, high-resolution human population datasets provide
consistent and comparable population distributions in support of mapping sub-national …

Migration and risk: net migration in marginal ecosystems and hazardous areas

…, M Levy, S Adamo, K MacManus… - Environmental …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The potential for altered ecosystems and extreme weather events in the context of climate
change has raised questions concerning the role that migration plays in either increasing or …

Is rapid urbanization of low-elevation deltas undermining adaptation to climate change? A global review

…, H Engin, K MacManus - Environment & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Climate change is putting low-lying coastal zones at increased risk, through higher sea levels
and changes in the weather. Deltas are subsiding, compounding such risks. Confirming …

Enhanced data and methods for improving open and free global population grids: putting 'leaving no one behind'into practice

…, M Schiavina, AJ Florczyk, K MacManus… - … Journal of Digital …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Data on global population distribution are a strategic resource currently in high demand in an
age of new Development Agendas that call for universal inclusiveness of people. However…

[HTML][HTML] Channel shallowing as mitigation of coastal flooding

…, N Georgas, H Zhao, HJ Roberts, K MacManus - Journal of Marine …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Here, we demonstrate that reductions in the depth of inlets or estuary channels can be used
to reduce or prevent coastal flooding. A validated hydrodynamic model of Jamaica Bay, New …