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UNHCR registration (unpublished data) |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UNHCR registration (unpublished data) |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UNHCR registration (unpublished data) |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UNHCR registration (unpublished data) |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UNHCR registration (unpublished data) |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). |