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Article

Potential of Using Night-Time Light to Proxy Social Indicators for Sustainable Development

by
Ana Andries
1,*,
Stephen Morse
1,
Richard J. Murphy
1,
Jhuma Sadhukhan
1,
Elias Martinez-Hernandez
2,
Myriam A. Amezcua-Allieri
2 and
Jorge Aburto
3
1
Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK
2
Biomass Conversion Division, Mexican Institute of Petroleum, Mexico City 07730, Mexico
3
Gerencia de Transformación de Biomasa, Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Mexico City 07730, Mexico
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Remote Sens. 2023, 15(5), 1209; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15051209
Submission received: 30 December 2022 / Revised: 7 February 2023 / Accepted: 17 February 2023 / Published: 22 February 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing-Based Urban Morphology Analysis)
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Abstract

Satellite-observed night-time light (NTL) data provide a measure of the lighting brightness seen from space at different times and spatial and temporal resolutions, thus offering opportunities to explore them in many applications at different spatial locations (global, regional, local). However, most applications to date have been at relatively large spatial scales, despite the need to measure indicators at a local level. This paper sets out an analysis of the potential of NTL data for populating indicators at more local (neighbourhood, street) scales. We first reviewed the overall potential of NTL data for social indicators at different spatial scales by using a systematic search of the literature and applying the Maturity Matrix Framework (MMF). We also explored a case study (Durango State, Mexico) using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) imageries, other geospatial data, and the social gap index (SGI) to identify social gaps at the local scale. The literature review showed that NTL can play a role in supporting 49 out of 192 sustainable development goal (SDG) indicators having a focus on social issues, but most of these have been explored at the global or country scales. In the case study, we found that low radiance is indeed associated with higher SGI levels (i.e., more social deprivation) and vice versa. However, more research is needed from other contexts to support a link between NTL radiance levels and social indicators at local scales.
Keywords: sustainable development goals; social indicators; night-time light; local scale sustainable development goals; social indicators; night-time light; local scale

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Andries, A.; Morse, S.; Murphy, R.J.; Sadhukhan, J.; Martinez-Hernandez, E.; Amezcua-Allieri, M.A.; Aburto, J. Potential of Using Night-Time Light to Proxy Social Indicators for Sustainable Development. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 1209. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15051209

AMA Style

Andries A, Morse S, Murphy RJ, Sadhukhan J, Martinez-Hernandez E, Amezcua-Allieri MA, Aburto J. Potential of Using Night-Time Light to Proxy Social Indicators for Sustainable Development. Remote Sensing. 2023; 15(5):1209. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15051209

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Andries, Ana, Stephen Morse, Richard J. Murphy, Jhuma Sadhukhan, Elias Martinez-Hernandez, Myriam A. Amezcua-Allieri, and Jorge Aburto. 2023. "Potential of Using Night-Time Light to Proxy Social Indicators for Sustainable Development" Remote Sensing 15, no. 5: 1209. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15051209

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Andries, A., Morse, S., Murphy, R. J., Sadhukhan, J., Martinez-Hernandez, E., Amezcua-Allieri, M. A., & Aburto, J. (2023). Potential of Using Night-Time Light to Proxy Social Indicators for Sustainable Development. Remote Sensing, 15(5), 1209. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15051209

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