The effects of the Maputo ring road on the quantity and quality of nearby housing

Peter Fisker, David Malmgren-Hansen and Thomas Sohnesen

No wp-2019-111, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Using convolutional neural networks applied to satellite images covering a 25 km x 12 km rectangle on the northern outskirts of Greater Maputo, we detect and classify buildings from 2010 and 2018 in order to compare the development in quantity and quality of buildings from before and after construction of a major section of ring road. In addition, we analyse how the effects vary by distance to the road and conclude that the area has seen large overall growth in both quantity and quality of housing, but it is not possible to distinguish growth close to the road from general urban growth.

Keywords: Mozambique; Infrastructure; Impact evaluation; Remote sensing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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