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Peer-reviewed research articles

2023

25. Sandbrook, C., Albury-Smith, S., Bhola, N., Bingham, H.C., Brockington, D., Byarihanga, A.B., Fajardo, J., Fitzsimons, J., Franks, P., Fleischman, F., Frechette, A., Kakuyo, K., Kaptoyo, E., Juemmerle, T., Kalunda, M.N., Nuvunga, M., O’Donnell, B., Onyai, F., Pfeifer, M., Pritchard, R., Ramos, A., Rao, M., Ryan, C.M., Shyamsundar, P., Tauli, J., Tumusiime, D.M., Vilaça, Watmough, G.R., Wordsell, T., Zaehringer, J.G. (2023) Social considerations are critical to success in implementing the 30×30 global conservation target, Nature Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02048-2  

24. Aldakhil, M., Abdullateef, S., Alhasan, M.F., Lakmes, A., Al Abdullah, M., Watmough, G.R. (2023) A Primary Evaluation of Syrian Forest Damage since 2011: A case study of Alhamam and Alboz forest sites, iForest – Biogeosciences and Forestry, Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 144-154  https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor4032-016 

23. Young, H., Cha, Y., Den Boer, H., Schellens, M., Nash, K., Watmough, G., Donovan, K., Patenaude, G., Fleming, S., Butchart, B. & Woodhouse, I. (2023) Strata: Mapping climate, environmental and security vulnerability hotspots, Political Geography. 100, 102791

2022

22. Watmough, G.R., Hagdorn, M., Brumhead, J., Seth, S., Haddon, C., Delamonica, E., Smith, W. (2022) Using open-source data to construct 20 metre resolution maps of children’s travel time to the nearest health facility, Scientific Data

21. Mansour, S. Abulibdeh, A., Alahmadi, M., Al-Said, A., Al-Said, A., Watmough, G., Atkinson, P.M. (2022) Spatial Associations between COVID-19 Incidence Rates and Work Sectors: Geospatial Modeling of Infection Patterns among Migrants in Oman, Annals of the American Association of Geographers https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2021.2015281

20. Marcinko C.L.J., Samanta, S., Basu, O., Harfoot A., Hornby D., Hutton, C.W., Pal, S., Watmough G.R., (2022) Earth observation and geospatial data can predict the relative distribution of village level poverty in the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India, Journal of Environmental Management 313; 114950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114950

19. Tian, F., Wu, B., Zeng, H., Watmough, G. R., Zhang, M. & Li, Y (2022) Detecting the linkage between arable land use and poverty using machine learning methods at global perspective. Geography and Sustainability. E-pub ahead of print. 10.1016/j.geosus.2022.01.001

18. Neal, I., Seth, S., Watmough, G., Diallo, M.S. (2022) Census‑independent population
estimation using representation learning, Scientific Reports 12, 5185 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08935-1

2021

17. Watmough, G.R.,  Marcinko, C.L.J. (2021) Towards achieving the UN’s Data Revolution: Combining Earth Observation and socioeconomic data for geographic targeting of resources for the Sustainable Development Goals in Dunn and Balapraksah (eds) Data Science Applied to Sustainability Analysis; 1^st Edition; Elsevier, ISBN: 9780128179765

16. Hargreaves, P.K., Watmough, G.R., (2021) Satellite Earth Observation to support sustainable rural development, International Journal of Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 103; 102466. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2021.102466

2020

15. Hargreaves, P.K., Watmough, G.R., (2020) Satellite Earth observation of socioeconomic conditions for improved poverty reporting, SPIE 11527, Space, Satellites, and Sustainability, 1152708 (20 September 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2570831

14. Lesley Gibson, Bothwell N. Sibanda, Onalenna Gwate, Sikhanyisile Sibanda, Peter Hargreaves, G.R. Watmough, Bulawayo Operational Observatory and mapping in response to COVID-19 social distancing requirements, SPIE 11527, Space, Satellites, and Sustainability, 115270A (16 September 2020);https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2574088

2019

13. Berchoux, T., Amoako Johnson, F., Hutton, C.W., Watmough, G.R., Atkinson, P.M. (2019) Collective influence of household and community capitals on agricultural employment as a measure of rural poverty in the Mahanadi Delta, India, Ambio 49(1), 281-298 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01150-9

12. Berchoux, T., Watmough, G.R., Hutton, C.W., Atkinson, P.M. (2019) Agricultural shocks and drivers of livelihood precariousness across Indian rural communities, Landscape and Urban Planning, 189; 307-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.04.014

11. Kolyaie, S., Treier, U., Watmough, G.R., Bøcher, P.K., Madsen, B., Normand, S. (2019) Transferability and the effect of colour calibration during multi-image classification of Arctic vegetation change. Polar Biology 42 1227–1239 here

10. Watmough, G.R., Marcinko, C.L.J., Sullivan, C. Tschirhart, K., Mutuo, P.K., Palm, C.A., Svenning, J-C. (2019) Socio-ecologically informed use of fine-grained remote sensing data allows prediction of rural household poverty, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,116(4); 1213-1218. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812969116

2018

9. Aswani, S., Howard, J., Gasalla, M.A., Jennings, S., Malherbe, W. Martins, I.M., Salim, S.S., van Putten, E.I., Swathilekshmi, P.S., Narayanakumar, R., Watmough, G.R., (2018) An integrated framework for assessing coastal community vulnerability across cultures, oceans and scales, Climate and Development DOI: 1080/17565529.2018.1442795.

2011 – 2017

8. Watmough, G.R., Sullivan, C., Palm, C.A. (2017) An Operational framework for object-based land use classification of heterogeneous rural landscapes International Journal of Earth Observation and Geo-information, 54; 134-144. DOI: 2016/j.jag.2016.09.012.

7. Watmough, G.R., Atkinson, P.M., Saikia, A., Hutton, C.W. (2016) Understanding the evidence base for poverty-environment relationships using remotely sensed satellite data: An example from Assam, India; World Development. 78; 188-201 DOI: 1016/j.worlddev.2015.10.031.

6. Watmough, G.R., Atkinson, P.M., Hutton, C.W. (2013) Predicting socioeconomic census variables from satellite sensor data in rural developing countries: a case study in Assam, India, Applied Geography, 44; 192-200 DOI:1016/j.apgeog.2013.07.023.

5. Frampton, W.J., Dash, J., Watmough, G.R., Milton, E.J. (2013) Evaluating the capabilities of Sentinel-2 for quantitative estimation of biophysical variables in vegetation, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 82; 83-92 DOI:1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.04.007.

4. Watmough, G.R., Atkinson, P.M., Hutton, C.W. (2012) Exploring the links between census and environment using remotely sensed satellite sensor imagery, Journal of Land Use Science, 8(3); 284-303, DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2012.667447.

3. Biggs, E.M., Watmough, G.R., (2012) A community-level assessment of factors affecting livelihoods in Nawalparasi District, Nepal, Journal of International Development, 24(2); 255-263, DOI: 10.1002/jod.1844.

2. Watmough, G.R., Atkinson, P.M., Hutton, C.W. (2011) A combined spectral and object-based approach to transparent cloud removal in an operational setting for Landsat ETM+, International Journal of earth Observation and Geo-information, 13(2); 220-227, DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.11.006,

1 Biggs, E.M., Watmough, G.R., Hutton, C.W. (2011) Community-level climate and environmental change adaptation initiatives in Nawalparasi, Nepal. In, Leal-Filho, W. (ed) Climate Change and the sustainable management of water resources, Climate Change Management, part 4; 591-609. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22266-5_36.

UNICEF research reports

2 Barkhof, M, Lee, S, Slaymaker, T, Bollasina, M, Henley, S, Hornby, D, Marcinko, C, Mollard, J, Sargent, K, Watmough, G, Al Izzi Alnaqshbandi, A, Combier-Perben, M, Cooper, K, Del Castello, A, Hage, Y, Ingram, T, Muñoz Vico, E, Rutsch, C, Sayers, T, Selim, L, Sprigge, J, Wauchope, S, Zuehlke, E, Connon, I, Dominelli, L, Rees, N, Hutton, C, Hutchison, A, MacDonald, JF, Escudero, P, Hereward, M & Narasimhan, G 2022, The coldest year of the rest of their lives: Protecting children from the escalating impacts of heatwaves. Unicef. https://www.unicef.org/reports/coldest-year-rest-of-their-lives-children-heatwaves

1 Rees, N, Barkhof , M, Burdziej , J, Lee, S, Riley, H, Contributors:, E, Hutchison, A, Macdonald, F, Hutton, C, Bollasina, M, Branson, J, Connon, I, Crispell, J, Dominelli, L, Fassio, A, Harfoot, A, Henley, S, Inall, M, Marcinko, C, Mollard, J, Sargent, K, Watmough, G, Wilkinson, T (2021) The climate crisis is a child rights crisis: Introducing The Children’s Climate Risk Index, UNICEF, New York. ISBN: 978-92-806-5276-5 pp128. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/reports/climate-crisis-child-rights-crisis