Marcello Schiavina
Biographic Data
| ID | 4417351 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcello Schiavina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcello |
| FAMILY NAME | Schiavina |
| SIGNATURE | SCHIAVINA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Joint Research Centre |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3399-3400 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Human settlement dynamics of the Arctic: Insights from remote sensing and census observations
In recent years, the Arctic region has garnered attention due to its geo-political and strategic importance: as a reserve for natural resources, commercial routes, climate, and social activism. Understanding human settlements and their evolution across scales and over time is key to informing policy makers on relevant dynamics. This article leverages the novel Arctic edition of the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL-Arctic) and aims to investiga…
Urban–Rural Disparities in Geographic Healthcare Accessibility: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and Zambia
Geographic access to healthcare remains a critical barrier to health equity in low- and middle-income countries, where infrastructure and service provision are unevenly distributed. Using the UN-endorsed Degree of Urbanisation framework, we assessed disparities in geographic healthcare accessibility across Nigeria and Zambia in 2020. Travel times to health facilities were modeled for both walking and motorized transport at 1 km resolution, and st…
Comparing lagged impacts of mobility changes and environmental factors on Covid-19 waves in rural and urban India: A Bayesian spatiotemporal modelling study
Previous research in India has identified urbanisation, human mobility and population demographics as key variables associated with higher district level COVID-19 incidence. However, the spatiotemporal dynamics of mobility patterns in rural and urban areas in India, in conjunction with other drivers of COVID-19 transmission, have not been fully investigated. We explored travel networks within India during two pandemic waves using aggregated and a…
Assessing the impacts of gridded population model choice on degree of urbanisation metrics
Defining urban and rural areas is crucial for assessing the accessibility of services and opportunities that impact people worldwide. The Degree of Urbanisation framework, endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission, primarily uses population grids to classify areas through a harmonised, population-centric approach, enabling international comparisons. However, variations in the distribution of population counts at the grid-cell level across differe…
Land use efficiency of functional urban areas: Global pattern and evolution of development trajectories
The application of last-generation spatial data modelling, integrating Earth Observation, population, economic and other spatially explicit data, enables insights into the sustainability of the global urbanisation processes with unprecedented detail, consistency, and international comparability. In this study, the land use efficiency indicator, as developed in the Sustainable Development Goals, is assessed globally for the first time at the level…
Global anthropogenic emissions in urban areas: Patterns, trends, and challenges
Between 1970 and 2015 urban population almost doubled worldwide with the fastest growth taking place in developing regions. To aid the understanding of how urbanisation has influenced anthropogenic CO 2 and air pollutant emissions across all world regions, we make use of the latest developments of the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research. In this study, we systematically analyse over 5 decades of emissions from different types of hu…
Applying the Degree of Urbanisation to the globe: A new harmonised definition reveals a different picture of global urbanisation
The Degree of Urbanisation is a new definition of cities, towns and semi-dense areas, and rural areas endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission. The urban population share according to the Degree of Urbanisation is similar to the one based on national definitions in the Americas, Europe and Oceania, but considerably higher in Africa and Asia. An empirical analysis and a comparison of concepts suggest that towns are likely to be classified as rura…
Metropolitan areas in the world. Delineation and population trends
This paper presents a novel method to delineate metropolitan areas – or functional urban areas (FUAs) – in the entire world and assesses their population trends. According to the definition developed by the OECD and the European Union, FUAs are composed of high-density urban centres with at least 50 thousand people plus their surrounding commuting zones. The latter represent the urban centres’ areas of influence in terms of labour market flows. T…
Analysing spatiotemporal patterns of tourism in Europe at high-resolution with conventional and big data sources
Available statistics on tourism from official European sources are limited in terms of both the spatial and temporal resolutions, curbing potential analyses and applications relevant for tourism management and policy. In this study, we produced a novel, complete and consistent dataset describing tourist density at high spatial resolution with monthly breakdown for the whole of the European Union. This is achieved thanks to the integration of data…
Land use efficiency of functional urban areas: Global pattern and evolution of development trajectories
The application of last-generation spatial data modelling, integrating Earth Observation, population, economic and other spatially explicit data, enables insights into the sustainability of the global urbanisation processes with unprecedented detail, consistency, and international comparability. In this study, the land use efficiency indicator, as developed in the Sustainable Development Goals, is assessed globally for the first time at the level…
Metropolitan areas in the world. Delineation and population trends
This paper presents a novel method to delineate metropolitan areas – or functional urban areas (FUAs) – in the entire world and assesses their population trends. According to the definition developed by the OECD and the European Union, FUAs are composed of high-density urban centres with at least 50 thousand people plus their surrounding commuting zones. The latter represent the urban centres’ areas of influence in terms of labour market flows. T…
Applying the Degree of Urbanisation to the globe: A new harmonised definition reveals a different picture of global urbanisation
The Degree of Urbanisation is a new definition of cities, towns and semi-dense areas, and rural areas endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission. The urban population share according to the Degree of Urbanisation is similar to the one based on national definitions in the Americas, Europe and Oceania, but considerably higher in Africa and Asia. An empirical analysis and a comparison of concepts suggest that towns are likely to be classified as rura…
Analysing spatiotemporal patterns of tourism in Europe at high-resolution with conventional and big data sources
Available statistics on tourism from official European sources are limited in terms of both the spatial and temporal resolutions, curbing potential analyses and applications relevant for tourism management and policy. In this study, we produced a novel, complete and consistent dataset describing tourist density at high spatial resolution with monthly breakdown for the whole of the European Union. This is achieved thanks to the integration of data…
Analysing spatiotemporal patterns of tourism in Europe at high-resolution with conventional and big data sources
Available statistics on tourism from official European sources are limited in terms of both the spatial and temporal resolutions, curbing potential analyses and applications relevant for tourism management and policy. In this study, we produced a novel, complete and consistent dataset describing tourist density at high spatial resolution with monthly breakdown for the whole of the European Union. This is achieved thanks to the integration of data…
Global anthropogenic emissions in urban areas: Patterns, trends, and challenges
Between 1970 and 2015 urban population almost doubled worldwide with the fastest growth taking place in developing regions. To aid the understanding of how urbanisation has influenced anthropogenic CO 2 and air pollutant emissions across all world regions, we make use of the latest developments of the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research. In this study, we systematically analyse over 5 decades of emissions from different types of hu…
Applying the Degree of Urbanisation to the globe: A new harmonised definition reveals a different picture of global urbanisation
The Degree of Urbanisation is a new definition of cities, towns and semi-dense areas, and rural areas endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission. The urban population share according to the Degree of Urbanisation is similar to the one based on national definitions in the Americas, Europe and Oceania, but considerably higher in Africa and Asia. An empirical analysis and a comparison of concepts suggest that towns are likely to be classified as rura…
Metropolitan areas in the world. Delineation and population trends
This paper presents a novel method to delineate metropolitan areas – or functional urban areas (FUAs) – in the entire world and assesses their population trends. According to the definition developed by the OECD and the European Union, FUAs are composed of high-density urban centres with at least 50 thousand people plus their surrounding commuting zones. The latter represent the urban centres’ areas of influence in terms of labour market flows. T…
Land use efficiency of functional urban areas: Global pattern and evolution of development trajectories
The application of last-generation spatial data modelling, integrating Earth Observation, population, economic and other spatially explicit data, enables insights into the sustainability of the global urbanisation processes with unprecedented detail, consistency, and international comparability. In this study, the land use efficiency indicator, as developed in the Sustainable Development Goals, is assessed globally for the first time at the level…
Comparing lagged impacts of mobility changes and environmental factors on Covid-19 waves in rural and urban India: A Bayesian spatiotemporal modelling study
Previous research in India has identified urbanisation, human mobility and population demographics as key variables associated with higher district level COVID-19 incidence. However, the spatiotemporal dynamics of mobility patterns in rural and urban areas in India, in conjunction with other drivers of COVID-19 transmission, have not been fully investigated. We explored travel networks within India during two pandemic waves using aggregated and a…
Assessing the impacts of gridded population model choice on degree of urbanisation metrics
Defining urban and rural areas is crucial for assessing the accessibility of services and opportunities that impact people worldwide. The Degree of Urbanisation framework, endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission, primarily uses population grids to classify areas through a harmonised, population-centric approach, enabling international comparisons. However, variations in the distribution of population counts at the grid-cell level across differe…
Human settlement dynamics of the Arctic: Insights from remote sensing and census observations
In recent years, the Arctic region has garnered attention due to its geo-political and strategic importance: as a reserve for natural resources, commercial routes, climate, and social activism. Understanding human settlements and their evolution across scales and over time is key to informing policy makers on relevant dynamics. This article leverages the novel Arctic edition of the Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL-Arctic) and aims to investiga…
Urban–Rural Disparities in Geographic Healthcare Accessibility: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and Zambia
Geographic access to healthcare remains a critical barrier to health equity in low- and middle-income countries, where infrastructure and service provision are unevenly distributed. Using the UN-endorsed Degree of Urbanisation framework, we assessed disparities in geographic healthcare accessibility across Nigeria and Zambia in 2020. Travel times to health facilities were modeled for both walking and motorized transport at 1 km resolution, and st…
Population (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Urbanization (6 works) · Economic geography (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Human settlement (3 works)