Estimating Population Displacement based on Mobility Data

In this exploratory analysis, we aim to estimate the location and dwelling period in Lebanon of GPS-devices seen previously in Syria.

Important

This documentation outlines an experimental and exploratory process of creating such maps using mobility data. While this approach may address data scarcity, offer timeliness and other advantages, the results are not exempt from important Limitations.

Data

Area of Interest

In this explotatory analysis, we employ the Lebanon’s subnational administrative boundaries maintained by UNOCHA Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA) on the Humanitarian Data Exchange.

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LBN = geopandas.read_file(
    "../../data/shapefiles/lbn_adm_cdr_20200810/lbn_admbnda_adm3_cdr_20200810.shp",
    crs="EPSG:4326",
)

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