Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space
Abstract This article provides an example of the ways in which remote sensing, Earth observation, and machine learning can be deployed to provide the most up to date quantitative portrait of the South Asian ‘Brick Belt’, with a view to understanding the extent of the prevalence of modern slavery and...
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doaj-702824472f524631970ff485dd5b41d92021-05-16T11:05:36ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922021-05-018111410.1057/s41599-021-00792-zInforming action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from spaceDoreen S. Boyd0Bertrand Perrat1Xiaodong Li2Bethany Jackson3Todd Landman4Feng Ling5Kevin Bales6Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick7James Goulding8Stuart Marsh9Giles M. Foody10Rights Lab, University of NottinghamRights Lab, University of NottinghamInnovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory for Environment and Disaster Monitoring and Evaluation of Hubei ProvinceRights Lab, University of NottinghamRights Lab, University of NottinghamInnovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory for Environment and Disaster Monitoring and Evaluation of Hubei ProvinceRights Lab, University of NottinghamRights Lab, University of NottinghamRights Lab, University of NottinghamRights Lab, University of NottinghamRights Lab, University of NottinghamAbstract This article provides an example of the ways in which remote sensing, Earth observation, and machine learning can be deployed to provide the most up to date quantitative portrait of the South Asian ‘Brick Belt’, with a view to understanding the extent of the prevalence of modern slavery and exploitative labour. This analysis represents the first of its kind in estimating the spatiotemporal patterns in the Bull’s Trench Kilns across the Brick Belt, as well as its connections with various UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a principal focus on Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7 regarding the effective measures to end modern slavery by 2030, the article provides additional evidence on the intersections that exist between SDG 8.7 and those relating to urbanisation (SDG 11, 12), environmental degradation and pollution (SDG 3, 14, 15), and climate change (SDG 13). Our findings are then used to make a series of pragmatic suggestions for mitigating the most extreme SDG risks associated with brick production in ways that can improve human lives and human freedom.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00792-z |
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Doreen S. Boyd Bertrand Perrat Xiaodong Li Bethany Jackson Todd Landman Feng Ling Kevin Bales Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick James Goulding Stuart Marsh Giles M. Foody Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
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Doreen S. Boyd Bertrand Perrat Xiaodong Li Bethany Jackson Todd Landman Feng Ling Kevin Bales Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick James Goulding Stuart Marsh Giles M. Foody |
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Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space |
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Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space |
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Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space |
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Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space |
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Informing action for United Nations SDG target 8.7 and interdependent SDGs: Examining modern slavery from space |
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informing action for united nations sdg target 8.7 and interdependent sdgs: examining modern slavery from space |
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Abstract This article provides an example of the ways in which remote sensing, Earth observation, and machine learning can be deployed to provide the most up to date quantitative portrait of the South Asian ‘Brick Belt’, with a view to understanding the extent of the prevalence of modern slavery and exploitative labour. This analysis represents the first of its kind in estimating the spatiotemporal patterns in the Bull’s Trench Kilns across the Brick Belt, as well as its connections with various UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a principal focus on Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7 regarding the effective measures to end modern slavery by 2030, the article provides additional evidence on the intersections that exist between SDG 8.7 and those relating to urbanisation (SDG 11, 12), environmental degradation and pollution (SDG 3, 14, 15), and climate change (SDG 13). Our findings are then used to make a series of pragmatic suggestions for mitigating the most extreme SDG risks associated with brick production in ways that can improve human lives and human freedom. |
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