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- Title
A data fusion approach to the estimation of temporary populations: An application to Australia.
- Authors
Charles-Edwards, Elin; Corcoran, Jonathan; Loginova, Julia; Panczak, Radoslaw; White, Gentry; Whitehead, Alexander
- Abstract
This study establishes a new method for estimating the monthly Average Population Present (APP) in Australian regions. Conventional population statistics, which enumerate people where they usually live, ignore the significant spatial mobility driving short term shifts in population numbers. Estimates of the temporary or ambient population of a region have several important applications including the provision of goods and services, emergency preparedness and serve as more appropriate denominators for a range of social statistics. This paper develops a flexible modelling framework to generate APP estimates from an integrated suite of conventional and novel data sources. The resultant APP estimates reveal the considerable seasonality in small area populations across Australia's regions alongside the contribution of domestic and international visitors as well as absent residents to the observed monthly variations. The modelling framework developed in the paper is conceived in a manner such that it can be adapted and re-deployed both for use with alternative data sources as well as other situational contexts for the estimation of temporary populations.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; MULTISENSOR data fusion; EMERGENCY management; POPULATION statistics; INTERNATIONAL visitors
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2021, Vol 16, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0259377