Different countries use different criteria to define urban and rural areas, which in turn, reflect their various perspectives as to what constitutes urban and rural areas. Whilst it is advisable for countries to have their own national definitions, which can be implemented in their statistical systems as well as to disaggregate indicators by urban and […]

DEGURBA methodology:

  • Captures the urban-rural continuum in a harmonised manner;
  • Uses the same population size and density thresholds across the globe;
  • Starts from a population grid to reduce the bias generated by the different shapes and sizes of spatial units;
  • Measures population clusters directly; Defines areas to monitor access to services, not areas defined by access to services; and,
  • Proposes a cost-effective approach.-