Together with his PhD Supervisor Prof. Andreas Rienow, Ricardo Paris authored a new journal article 'Shedding light on local development: Unveiling spatial dynamics from infrastructure implementation through nighttime lights in the Nacala corridor, Mozambique.'

In the article, Paris and Rienow analyse the Nacala corridor in Mozambique, aiming to challenge the assumption that increasing NTL levels equals local development. The authors qualify and contextualize the types of activities identified by nighttime light anomalies. Using data cubes with 10-year seasonal NTL emissions, Paris and Rienow identified anomalies in the time series of 17 out of 74 settlements and subsequently analyzed them with very high-resolution images. Among these settlements, the authors identified soil extraction, quarrying, or industries in 13 cases. Finally, the results were compared with household surveys indicating that during the period, the population had no significant increase in access to energy. The article is published open access.

Paris, R. & Rienow, A. (2024), Shedding light on local development: Unveiling spatial dynamics from infrastructure implementation through nighttime lights in the Nacala corridor, Mozambique. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 37, 101388: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101388.