Mathias Leidig|Richard Teeuw
Quantifying and Mapping Global Data Poverty
University of Portsmouth|University of Portsmouth
digital information technologies internet mobile phones social media provide vast amounts data decisionmaking resource management however access technologies well associated software training materials evenly distributed since 1990s concern digital divide datarich datapoor present innovative metric evaluating international variations access digital data data poverty index dpi dpi based internet speeds numbers computer owners internet users mobile phone ownership network coverage well provision higher education datasets used produce dpi provided annually almost countries world freely downloaded index present proof concept study first quantify visualise problem global data poverty using recent datasets 2013 effects severe data poverty particularly limited access geoinformatic data free software online training materials discussed context sustainable development disaster risk reduction dpi highlights countries support needed improving access internet provision training geoinfomatics conclude dpi value potential metric monitoring sustainable development goals sendai framework disaster risk reduction