Interdisciplinary Data and Related Resources on
Population Distribution and Change
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Global Rural Urban Mapping Project (GRUMPv1)
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Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3
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U.S. Census Grids
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National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection (NAGDC)
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Featured Data Uses (22) View All...
World Resources Report: Decision Making in a Changing ClimateWorld Resources Institute The widely distributed 2010-2011 World Resources Report: Decision Making in a Changing Climate includes coastal population estimates from SEDAC′s Population Landscape and Climate Estimates (PLACE) data collection. The data includes both the percentage of and a country′s actual population living within 10 kilometers of a coastline, and is based on SEDAC′s Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) population data set. |
Turning Schools from Death Traps into HavensScience Times section of The New York Times Map of school-age children in earthquake zones illustrates an accompanying article: following the recent earthquakes in China, experts assess school safety and the vulnerability of children to earthquakes. |
Guides
- A Guide to Global Population Projections
- CIESIN Thematic Guide to Night-Time Light Remote Sensing and its Applications
- A Guide to Land Use and Land Cover Change (LUCC)
Resources
Networks
- World Data Center for Human Interactions in the Environment (WDC)
- Population-Environment Research Network (PERN)
- Data Distribution Centre (DDC) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Discussion Lists
- YHDR - Young Human Dimensions Researchers
- PERNSEMINARS - Population-Environment Research Network (PERN) Cyberseminars
- PERN - Population-Environment Research Network
