You will find a variety of socioeconomic data in this site, including Geographic Information System (GIS) databases that cover the administrative regions of China, presented at a scale of 1:1,000,000. These databases may be integrated with agricultural, land use, environmental, and socioeconomic data to track China's economic growth, population increases, and environmental change.
This site is maintained by the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) of the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) under contract NAS5-03117 to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Data summaries are given in the links below. Click on the ftp icon to directly access the data.
ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS
FUNDAMENTAL MAPS
POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
ECONOMICS
PUBLIC POLICIES
These CIESIN resources also contain data and information on China::
External Citations of the China Dimensions Data Collection
Data from the China Dimensions Data Collection have been referenced in numerous publications throughout a variety of disciplines. Additionally, the data have been used for analysis and cartographic illustration.
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