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China Dimensions Data Collection

Welcome to the China Dimensions data collection. Over the past decade, China has experienced rapid economic and social change. These changes, in concert with a growing population, are expected to lead to significant regional and global environmental change. This site offers access to a unique data collection that has been designed to facilitate a wide range of natural science and socioeconomic research and educational activities. It enables both researchers and the general public to obtain accurate and timely information on the world's most populous country.

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).

China Data Holdings:

Data summaries are given in the links below.  Click on the ftp icon to directly access the data.

"ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS" in Chinese characters     ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS

"FUNDAMENTAL MAPS" in Chinese characters     FUNDAMENTAL MAPS

"POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH" in Chinese characters     POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH

"ECONOMICS" in Chinese characters     ECONOMICS

"PUBLIC POLICIES" in Chinese characters     PUBLIC POLICIES

Additional China Data:

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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