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Population & Land Use

Physical PropertiesData CenterSelected Data Sets and Data Collections
Complete data set listings available through each individual data center.
Population & Land UseLP DAAC
https://lpdaac.usgs.gov
  • ASTER L1B Registered Radiance at the Sensor
SEDAC
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu
  • Gridded Population of the World (GPW v3) - Third edition of a population database on a 2.5 arc-minute grid
  • Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP v1) - Includes 30 arc-second population grids, human settlements and urban extents
  • China Dimensions Data Collection - Includes digital administrative boundaries, fundamental GIS layers, county-level data on population, agriculture, economics and hospitals
  • Population, Landscape, and Climate Estimates, Version III (PLACE III) - National level aggregations of biome, climate, coastal proximity, elevation, and population density data for 1990, 2000, and 2010
  • U.S. Census Grids 2000 - data sets include population counts plus a wide variety of socioeconomic characteristics
  • Global Distribution of Poverty - maps, spatial data and tabular data of global poverty. Infant mortality and malnutrition data available globally. Higher-resolution consumption and basic needs data available for 28 countries
  • Low Elevation Coastal Zone Urban-Rural Estimates - maps and tabular data of country-level estimates of urban, rural and total population and land area in low elevation coastal zones
  • Urban Landsat: Cities from Space - Landsat IR/visible imagery for 78 urban areas, and data for 28 urban locations around the world
  • 2011 Terraviva! SEDAC Viewer DVD - Map viewer and software application that enables the visualization and integration of hundreds of socioeconomic and environmental variables, including SEDAC and satellite-based data
  • Anthropogenic Biomes - 21 anthropogenic biomes based on population density, land use, biota, climate, terrain and geology
  • Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 - contains 6,862 records providing information on reservoirs and their associated dams, such as the name of the dam and impounded river, primary use, nearest city, height, area and volume of reservoir, and year of construction (or commissioning)
  • Natural Resource Management Index, 2011 Release - index composed of four indicators (eco-region protection, access to improved sanitation, access to improved water, and child mortality) for over 200 countries
  • Global Fertilizer and Manure, Version 1 Data Collection - Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorous (P) application rates for both fertilizer and manure based on global crop and livestock data