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Global rural population distribution (2000)
Jul 12, 2010
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- Description:
- Distribution of rural population throughout the globe. Larger rural populations can be seen in developing nations whereas industrialized countries have higher urban populations. Global rural population fields were constructed using country-level demographic statistics from the World Resources Institute Earth Trends database. Rural dataset was developed by spatially distributing country level rural population data among DMSP-OLS nighttime stable lights imagery (Elvidge 1997a) and ESRI Digital Chart of the World populated places points (ESRI 1993). Rural population was spatially distributed equally among the DCW populated places points falling outside the DMSP-OLS city lights extents.
Global urban population and total population datasets are also available from the same study. This dataset is in vector shapefile format, and each record corresponds to a 0.5 degree cell.
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- Vorosmarty, C.J., Water Systems Analysis Group, University of New Hampshire, NH
- Content date:
- 2000
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Title: Global rural population distribution (2000)
Credits: Vorosmarty, C.J., Water Systems Analysis Group, University of New Hampshire, NH
Publication Date: 2000
Other Citation Info: Vorosmarty, C. J., P. Green, J. Salisbury and R. B. Lammers (2000), Global Water Resources: Vulnerability from Climate Change and Population Growth, Science, 289, 284 - 288.
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- Water Systems Analysis Group, Complex System Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space
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- Reference Vorosmarty et al., 2000
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