Historical Urban Population: 3700 BC - AD 2000
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Originator: Reba, M. L., F. Reitsma, and K. C. Seto
Publication Date: 20180504
Title: Historical Urban Population: 3700 BC - AD 2000
Edition: 1.00
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Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Online Linkage: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4ZG6QBX
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Originator: Reba, M. L., F. Reitsma, and K. C. Seto
Publication Date: 20160607
Title: Spatializing 6,000 Years of Global Urbanization from 3700 BC to AD 2000
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: journal article
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Series Name: Scientific Data
Issue Identification: 3: 160034
Online Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.34
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The Historical Urban Population, 3700 BC - AD 2000, originally developed by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, is the first spatially explicit global data set containing location and size of urban populations over the last 6,000 years. The data set was created by digitizing, transcribing, and geocoding historical, archaeological, and census-based urban population data. Each data point consists of a city name, latitude, longitude, year, population, and a reliability ranking to assess the geographic uncertainty of each data point. Despite spatial and temporal gaps, no other geocoded data set at this resolution exists. It can therefore be used to investigate long-term historical urbanization trends and patterns, evaluate the current era of urbanization, and build a richer record of urban population through history.
Purpose: To provide spatially explicit, historic, city-level population data from 3700 BC to AD 2000 for improved understanding of contemporary and historical urbanization trends.
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Beginning Date: 3700/01/01
Ending Date: 2000/12/31
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Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: As needed
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West Bounding Coordinate: -180.000000
East Bounding Coordinate: 180.000000
North Bounding Coordinate: 85.000000
South Bounding Coordinate: -60.000000
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Originator: Reba, M. L., F. Reitsma, and K. C. Seto
Publication Date: 20160607
Title: Spatializing 6,000 Years of Global Urbanization from 3700 BC to AD 2000
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: journal article
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Series Name: Scientific Data
Issue Identification: 3: 160034
Online Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.34
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Beginning Date: 2018/05/04
Ending Date: Present
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Metadata Date: 2018/01/30
Metadata Review Date: 2022/08/31
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