NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) – Hosted by CIESIN at Columbia University

Population Distribution and Change

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Coastlines, v1 (2000)

Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP), v1

To permit cartographic display of coastlines that exactly match the GRUMPv1 population surfaces.

Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids, v1 (1990)

Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP), v1

To provide land area data for use with GRUMPv1 population and urban data as well as a quantitative measure of resolution of the input spatial units for GRUMPv1.

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Population Density Grid, v1 (1990, 1995, 2000)

Map: Population Density Grid
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  • WMS Layers (3)

Population Density Grid, v3 (1990, 1995, 2000)

Map: Population Density Grid
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Settlement Points, v1 (1990, 1995, 2000)

Map: Settlement Points
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  • WMS Layers (1)

Summary File 1, v1 (2000)

Map: Summary File 1
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  • WMS Layers (22)

Featured Data Uses (2 of 23) – View All

World Resources Report: Decision Making in a Changing Climate

World Resources Institute

The widely distributed 2010-2011 World Resources Report: Decision Making in a Changing Climate includes coastal population estimates from SEDAC′s Population Landscape and Climate Estimates (PLACE) data collection. The data includes both the percentage of and a country′s actual population living within 10 kilometers of a coastline, and is based on SEDAC′s Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) population data set.

Turning Schools from Death Traps into Havens

Science Times section of The New York Times

Map of school-age children in earthquake zones illustrates an accompanying article: following the recent earthquakes in China, experts assess school safety and the vulnerability of children to earthquakes.