Mapping of population & climate change indicators made easy by Terra Populus to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS)
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What it Does: It provides GIS based data set, that combines population and climate data of 160 countries approx.
Explanation: Picture below explains data cycle
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Kinds of Data Available: Census and survey micro-data describing the characteristics of individuals and their families and households.
Aggregate census and survey data, describing the characteristics of
places, including aggregate population characteristics, land use, and
land cover.Data derived from remote-sensing describing land cover and other environmental characteristics
Climate data describing temperature, precipitation, and other climate-related variables
Vector-based geographic information system (GIS) data delineating administrative and census unit boundaries (Text source: https://www.terrapop.org/about-us)
Useful for:
- Environmentalist
- Social Scientist
- GIS Analyst & many more.
How to Access Data: Data can be accessed using https://www.terrapop.org/data-tools, with an online account.
What website says
Collect, preserve, integrate and describe data-sets that measure
changes in the world’s population and environment over the past two
centuries (Text source: https://www.terrapop.org/about-us)
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