Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems
Description
Purpose
To provide a cumulative measure of human modification of terrestrial lands based on modeling the physical extents of 13 anthropogenic stressors and their estimated impacts using spatially-explicit global data sets.
Abstract
The Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems data set provides a cumulative measure of the human modification of terrestrial lands across the globe at a 1-km resolution. It is a continuous 0-1 metric that reflects the proportion of a landscape modified, based on modeling the physical extents of 13 anthropogenic stressors and their estimated impacts using spatially-explicit global data sets with a median year of 2016.
Documentation
To access the documentation of this resource, you can use the following link: https://doi.org/10.7927/jw1p-am22
Download
To download this dataset, you can use the following link (Login required): https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lulc-human-modification-terrestrial-systems/data-download
Related materials
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