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IPCC Socio-Economic Baseline Dataset

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_IPCC_BASELINE

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Summary

Abstract: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Socio-Economic Baseline Dataset consists of population, human development, economic, water resources, land cover, land use, agriculture, food, energy and biodiversity data . This dataset was collated by IPCC from a variety of sources such as The World Bank, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and is distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

The data in Microsoft Excel (XLS) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) formats are available from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).

Purpose: To provide a baseline dataset for the evaluation of climate change impact.

Related URL

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Description: Data in XLS format

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Description: Data in HTML format

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Dataset Title: IPCC Socio-Economic Baseline Dataset

Dataset Release Date: 2008

Dataset Release Place: New York, NY

Dataset Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Version: 1.00

Data Presentation Form: tabular

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/ipcc-assess-socio-economi...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1980-01-01

Stop Date: 1980-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

Science Keywords

LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Access Constraints Public

Ancillary Keywords

GEOLOGY

Subject Disciplines > Geology

Originating Center

GRID-Bangkok

Data Center

Regional Resource Centre, Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Environment Programme

Data Center URL: http://www.rrcap.unep.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: SURENDRA SHRESTHA Phone: (66-2) 5162124, 5245365 Fax: (66-2) 5162125, 5246233 Email: Surendra.Shrestha at unep.org Contact Address: UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (UNEP RRC.AP) 3rd Floor, Outreach Building c/o Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) P.O. Box 4, Klongluang City: Pathumthani Postal Code: 12120 Country: THAILAND