Low Elevation Coast Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population Estimates, Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP), Alpha Version
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_GRUMP_LECZ

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Summary
Abstract: The Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Estimates consists of country-level estimates of urban, rural and total population and land area country-wide and in the LECZ, if applicable. Additionally, the dataset provides the number of urban extents, their population and land area that intersect the LECZ, by city-size population classifications of <100,000, 100,000 to 500,000, 500,000 to ... View entire text

Purpose: To provide estimates of urban and rural populations and land areas in the low elevation coastal zone.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 85.0   S: -58.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: McGranahan, G., D. Balk, and B. Anderson
Dataset Title: Low Elevation Coast Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population Estimates, Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP), Alpha Version
Dataset Release Date: 2007
Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY
Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Version: 1.00
Data Presentation Form: tabular, map
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-low-elevation-coasta...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2000-01-01
Stop Date: 2000-01-01
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Data Coordination Center, United States Antarctic Program Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.usap-data.org/
Dataset ID: NSF-ANT05-38266

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROBERT A. ARKO
Email: info at usap-data.org
Contact Address:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Route 9W
City: Palisades
Province or State: NY
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA
Personnel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: pcastillo at ucsd.edu
Contact Address:
University of California-San Diego
Scripps Inst of Oceanography
City: La Jolla
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 92037
Country: US
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2008-12-30
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-01-07

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