Global Urban Polygons and Points Dataset (GUPPD), Version 1

Description

The Global Urban Polygons and Points Dataset (GUPPD), Version 1 is a global data set of 123,034 urban settlements with place names and population for the years 1975-2030 in five-year increments. The data set builds on and expands the European Commission, Joint Research Centre's (JRC) 2015 Global Human Settlement (GHS) Urban Centre Database (UCDB). The JRC Settlement Model (GHS-SMOD) data set includes a hierarchy of urban settlements, from urban centre (level 30), to dense urban cluster (level 23), to semi-dense urban cluster (level 22). The UCDB only includes level 30, whereas the GUPPDv1 adds levels 23 and 22, and uses open data sources to both check and validate the names that JRC assigned to its UCDB polygons and to label the newly added settlements. The methodology described in the documentation was able to consistently label a greater percentage of UCDB polygons than were previously labeled by JRC.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Documentation Page http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/urbanspatial-guppd-v1/docs
21 Maps Download Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/urbanspatial-guppd-v1/maps
21 Data Set Overview Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/urbanspatial-guppd-v1
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7927%2Fbrq1-xc29
22 Sample browse graphic of the data set. https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/urbanspatial/urbanspatial-guppd-v1/urbanspatial-guppd-v1-population-growth-thumbnail.jpg
21 Data Download Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/urbanspatial-guppd-v1/data-download
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7927%2Fbrq1-xc29
22 Sample browse graphic of the data set. https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/urbanspatial/urbanspatial-guppd-v1/urbanspatial-guppd-v1-population-growth-thumbnail.jpg
21 Maps Download Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/urbanspatial-guppd-v1/maps

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  • population
  • human-dimensions
  • human-settlements
  • earth-science

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