Population Exposure Estimates in Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants, Country-Level Aggregates

Description

The Population Exposure Estimates in Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants, Country-Level Aggregates data set consists of country-level estimates of total, urban, and rural populations and land area, country-wide, that are in proximity to a nuclear power plant. This data set was created using a global data set of point locations of nuclear power plants, with buffer zones at 30km, 75km, 150km, 300km, 600km, and 1200km, and the Global Population Count Grid Time Series Estimates, Version 1 to estimate the population within each buffer zone for the years 1990, 2000, and 2010. Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1) Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids were used to estimate land area within each buffer zone. The GRUMPv1 Urban Extents Grid was used to further delineate population and land area estimates within urban and rural areas. All grids used for population, land area, and urban mask were of 1 km (30 arc-second) resolution.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
22 Sample browse graphic of the data set. https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/energy/energy-pop-exposure-nuclear-plants-country/sedac-logo.jpg
21 Data Download Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/energy-pop-exposure-nuclear-plants-country/data-download
21 Documentation Page http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/energy-pop-exposure-nuclear-plants-country/docs
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7927%2FH41834D6
21 Data Set Overview Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/energy-pop-exposure-nuclear-plants-country

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  • population
  • environmental-impacts
  • human-dimensions
  • public-health
  • earth-science

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