West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Social Vulnerability Indices

Description

The West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Social Vulnerability Indices data set includes three indices: Social Vulnerability, Population Exposure, and Poverty and Adaptive Capacity. The Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) was developed using six indicators: population density (2010), population growth (2000-2010), subnational poverty and extreme poverty (2005), maternal education levels circa 2008, market accessibility (travel time to markets) circa 2000, and conflict data for political violence (1997-2013). Because areas of high population density and growth (high vulnerability) are generally associated with urban areas that have lower levels of poverty and higher degrees of adaptive capacity (low vulnerability), to some degree, the population factors cancel out the poverty and adaptive capacity indicators. To account for this, the data set includes two sub-indices, a Population Exposure Index (PEI), which only includes population density and population growth; and a Poverty and Adaptive Capacity Index (PACI), composed of subnational poverty, maternal education levels, market accessibility, and conflict. These sub-indices are able to isolate the population indicators from the poverty and conflict metrics. The indices represent Social Vulnerability in the West Africa region within 200 kilometers of the coast.

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21 Documentation Page http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/wacvm-social-vulnerability-indices/docs
21 Data Set Overview Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/wacvm-social-vulnerability-indices
21 Data Download Page https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/wacvm-social-vulnerability-indices/data-download
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7927%2FH4H41PCK
22 Sample browse graphic of the data set. https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/wacvm/wacvm-social-vulnerability-indices/sedac-logo.jpg
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FVV382L4MQI7V
21 Search and filter data files using a map-based interface https://nsidc.org/data/data-access-tool/SNEX20_QSI_DEM_3m/versions/1
21 NASA's newest search and order tool for subsetting, reprojecting, and reformatting data. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=SNEX20_QSI_DEM_3m+V001
21 Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc. https://doi.org/10.5067/VV382L4MQI7V
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7927%2FH4H41PCK
22 Sample browse graphic of the data set. https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/wacvm/wacvm-social-vulnerability-indices/sedac-logo.jpg

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  • population
  • human-dimensions
  • earth-science
  • socioeconomics

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