GHS-BUILT-C

Description

The spatial raster dataset delineates the boundaries of the human settlements at 10m resolution, and describe their inner characteristics in terms of the morphology of the built environment and the functional use. The Morphological Settlement Zone (MSZ) delineates the spatial domain of all the human settlements at the neighboring scale of approx. 100m, based on the spatial generalization of the built-up surface fraction (BUFRAC) function. The objective is to fill the open spaces that are surrounded by large patches of built space. MSZ, open spaces, and built spaces basic class abstractions are derived by mathematical morphology spatial filtering (opening, closing, regional maxima) from the BUFRAC function. They are further classified accordingly to the information regarding vegetation intensity, water surfaces (GHS_LAND_GLOBE_R2022A), road surfaces (OSM highways), functional use (GHS-BUILT-C_FUN_GLOBE_R2023A), and building height (GHS-BUILT-H_GLOBE_R2023A). The FUN provides RES vs. NRES functional classification of the built domain defined as BUFRAC>0.

Update Frequency

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License

The GHSL data are provided under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Documentation

https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/ghs_buC2023.php

Managed By

JRC

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Contact

JRC-GHSL-DATA@ec.europa.eu

How to Cite

GHS-BUILT-C was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/ghs-built-c.

Usage Examples

Tutorials

• Get To Know A Dataset: GHS BUILT-C by MAFFENINI Luca
  
  

Tools & Applications

• Global visualisation by TOMMASI Pierpaolo, MAFFENINI Luca
  

Publications

• Advances on the Global Human Settlement Layer by joint assessment of Earth Observation and Population Survey data by PESARESI Martino, SCHIAVINA Marcello, POLITIS Panagiotis, FREIRE Sergio, GOCH Katarzyna, UHL Johannes H., CARIOLI Alessandra, CORBANE Christina, DIJKSTRA Lewis, FLORIO Pietro, FRIEDRICH Hannah K., GAO Jing, LEYK Stefan, LINLIN Lu, MAFFENINI Luca, MARI-RIVERO Ines, MELCHIORRI Michele, SYRRIS Vasileios, VAN DEN HOEK Jamon, KEMPER Thomas
  
• Generalized vertical components of built-up areas from global Digital Elevation Models by multi-scale linear regression modelling by PESARESI Martino, CORBAN Christina, REN Chao, EDWARD Ng
  
• GHSL Data Package 2023 by SCHIAVINA Marcello, MELCHIORRI Michele, PESARESI Martino, POLITIS Panagiotis, CARNEIRO FREIRE Sergio Manuel, MAFFENINI Luca, FLORIO Pietro, EHRLICH Daniele, GOCH Katarzyna, CARIOLI Alessandra, UHL Johannes, TOMMASI Pierpaolo, KEMPER Thomas
  
• The Generalised Settlement Area: mapping the Earth surface in the vicinity of built-up areas by FLORCZYK Aneta, MELCHIORI Michele, ZEIDLER Julian, CORBAN Christina, SCHIAVINA Marcello, CARNEIRO FREIRE Sergio Manuel, SABO Filip, POLITIS Panagiotis, ESCH Thomas, PESARESI Martino