GHS-SMOD

Description

The layers present the application of the Degree of Urbanisation stage I methodology recommended by UN Statistical Commission to the global population grid generated by the JRC in the epochs 1975-2030 (5 years timestep). They have been generated by integration of built-up surface extracted from Landsat and Sentinel-2 image data processing (GHS-BUILT-S R2023), and population data derived from the CIESIN GPW v4.11 (GHS-POP R2023). This product (v2) is an update of the data released in 2023 (v1) based on GHS-BUILT-S, GHS-POP and uses an updated definition of Semi-Dennse Urban Clusters. The Settlement Model is provided at the detailed level (Second Level - L2). First level can be obtained aggregating L2.

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_smod2023.php

Managed By

JRC

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Contact

JRC-GHSL-DATA@ec.europa.eu

How to Cite

GHS-SMOD was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/ghs-smod.

Usage Examples

Tutorials

• Get To Know A Dataset: GHS SMOD by MAFFENINI Luca
  
  

Tools & Applications

• Global visualisation by TOMMASI Pierpaolo, MAFFENINI Luca
  

Publications

• Applying the degree of urbanisation - A methodological manual to define cities, towns and rural areas for international comparisons by Eurostat (European Commission)
  
• 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