Percentage of urban area
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Built and Natural EnvironmentUrban LandscapeBECPCTURBANGUFFB
Variable Definition
Total urban area (using both Global Urban Footprint (GUF) and Facebook population density maps) divided by the total area of the geographic unit, and multiplied by 100. Ranges from 0 to 100. Interpretation: Large value indicates a higher level of urbanization of the geographic unit.
Variable Information
- Variable Name
- BECPCTURBANGUFFB
- Observation Type
- area-level
- Value Type
- double
- Domain
- Built and Natural Environment
- Subdomain
- Urban Landscape
Coverage
- Years Available
- 9999
- Countries
- Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru
- Geographic Levels
- L2
- Public Access
- ⓘ Restricted (Contact salurbal.data@drexel.edu)
Data Availability by Country and Year
| Year | AR | BR | CL | CO | CR | GT | MX | PA | SV | PE | NI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9999 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Available for download
Available but not publicly
Not available
Data Sources
| ISO2 | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|
| AR;BR;CL;CO;CR;GT;MX;NI;PA;PE;SV | 9999 | High spatiotemporal resolution mapping of global urban change from 1985 to 2015; Facebook’s Population Density Maps |
Data Access Information
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