Per capita carbon footprint
Variable Definition
Per capita carbon (CO2) footprint of a geography. Interpretation: total and per capita carbon emission (carbon footprint) in a geography based on national or subnational carbon footprint, the geography’s population, purchasing power and expenditure patterns. Higher values indicate greater carbon emissions, which may indicate more emissions of co-pollutants (e.g. NOx, SOx) and anthropogenic heat. To get per capita carbon footprint, we first derived gridded population counts by dividing GGMCF’s total carbon footprint by its per capita carbon footprint. We then calculated total population in a geography using area-weighted sum. We finally calculated a geography’s capita carbon footprint by dividing the geography’s total carbon footprint by its total population.
Variable Information
- Variable Name
- BECPERCAPCO2
- Observation Type
- area-level
- Value Type
- double
- Domain
- Climate and Air Pollution
- Subdomain
- Carbon Footprint
Coverage
- Years Available
- 9999
- Countries
- Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru
- Geographic Levels
- L1ADL1UXL1XSL2
- 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 |
Data Sources
| ISO2 | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|
| AR;BR;CL;CO;CR;GT;MX;NI;PA;PE;SV | 9999 | Gridded Global Model of City Footprints (GGMCF) |
Data Access Information
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