拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的高分辨率网格人口数据集使用官方统计数据
Tom McKeen1, Maksym Bondarenko2, David Kerr2
1WorldPop, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. t.l.mckeen@soton.ac.uk.
Scientific data
|July 7, 2023
概括
拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的新高分辨率人口数据集与官方统计数据保持一致. 这些开放式资源支持环境和健康应用,确保在发展工作中没有人落后.
科学领域:
- 人口统计学 人口统计学
- 地理空间科学 地理空间科学
- 可持续发展研究 可持续发展研究
背景情况:
- 拉丁美洲和加勒比地区面临着严重的社会不平等,预计到2050年人口将增加到7.6亿.
- 准确,空间详细的人口分布数据对于地方环境,健康和发展规划至关重要.
- 由于与官方统计数据不一致,政府往往未充分利用现有的人口数据集.
研究的目的:
- 为拉丁美洲和加勒比地区40个国家的高分辨率网格化人口数据集构建一个开放访问的存储库.
- 确保人口数据与官方统计数据保持一致,以改善政府公用事业.
- 支持"2030年可持续发展议程"的"不让任何人落后"目标.
主要方法:
- 在最好的行政层面使用官方统计数据.
- 实施了"自上而下的"数据生成和验证方法.
- 创建了以3弧秒分辨率 (约. 在赤道100米).
主要成果:
- 开发并验证了40个国家的高分辨率 (3弧秒) 网格化人口数据集.
- 保证的数据集与国家统计局的数据保持一致.
- 为这些关键的地理空间人口数据建立了一个开放式存储库.
结论:
- 新的数据集为该地区基于证据的政策制定和规划提供了宝贵的资源.
- 改善人口数据的可访问性和与官方统计数据的协调性提高了其适用于可持续发展目标的适用性.
- 该存储库促进了有针对性的干预和资源分配,这对于解决不平等至关重要.
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