Table 2 Summary of GHS-UCDB dimensions, variables and temporal coverage.
Dimensions | Variable | Temporal coverage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General characteristics | Identification | 2015 | |||
Extension | |||||
Location | |||||
Name | |||||
Multi-temporal urban centre spatial domain | Number | 1975 | 1990 | 2000 | 2015 |
Area | |||||
Geography | Elevation | 2015 | |||
Biome | |||||
Climate | 1986–2010 | ||||
Soil | 2015 | ||||
River basin | |||||
Temperature | Â | Â | 2000 | 2015 | |
Precipitation | |||||
Socio-economic | Resident population | 1975 | 1990 | 2000 | 2015 |
Built-up area | |||||
Night time light | 2015 | ||||
GDP | Â | 1990 | 2000 | 2015 | |
Development | 2018 | ||||
Accessibility & remoteness | 2015 | ||||
Environment | Greenness | Â | 1990 | 2000 | 2015 |
Pollutants’ emission | 1975 | 1990 | 2000 | 2015 | |
Pollutants’ concentration | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | |
DRR | Floods (exposure) | 1975 | 1990 | 2000 | 2015 |
Earthquake (exposure) | |||||
Storm surge (exposure) | |||||
Maximum magnitude of heatwaves | 1980–2010 | ||||
SDG | Land Use Efficiency (11.3.1) | 1990–2015 | |||
Open spaces (11.7.1 –proxy) | 2015 | ||||
