Table 1 List of original databases and layers used to perform the study.

From: A methodological framework for identifying traditional rural landscapes based on environmental, cultural, and socio-economic indicators - the case study of China

n.

Name

Type of database/layer

Type

E = environmental;

C = Cultural;

SE = Socio-economic

Source/Authors

Link

Year

1

Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

Raster file with 30 m resolution

E

SRTM 1 Arc-Second Global

https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

2010

2

Land-Use/Cover Datasets (CLUD)

Raster file with 30 m resolution

E

The 30 m annual land cover datasets and its dynamics in China from 1990 to 2021 (1.0.0)

https://zenodo.org/records/8176941

2022

3

Census Data

Table with different census data at the county level

SE

The 7 th Population Census Bulletin

https://www.stats.gov.cn/

2020

4

Gross Domestic Production (GDP)

Raster file with 1000 m resolution

SE

National Earth System Science Data Center

https://www.geodata.cn

2020

5

Population

Raster file with population per pixel of 1000 m resolution

SE

LandScan Global, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

https://landscan.ornl.gov/

2022

6

Traditional villages at national level

Vector point layer

C

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China

https://www.mohurd.gov.cn/

2023

7

Typical Agricultural Productions

List with data at township level

C

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China

http://www.moa.gov.cn/

2023

8

China’s planted forest map

Raster file with 1000 m resolution

C

GUO-LAB Digital Ecosystem Group

https://www.3decology.org/2024/04/15/chinas-planted-forest-maps-from-1990-to-2020/

2020