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Venter O, Sanderson EW, Magrach A, et al. Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009. Sci Data. 2016;3:160067doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.67.
Venter, O., Sanderson, E. W., Magrach, A., Allan, J. R., Beher, J., Jones, K. R., Possingham, H. P., Laurance, W. F., Wood, P., Fekete, B. M., Levy, M. A., & Watson, J. E. (2016). Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009. Scientific data, 3160067. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.67
Venter, Oscar, et al. "Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009." Scientific data vol. 3 (2016): 160067. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.67
Venter O, Sanderson EW, Magrach A, Allan JR, Beher J, Jones KR, Possingham HP, Laurance WF, Wood P, Fekete BM, Levy MA, Watson JE. Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009. Sci Data. 2016 Aug 23;3:160067. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.67. PMID: 27552448; PMCID: PMC5127486.
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Sci Data. 2016 Aug 23;3:160067. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.67.

Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009.

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Oscar Venter, Eric W Sanderson, Ainhoa Magrach, James R Allan, Jutta Beher, Kendall R Jones, Hugh P Possingham, William F Laurance, Peter Wood, Balázs M Fekete, Marc A Levy, James E M Watson

Affiliations

  1. Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada V2N 4Z9.
  2. Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions and the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.
  3. Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, and College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland 4878, Australia.
  4. Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program, Bronx, New York 10460, USA.
  5. Ecosystem Management, ETH Zurich, Zuerich 8092, Switzerland.
  6. Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), Avd. Américo Vespucio s/n, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla 41092, Spain.
  7. School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.
  8. Imperial College London, Department of Life Sciences, Silwood Park, Ascot SL5 7PY, Berkshire, UK.
  9. Department of Civil Engineering, The City College of New York, New York 10007, USA.
  10. Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964, USA.

PMID: 27552448 PMCID: PMC5127486 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2016.67

Abstract

Remotely-sensed and bottom-up survey information were compiled on eight variables measuring the direct and indirect human pressures on the environment globally in 1993 and 2009. This represents not only the most current information of its type, but also the first temporally-consistent set of Human Footprint maps. Data on human pressures were acquired or developed for: 1) built environments, 2) population density, 3) electric infrastructure, 4) crop lands, 5) pasture lands, 6) roads, 7) railways, and 8) navigable waterways. Pressures were then overlaid to create the standardized Human Footprint maps for all non-Antarctic land areas. A validation analysis using scored pressures from 3114×1 km(2) random sample plots revealed strong agreement with the Human Footprint maps. We anticipate that the Human Footprint maps will find a range of uses as proxies for human disturbance of natural systems. The updated maps should provide an increased understanding of the human pressures that drive macro-ecological patterns, as well as for tracking environmental change and informing conservation science and application.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

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