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Periodic vegetation pattern classification in Sudan
<p>This archive contains features computed from satellites images in Kordofan State in Sudan. SPOT (Systeme Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre) images with a 10-m ground resolution and preprocessing level 2A were divided into non-overlapping square windows of 410 by 410 m. We calculated for each of these windows:</p> <ul> <li>skewness of the grayscale distribution of each window</li> <li>index of vegetation pattern anisotropy</li> <li>azimuthal angle in the first PCA plane, which directly correlates with the dominant frequency in the windows</li> <li>distance from PCA origin, which expresses the degree of scale dominance</li> <li>mean annual rainfall computed from gridded monthly estimates from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM, NASA/JAXA) 3B43 V6 product acquired from 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2007 and resampled to 410 by 410 m.</li> <li>slope computed from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation model with three arc seconds<br> horizontal (ca 92 m in this area) spatial resolution.</li> </ul> <p>The resulting pattern classification:</p> <ul> <li>1, spots</li> <li>2, labyrinthine</li> <li>3, gaps</li> <li>4, bands</li> <li>5, non-periodic</li> <li>Nodata, area not covered by SPOT images</li> </ul> <p>Data is provided as rasters in Arc/Info ASCII grid format (also known as Esri grid). The projection and datum for all datasets are UTM zone 35 N, WGS 1984.</p> <p>Details on the methods are availble in the following publication: Deblauwe, V., Couteron, P., Lejeune, O., Bogaert, J. & Barbier, N. (2011) Environmental modulation of self-organized periodic vegetation patterns in Sudan. Ecography, 34, 990-1001. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06694.x">https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06694.x</a></p>
National Checklists 2017: South Sudan Species List
Lists of taxa for each country and a few other administrative zones harvested from effechecka using simplified versions of geonames polygons. See <p></p>https://github.com/diatomsRcool/checklists for details<p></p>A list of species from South Sudan collected using effechecka and geonames polygons
National Checklists 2017: Sudan Species List
Lists of taxa for each country and a few other administrative zones harvested from effechecka using simplified versions of geonames polygons. See <p></p>https://github.com/diatomsRcool/checklists for details<p></p>A list of species from Sudan collected using effechecka and geonames polygons
National Checklists 2019: South Sudan Species List
Lists of taxa for each country and a few other administrative zones harvested from effechecka using simplified versions of geonames polygons. See <p></p>https://github.com/diatomsRcool/checklists for details.<p></p>A list of species from South Sudan collected using effechecka and geonames polygons
National Checklists 2019: Sudan Species List
Lists of taxa for each country and a few other administrative zones harvested from effechecka using simplified versions of geonames polygons. See <p></p>https://github.com/diatomsRcool/checklists for details.<p></p>A list of species from Sudan collected using effechecka and geonames polygons
Figs 1-11 in Two new species of Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 2008 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Sudan and Ethiopia
Figs 1-11. Afroarabiella species (adult, holotypes). 1. Afroarabiella buchanani (Rothschild, 1921), Mts. Baguezan, Asben [Niger Republic, Sahel, Air Mountains, Baguezan Mt.] (Natural History Museum, London). 2. A. fanti (Hampson, 1910), Gold Coast, Ashanti, Obuassi [Ghana, Ashanti Prov., Obuassi] (Natural History Museum, London). 3. A. namaquensis Yakovlev, 2014, Republic of South Africa, Northern Cape, 100 km W Upington, Augrabies N.[ational] P.[ark], Orange river, 28.34ʹ60″ S, 20.15ʹ57″ E (Zoological Institute, Saint-Petersburg). 4. A. ochracea (Gaede, 1930), Chaine Luitpold [Congo] (Natural History Museum, London). 5. A. polioptera (Clench, 1959), Brandberg [Namibia] (Zoological collection of the Bavarian State, Munich). 6. A. politzari Yakovlev, 2008, Kenya, Kaputir (Zoological collection of the Bavarian State, Munich). 7. A. tahamae (Wiltshire, 1949), Buraiman, coastal plain (Ar.: Tahama), near Jedda, Saudi Arabia (Natural History Museum, London). 8. A. tanzaniae Yakovlev, 2011, Tanzania, Lake Sereri (Museum of Natural History, Budapest). 9. A. ukambani Yakovlev, 2008, Kenya, Kibwezi (Zoological collection of the Bavarian State, Munich). 10. A. sulaki sp. nov. 11. A. strohlei sp. nov.
Figs 12-13 in Two new species of Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 2008 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Sudan and Ethiopia
Figs 12-13. Afroarabiella species (male genitalia). 12. A. sulaki sp. nov., male genitalia. 13. A. strohlei sp. nov., male genitalia.
A Post-separation Social Accounting Matrix for the Sudan
<p>A detailed Social Accounting Matrix for the Sudan. Data includes 57 commodity, 64 activity, 14 production factor and 10 households accounts. Currency: Sudanese Pound (SDG)</p>
qdgc Sudan
<p>QDGC tables delivered in geopackage file<br> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<br> QDGC represents a way of making (almost) equal area squares covering a specific area to represent specific qualities of the area covered. The squares themselves are based on the degree squares covering earth. Around the equator we have 360 longitudinal lines , and from the north to the south pole we have 180 latitudinal lines. Together this gives us 64800 segments or tiles covering earth.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Within each geopackage file you will find a number of tables with these names:<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> -tbl_qdgc_01<br> -tbl_qdgc_02<br> -tbl_qdgc_03<br> -tbl_qdgc_04<br> -tbl_qdgc_05<br> -etc<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The attributes for each table are:<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> qdgc Unique Quarter Degree Grid Cell reference string<br> area_reference Country<br> level_qdgc QDGC level<br> cellsize degrees decimal degree for the longitudal and latitudal length of the cell<br> lon_center Longitude center of the cell<br> lat_center Latitudal center of the cell<br> area_km2 Calculated area for the cell<br> geom Geometry<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Metadata<br> --------<br> Geodata GCS_WGS_1984<br> Datum: D_WGS_1984<br> Prime Meridian: 0<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Areas are calculated with different versions of Albers Equal Area Conic using the PostGIS function st_area. For the African continent I have used Africa Albers Equal Area Conic which will look like this:<br> - st_area(st_transform(geom, 102022))/1000000)<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Licensing<br> ---------<br> Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Conditions<br> ----------<br> Delivered to the user as-is. No guarantees. If you find errors, please tell me and I will try to fix it. Suggestions for improvements can be addressed to the github repository: https://github.com/ragnvald/qdgc<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Thankyou<br> --------<br> The work has over the years been supported and received advice and moral support from many organisations and stakeholders. Here are some of them:<br> - Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute<br> - Dept of Biology, NTNU, Norway<br> - Norwegian Environment Agency<br> - Eivin Røskaft, Steven Prager, Howard Frederick, Julian Blanc, Honori Maliti, Paul Ramsey<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> References<br> ----------<br> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QDGC<br> * http://www.mindland.com/wp/projects/quarter-degree-grid-cells/about-qdgc/<br> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_azimuthal_equal-area_projection<br> * http://www.safe.com<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Ragnvald Larsen<br> Trondheim 21th of January, 2021<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> ragnvald@mindland.com<br> www.mindland.com</p>
qdgc South Sudan
<p>QDGC tables delivered in geopackage file<br> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -<br> QDGC represents a way of making (almost) equal area squares covering a specific area to represent specific qualities of the area covered. The squares themselves are based on the degree squares covering earth. Around the equator we have 360 longitudinal lines , and from the north to the south pole we have 180 latitudinal lines. Together this gives us 64800 segments or tiles covering earth.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Within each geopackage file you will find a number of tables with these names:<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> -tbl_qdgc_01<br> -tbl_qdgc_02<br> -tbl_qdgc_03<br> -tbl_qdgc_04<br> -tbl_qdgc_05<br> -etc<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The attributes for each table are:<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> qdgc Unique Quarter Degree Grid Cell reference string<br> area_reference Country<br> level_qdgc QDGC level<br> cellsize degrees decimal degree for the longitudal and latitudal length of the cell<br> lon_center Longitude center of the cell<br> lat_center Latitudal center of the cell<br> area_km2 Calculated area for the cell<br> geom Geometry<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Metadata<br> --------<br> Geodata GCS_WGS_1984<br> Datum: D_WGS_1984<br> Prime Meridian: 0<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Areas are calculated with different versions of Albers Equal Area Conic using the PostGIS function st_area. For the African continent I have used Africa Albers Equal Area Conic which will look like this:<br> - st_area(st_transform(geom, 102022))/1000000)<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Licensing<br> ---------<br> Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Conditions<br> ----------<br> Delivered to the user as-is. No guarantees. If you find errors, please tell me and I will try to fix it. Suggestions for improvements can be addressed to the github repository: https://github.com/ragnvald/qdgc<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Thankyou<br> --------<br> The work has over the years been supported and received advice and moral support from many organisations and stakeholders. Here are some of them:<br> - Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute<br> - Dept of Biology, NTNU, Norway<br> - Norwegian Environment Agency<br> - Eivin Røskaft, Steven Prager, Howard Frederick, Julian Blanc, Honori Maliti, Paul Ramsey<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> References<br> ----------<br> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QDGC<br> * http://www.mindland.com/wp/projects/quarter-degree-grid-cells/about-qdgc/<br> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_azimuthal_equal-area_projection<br> * http://www.safe.com<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Ragnvald Larsen<br> Trondheim 23rd of January, 2021<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> ragnvald@mindland.com<br> www.mindland.com</p>
Figs 20–23. Raunolina spp. 20–22 – R in First record of the genus Raunolina (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Caliscelidae) from tropical Africa with description of two new species from Sudan and Saudi Arabia
Figs 20–23. Raunolina spp. 20–22 – R. circularis (Linnavuori, 1952), holotype. 23 – R. arabica (Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2006). 20 – left wing; 21 – right wing; 22, 23 – head, pro- and mesonotum, dorsal view.
Figs 1–4. Raunolina species, dorsal view. 1–2 – R in First record of the genus Raunolina (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Caliscelidae) from tropical Africa with description of two new species from Sudan and Saudi Arabia
Figs 1–4. Raunolina species, dorsal view. 1–2 – R. remanei sp. nov., paratypes (1 – female; 2 – male); 3 – R. jeddahica sp. nov., holotype; 4 – R. circularis (Linnavuori, 1952), holotype (dissected).
Figs 13–19 in First record of the genus Raunolina (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Caliscelidae) from tropical Africa with description of two new species from Sudan and Saudi Arabia
Figs 13–19. Raunolina remanei sp. nov., holotype, male genitalia. 13 – penis, ventral view; 14 – penis, lateral view; 15 – pygofer, lateral view; 16 – style, lateral view; 17 – capitulum of style, dorsal view; 18 – anal tube, lateral view; 19 – anal tube, dorsal view. Abbreviations: apc – apical part of capitulum of style; phlt – phallobase tooth.
Figs 24–31 in First record of the genus Raunolina (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Caliscelidae) from tropical Africa with description of two new species from Sudan and Saudi Arabia
Figs 24–31. Raunolina jeddahica sp. nov., holotype. 24 – paranotal lobe; 25 – rostrum, lateral view; 26 – penis, lateral view; 27 – penis, caudo-dorsal view; 28 – male anal tube, dorsal view; 29 – style, lateral view; 30 – capitulum of style, dorsal view; 31 – pygofer, lateral view.Abbreviations: apc – apical part of capitulum of style; phlt – phallobase tooth; tc – transverse carina.
Figs 5–12. Raunolina spp. 5–11 – R in First record of the genus Raunolina (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Caliscelidae) from tropical Africa with description of two new species from Sudan and Saudi Arabia
Figs 5–12. Raunolina spp. 5–11 – R. remanei sp. nov., paratypes (5–8 – male; 9–11 – female). 12 – R. arabica (Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2006). 5 – head, pro- and mesonotum, dorsal view; 6 – head and pronotum, lateral view; 7 – head, frontal view; 8 – fore wing; 9 – female anal tube and pygofer, dorsal view; 10, 12 – female genital block, lateral view; 11 – median part of hind margin of female sternite VII, ventral view.
Infrastructure Climate Resilience Assessment Data Starter Kit for Sudan
<p> This starter data kit collects extracts from global, open datasets relating to climate hazards and infrastructure systems. </p> <p> These extracts are derived from global datasets which have been clipped to the national scale (or subnational, in cases where national boundaries have been split, generally to separate outlying islands or non-contiguous regions), using Natural Earth (2023) boundaries, and is not meant to express an opinion about borders, territory or sovereignty. </p> <p> Human-induced climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of climate and weather extremes. This is causing widespread, adverse impacts to societies, economies and infrastructures. Climate risk analysis is essential to inform policy decisions aimed at reducing risk. Yet, access to data is often a barrier, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Data are often scattered, hard to find, in formats that are difficult to use or requiring considerable technical expertise. Nevertheless, there are global, open datasets which provide some information about climate hazards, society, infrastructure and the economy. This "data starter kit" aims to kickstart the process and act as a starting point for further model development and scenario analysis. </p> <p>Hazards:</p> <ul> <li>coastal and river flooding (Ward et al, 2020; Baugh et al, 2024)</li> <li>extreme heat and drought (Russell et al 2023, derived from Lange et al, 2020)</li> <li>tropical cyclone wind speeds (Russell 2022, derived from Bloemendaal et al 2020 and Bloemendaal et al 2022)</li> </ul> <p>Exposure:</p> <ul> <li>population (Schiavina et al, 2023)</li> <li>built-up area (Pesaresi et al, 2023)</li> <li>roads (OpenStreetMap, 2025)</li> <li>railways (OpenStreetMap, 2025)</li> <li>power plants (Global Energy Observatory et al, 2018)</li> <li>power transmission lines (Arderne et al, 2020)</li> </ul> <p>Contextual information:</p> <ul> <li>elevation (European Union and ESA, 2021)</li> <li>land-use and land cover (Copernicus Climate Change Service and Climate Data Store, 2019)</li> <li>administrative boundaries from geoBoundaries (Runfola et al., 2020)</li> </ul> <p> The spatial intersection of hazard and exposure datasets is a first step to analyse vulnerability and risk to infrastructure and people. </p> <p> To learn more about related concepts, there is a free short course available through the Open University on <a href="https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/course/view.php?id=12278">Infrastructure and Climate Resilience</a>. This <a href="https://opsis.eci.ox.ac.uk/courses/2-infra-for-resil/">overview of the course</a> has more details. </p> <p> These Python libraries may be a useful place to start analysis of the data in the packages produced by this workflow: </p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://github.com/tomalrussell/snkit"><code>snkit</code></a> helps clean network data </li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/nismod/snail"><code>nismod-snail</code></a> is designed to help implement infrastructure exposure, damage and risk calculations </li> </ul> <p> The <a href="https://github.com/nismod/open-gira"><code>open-gira</code></a> repository contains a larger workflow for global-scale open-data infrastructure risk and resilience analysis. </p> <p> For a more developed example, some of these datasets were key inputs to a regional climate risk assessment of current and future flooding risks to transport networks in East Africa, which has a related online visualisation tool at <a href="https://east-africa.infrastructureresilience.org/">https://east-africa.infrastructureresilience.org/</a> and is described in detail in Hickford et al (2023). </p> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <ul> <li> Arderne, Christopher, Nicolas, Claire, Zorn, Conrad, & Koks, Elco E. (2020). Data from: Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data [Dataset]. In Nature Scientific Data (1.1.1, Vol. 7, Number Article 19). Zenodo. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3628142">10.5281/zenodo.3628142</a> </li> <li> Baugh, Calum; Colonese, Juan; D'Angelo, Claudia; Dottori, Francesco; Neal, Jeffrey; Prudhomme, Christel; Salamon, Peter (2024): Global river flood hazard maps. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: <a href="http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-floods-floodmapgl_rp50y-tif">data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-floods-floodmapgl_rp50y-tif</a> </li> <li> Bloemendaal, Nadia; de Moel, H. (Hans); Muis, S; Haigh, I.D. (Ivan); Aerts, J.C.J.H. (Jeroen) (2020): STORM tropical cyclone wind speed return periods. 4TU.ResearchData. [Dataset]. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.4121/12705164.v3">10.4121/12705164.v3</a> </li> <li> Bloemendaal, Nadia; de Moel, Hans; Dullaart, Job; Haarsma, R.J. (Reindert); Haigh, I.D. (Ivan); Martinez, Andrew B.; et al. (2022): STORM climate change tropical cyclone wind speed return periods. 4TU.ResearchData. [Dataset]. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.4121/14510817.v3">10.4121/14510817.v3</a> </li> <li> Copernicus Climate Change Service, Climate Data Store, (2019): Land cover classification gridded maps from 1992 to present derived from satellite observation. Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store (CDS). DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.006f2c9a">10.24381/cds.006f2c9a</a> (Accessed on 09-AUG-2024) </li> <li> Copernicus DEM - Global Digital Elevation Model (2021) DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5270/ESA-c5d3d65">10.5270/ESA-c5d3d65</a> (produced using Copernicus WorldDEM™-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved) </li> <li> Global Energy Observatory, Google, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Enipedia, World Resources Institute. (2018) Global Power Plant Database. Published on Resource Watch and Google Earth Engine; <a href="http://resourcewatch.org/">resourcewatch.org/</a> </li> <li> Hickford et al (2023) Decision support systems for resilient strategic transport networks in low-income countries – Final Report. Available online: <a href="https://transport-links.com/hvt-publications/final-report-decision-support-systems-for-resilient-strategic-transport-networks-in-low-income-countries">https://transport-links.com/hvt-publications/final-report-decision-support-systems-for-resilient-strategic-transport-networks-in-low-income-countries</a> </li> <li> Lange, S., Volkholz, J., Geiger, T., Zhao, F., Vega, I., Veldkamp, T., et al. (2020). Projecting exposure to extreme climate impact events across six event categories and three spatial scales. Earth's Future, 8, e2020EF001616. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001616">10.1029/2020EF001616</a> </li> <li> Natural Earth (2023) Admin 0 Map Units, v5.1.1. [Dataset] Available online: <a href="https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/10m-admin-0-details/">www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/10m-admin-0-details</a> </li> <li> OpenStreetMap contributors, Russell T., Thomas F., nismod/datapkg contributors (2025) Road and Rail networks derived from OpenStreetMap. [Dataset] Available at <a href="https://global.infrastructureresilience.org">global.infrastructureresilience.org</a> </li> <li> Pesaresi M., Politis P. (2023): GHS-BUILT-S R2023A - GHS built-up surface grid, derived from Sentinel2 composite and Landsat, multitemporal (1975-2030) European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) PID: <a href="http://data.europa.eu/89h/9f06f36f-4b11-47ec-abb0-4f8b7b1d72ea">data.europa.eu/89h/9f06f36f-4b11-47ec-abb0-4f8b7b1d72ea</a>, doi:10.2905/9F06F36F-4B11-47EC-ABB0-4F8B7B1D72EA </li> <li> Runfola D, Anderson A, Baier H, Crittenden M, Dowker E, Fuhrig S, et al. (2020) geoBoundaries: A global database of political administrative boundaries. PLoS ONE 15(4): e0231866. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231866">10.1371/journal.pone.0231866</a>. </li> <li> Russell, T., Nicholas, C., & Bernhofen, M. (2023). Annual probability of extreme heat and drought events, derived from Lange et al 2020 (Version 2) [Dataset]. Zenodo. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8147088">10.5281/zenodo.8147088</a> </li> <li> Schiavina M., Freire S., Carioli A., MacManus K. (2023): GHS-POP R2023A - GHS population grid multitemporal (1975-2030). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) PID: <a href="http://data.europa.eu/89h/2ff68a52-5b5b-4a22-8f40-c41da8332cfe">data.europa.eu/89h/2ff68a52-5b5b-4a22-8f40-c41da8332cfe</a>, doi:10.2905/2FF68A52-5B5B-4A22-8F40-C41DA8332CFE </li> <li> Ward, P.J., H.C. Winsemius, S. Kuzma, M.F.P. Bierkens, A. Bouwman, H. de Moel, A. Díaz Loaiza, et al. (2020) Aqueduct Floods Methodology. Technical Note. Washington, D.C.: World Resources Institute. Available online at: <a href="https://www.wri.org/publication/aqueduct-floods-methodology">www.wri.org/publication/aqueduct-floods-methodology</a>. </li> </ul>
Transport Starter Data Kit: Historical socio-transport data for South Sudan
<p>This Transport Starter Data Kit contains historical annual data (1990–2021) on passenger and freight activity, segregated by mode and fuel. Additionally, historical data on energy intensities, load factors, vehicle stock, population (total, urban, rural, growth), and GDP (total, agriculture, construction, mining, manufacturing, service, energy, growth) are included in the kit, within the 'Data' tab. The historical data can be used as a foundation for transport-energy modelling and/or to identify areas of improvement. This data was verified through consultation with relevant stakeholders before publishing. The definition used for each vehicle mode is found in the 'Definitions' tab, and the description of each data observation status is found in the 'Notes' tab. All data sources are linked where possible.</p>
Transport Starter Data Kit: Historical socio-transport data for Sudan
<p>This Transport Starter Data Kit contains historical annual data (1990–2021) on passenger and freight activity, segregated by mode and fuel. Additionally, historical data on energy intensities, load factors, vehicle stock, population (total, urban, rural, growth), and GDP (total, agriculture, construction, mining, manufacturing, service, energy, growth) are included in the kit, within the 'Data' tab. The historical data can be used as a foundation for transport-energy modelling and/or to identify areas of improvement. This data was verified through consultation with relevant stakeholders before publishing. The definition used for each vehicle mode is found in the 'Definitions' tab, and the description of each data observation status is found in the 'Notes' tab. All data sources are linked where possible.</p>
Infrastructure Climate Resilience Assessment Data Starter Kit for South Sudan
<p> This starter data kit collects extracts from global, open datasets relating to climate hazards and infrastructure systems. </p> <p> These extracts are derived from global datasets which have been clipped to the national scale (or subnational, in cases where national boundaries have been split, generally to separate outlying islands or non-contiguous regions), using Natural Earth (2023) boundaries, and is not meant to express an opinion about borders, territory or sovereignty. </p> <p> Human-induced climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of climate and weather extremes. This is causing widespread, adverse impacts to societies, economies and infrastructures. Climate risk analysis is essential to inform policy decisions aimed at reducing risk. Yet, access to data is often a barrier, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Data are often scattered, hard to find, in formats that are difficult to use or requiring considerable technical expertise. Nevertheless, there are global, open datasets which provide some information about climate hazards, society, infrastructure and the economy. This "data starter kit" aims to kickstart the process and act as a starting point for further model development and scenario analysis. </p> <p>Hazards:</p> <ul> <li>coastal and river flooding (Ward et al, 2020)</li> <li>extreme heat and drought (Russell et al 2023, derived from Lange et al, 2020)</li> <li>tropical cyclone wind speeds (Russell 2022, derived from Bloemendaal et al 2020 and Bloemendaal et al 2022)</li> </ul> <p>Exposure:</p> <ul> <li>population (Schiavina et al, 2023)</li> <li>built-up area (Pesaresi et al, 2023)</li> <li>roads (OpenStreetMap, 2023)</li> <li>railways (OpenStreetMap, 2023)</li> <li>power plants (Global Energy Observatory et al, 2018)</li> <li>power transmission lines (Arderne et al, 2020)</li> </ul> <p> The spatial intersection of hazard and exposure datasets is a first step to analyse vulnerability and risk to infrastructure and people. </p> <p> To learn more about related concepts, there is a free short course available through the Open University on <a href="https://www.open.edu/openlearncreate/course/view.php?id=11539">Infrastructure and Climate Resilience</a>. This <a href="https://opsis.eci.ox.ac.uk/courses/2-infra-for-resil/">overview of the course</a> has more details. </p> <p> These Python libraries may be a useful place to start analysis of the data in the packages produced by this workflow: </p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://github.com/tomalrussell/snkit"><code>snkit</code></a> helps clean network data </li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/nismod/snail"><code>nismod-snail</code></a> is designed to help implement infrastructure exposure, damage and risk calculations </li> </ul> <p> The <a href="https://github.com/nismod/open-gira"><code>open-gira</code></a> repository contains a larger workflow for global-scale open-data infrastructure risk and resilience analysis. </p> <p> For a more developed example, some of these datasets were key inputs to a regional climate risk assessment of current and future flooding risks to transport networks in East Africa, which has a related online visualisation tool at <a href="https://east-africa.infrastructureresilience.org/">https://east-africa.infrastructureresilience.org/</a> and is described in detail in Hickford et al (2023). </p> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <ul> <li> Arderne, Christopher, Nicolas, Claire, Zorn, Conrad, & Koks, Elco E. (2020). Data from: Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data [Dataset]. In Nature Scientific Data (1.1.1, Vol. 7, Number Article 19). Zenodo. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3628142">10.5281/zenodo.3628142</a> </li> <li> Bloemendaal, Nadia; de Moel, H. (Hans); Muis, S; Haigh, I.D. (Ivan); Aerts, J.C.J.H. (Jeroen) (2020): STORM tropical cyclone wind speed return periods. 4TU.ResearchData. [Dataset]. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.4121/12705164.v3">10.4121/12705164.v3</a> </li> <li> Bloemendaal, Nadia; de Moel, Hans; Dullaart, Job; Haarsma, R.J. (Reindert); Haigh, I.D. (Ivan); Martinez, Andrew B.; et al. (2022): STORM climate change tropical cyclone wind speed return periods. 4TU.ResearchData. [Dataset]. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.4121/14510817.v3">10.4121/14510817.v3</a> </li> <li> Global Energy Observatory, Google, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Enipedia, World Resources Institute. (2018) Global Power Plant Database. Published on Resource Watch and Google Earth Engine; <a href="http://resourcewatch.org/">resourcewatch.org/</a> </li> <li> Hickford et al (2023) Decision support systems for resilient strategic transport networks in low-income countries – Final Report. Available online: <a href="https://transport-links.com/hvt-publications/final-report-decision-support-systems-for-resilient-strategic-transport-networks-in-low-income-countries">https://transport-links.com/hvt-publications/final-report-decision-support-systems-for-resilient-strategic-transport-networks-in-low-income-countries</a> </li> <li> Lange, S., Volkholz, J., Geiger, T., Zhao, F., Vega, I., Veldkamp, T., et al. (2020). Projecting exposure to extreme climate impact events across six event categories and three spatial scales. Earth's Future, 8, e2020EF001616. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001616">10.1029/2020EF001616</a> </li> <li> Natural Earth (2023) Admin 0 Map Units, v5.1.1. [Dataset] Available online: <a href="https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/10m-admin-0-details/">www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/10m-admin-0-details</a> </li> <li> OpenStreetMap contributors, Russell T., Thomas F., nismod/datapkg contributors (2023) Road and Rail networks derived from OpenStreetMap. [Dataset] Available at <a href="https://global.infrastructureresilience.org">global.infrastructureresilience.org</a> </li> <li> Pesaresi M., Politis P. (2023): GHS-BUILT-S R2023A - GHS built-up surface grid, derived from Sentinel2 composite and Landsat, multitemporal (1975-2030) European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) PID: <a href="http://data.europa.eu/89h/9f06f36f-4b11-47ec-abb0-4f8b7b1d72ea">data.europa.eu/89h/9f06f36f-4b11-47ec-abb0-4f8b7b1d72ea</a>, doi:10.2905/9F06F36F-4B11-47EC-ABB0-4F8B7B1D72EA </li> <li> Russell, T., Nicholas, C., & Bernhofen, M. (2023). Annual probability of extreme heat and drought events, derived from Lange et al 2020 (Version 2) [Dataset]. Zenodo. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8147088">10.5281/zenodo.8147088</a> </li> <li> Schiavina M., Freire S., Carioli A., MacManus K. (2023): GHS-POP R2023A - GHS population grid multitemporal (1975-2030). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) PID: <a href="http://data.europa.eu/89h/2ff68a52-5b5b-4a22-8f40-c41da8332cfe">data.europa.eu/89h/2ff68a52-5b5b-4a22-8f40-c41da8332cfe</a>, doi:10.2905/2FF68A52-5B5B-4A22-8F40-C41DA8332CFE </li> <li> Ward, P.J., H.C. Winsemius, S. Kuzma, M.F.P. Bierkens, A. Bouwman, H. de Moel, A. Díaz Loaiza, et al. (2020) Aqueduct Floods Methodology. Technical Note. Washington, D.C.: World Resources Institute. Available online at: <a href="https://www.wri.org/publication/aqueduct-floods-methodology">www.wri.org/publication/aqueduct-floods-methodology</a>. </li> </ul>
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