Livelihood Security: Climate change, conflict and migration in - UNEP

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Strengths of the dataset:
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high spatial resolution (2.5 arc minutes)
time-series enables retrospective change analysis (available time-series: 1960-2000)
high correlation (Pearson) with the Gridded Population of the Word (GPWv3) dataset→ GPWv3 dataset
can be utilized to extend the time-series to 2010
freely available via UNEP-APD data portal
Weaknesses of the dataset:
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data is only available for the African continent (no weakness within the context of this project, however
could be a weakness for other projects)
accuracy of the data as it is partly census-based and there is a lack of available census information
in the region of interest
dataset ends in the year 2000 (no up-to-date data available)
GRIDDED POPULATION OF THE WORLD (GPWv3) – POPULATION DATA
Gridded Population of the World (GPWv3) is the third edition of a large-scale data product that demonstrates
the spatial distribution of human populations across the globe. The output is unique in that
the distribution of human population is converted from national or sub-national spatial units (usually
administrative units) of varying resolutions, to a series of geo-referenced quadrilateral grids at a resolution
of 2.5 arc minutes.
Strengths of the dataset:
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dataset is continuous in space (global coverage)
high spatial resolution (2.5 arc minutes)
time-series enables retrospective change analysis (available time-series: 1990-2015)
dataset comprises a population count/density forecast until 2015
high correlation (Pearson) with the UNEP-APD population dataset→ GPWv3 dataset can be utilized
to extend the available population time-series from 1960 to 2010
freely available at the GPW/GRUMP data portal
Weaknesses of the dataset:
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the 1990 population and population density estimates are missing from all countries in Africa
accuracy of the data (data is partly census-based → lacking census data in the region of interest)
PRIO-CSCW – CONFLICT SITE DATA
The Uppsala Conflict Data Project (UCDP) defines armed conflict as ‘a contested incompatibility that
concerns either government or territory or both, where the use of armed force between two parties results
in at least 25 battle-related deaths.’ The PRIO-CSCW ‘conflict site’ dataset is an extension to the UCDP/
PRIO ‘Armed Conflicts Dataset’ that provides coordinates for the conflict zones and lists of countries in
which the conflicts were located from 1946 to 2005. Following the procedure of earlier versions of the
UCDP/PRIO data, the conflict zones are coded with centre-point coordinates, plus a radius variable to
denote the estimated spatial extent of the conflicts.
Strengths of the dataset:
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global dataset
time-series enables retrospective change analysis (available time-series: 1946-2005)
data reflects the estimated area affected by conflict (radius variable)
freely available at PRIO-CSCW website
Livelihood Security: Climate Change, Migration and Conflict in the Sahel