The spatial allocation of population: a review of large-scale gridded population data products and their fitness for use

Leyk, Stefan; Gaughan, Andrea E.; Adamo, Susana B.; de Sherbinin, Alex; Balk, Deborah; Freire, Sergio; Rose, Amy; Stevens, Forrest R.; Blankespoor, Brian; Frye, Charlie; Comenetz, Joshua; Sorichetta, Alessandro; MacManus, Kytt; Pistolesi, Linda; Levy, Marc; Tatem, Andrew J.; Pesaresi, Martino

doi:10.5194/essd-11-1385-2019

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1385-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1385-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

Review article

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11 Sep 2019

Review article |

| 11 Sep 2019

The spatial allocation of population: a review of large-scale gridded population data products and their fitness for use

Stefan Leyk, Andrea E. Gaughan, Susana B. Adamo, Alex de Sherbinin, Deborah Balk, Sergio Freire, Amy Rose, Forrest R. Stevens, Brian Blankespoor, Charlie Frye, Joshua Comenetz, Alessandro Sorichetta, Kytt MacManus, Linda Pistolesi, Marc Levy, Andrew J. Tatem, and Martino Pesaresi

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Short summary

Population data are essential for studies on human–nature relationships, disaster or environmental health. Several global and continental gridded population data have been produced but have never been systematically compared. This article fills this gap and critically compares these gridded population datasets. Through the lens of the fitness for use concept it provides users with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions about appropriate data use in relation to the target application.


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