The dataset of walled cities and urban extent in late imperial China in the 15th–19th centuries

Xue, Qiaofeng; Jin, Xiaobin; Cheng, Yinong; Yang, Xuhong; Zhou, Yinkang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5071-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5071-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

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03 Nov 2021

Data description paper |

| 03 Nov 2021

The dataset of walled cities and urban extent in late imperial China in the 15th–19th centuries

Qiaofeng Xue, Xiaobin Jin, Yinong Cheng, Xuhong Yang, and Yinkang Zhou

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The dataset of walled cities and urban extent in late imperial China in 15th–19th centuries Qiaofeng Xue, Xiaobin Jin, Yinong Cheng, Xuhong Yang, and Yinkang Zhou https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14112968.v3

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We reconstructed the walled cities of China that extend from the 15th century to 19th century based on multiple historical documents. By restoring the extent of the city walls, it is helpful to explore the urban area in this period. The correlation and integration of the lifetime and the spatial data led to the creation of the China City Wall Areas Dataset (CCWAD). Based on the proximity to the time of most of the city walls, we produce the China Urban Extent Dataset (CUED) from CCWAD.