| wbcode |
World Bank Country Code |
World Bank |
| country |
Country name |
ESRI, 1996. Arcworld Supplement Data Reference and User’s Guide. Redlands, Calif. |
| areakm2 |
land area (km2) |
Calculated in equal area projection. |
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cen_lat
cen_lat
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latitude of country centroid
longitude of country centroid
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In those countries where the country centroid fell in the ocean, it was moved to within the nearest land boundary. |
| elev |
mean elevation (meters above sea level) |
Calculated in geographic projection.
ETOPO5. Http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html
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| distcr |
mean distance to nearest coastline or sea-navigable river (km) |
Distance from sea-navigable rivers and ice-free coastline (cstnavrivpc2.shp) calculated in Plate Caree projection. |
| distr |
mean distance to nearest inland navigable river (km) |
Distance from sea-navigable rivers and coastline (inlnavrivpc.shp) calculated in Plate Caree projection. |
| cen_c |
distance from centroid of country to nearest coast (km) |
Distance from centroids to ice-free coastline (icemaskpc.shp) calculated in Plate Caree projection. |
| cen_cr |
distance from centroid of country to nearest coast or sea-navigable river (km) |
Distance from centroids to ice-free coastline or sea-navigable river (cstnavrivpc2.shp) calculated in Plate Caree projection. |
| pop100km |
Ratio of population within 100 km of ice-free coast to total population |
Calculated using 100 km from ice-free coast buffer (created in ArcView using Plate Caree equidistant projection) |
| pop100cr |
Ratio of population within 100 km of ice-free coast/navigable river to total population |
Calculated using 100 km from ice-free coast or navigable river buffer (created in ArcView using Plate Caree equidistant projection). |
| troppop |
population in the geographical tropics (%) |
Calculated using geographical tropics mask |
| lc100km |
% Land area within 100 km of ice-free coast |
Calculated using 100 km from coast buffer (created in ArcView using Plate Caree equidistant projection) |
| lcr100km |
% Land area within 100 km of ice-free coast |
Calculated using 100 km from ice-free coast or navigable river buffer (created in ArcView using Plate Caree equidistant projection). |
| pop95 |
1995 Population |
Calculated in geographic projection. The source of the population data is: http://sedac.ciesin.org/plue/gpw/index.html?main.html&2 |
| pdenpavg |
Typical population density experienced by an individual (persons/km2) |
(5’cell density*5’cell pop/total country pop) |
| tropicar |
% Land area in geographical tropics |
Calculated in equal area projection |