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. 2016 Dec 27;114(34):8939–8944. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1606036114

Table S5.

Comparison of aggregated cropland losses for different spatial resolution

Higher resolution, Mha Lower resolution, Mha
Region Low Medium High Low Medium High
World 27.3 29.9 35.4 27.3 29.9 35.4
Asia 15.5 17.0 20.0 16.3 17.9 21.0
Africa 5.6 6.1 7.0 5.1 5.6 6.4
Europe 1.6 1.7 2.8 1.5 1.6 2.7
Americas 4.5 4.9 5.4 4.3 4.7 5.3
Australasia 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1

Comparison between cropland loss calculations with the higher [∼5 km at the equator (16)] and the lower resolution [∼10 km at the equator, used in main analysis (15)] cropland products. Low, medium, and high refer to the urbanization scenarios from the main analysis.