Table 1. Metadata for the datasets used in the case study.
The column “Type” indicates the characteristics addressed. The column “Format” describes the type of input data. The column “Type” defines the type of variable. The column “Source” reports the links to the datasets used in the case study.
| Type | Name | Provider | Year | Format | Variable | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE | Distance to
conflict points |
Armed Conflict
Location and Event Data (ACLED) Project |
2016 | VECT | CONT | https://www.acleddata.com/data/ |
| SE | Travel distance
to cities |
Malaria Atlas
Project (MAP) |
2015 | RAST | CONT | http://doi.org/10.1038/nature25181 |
| INF | Distance to
major roads |
OSM/WorldPop | 2016 | RAST | CONT | https://www.worldpop.org/doi/10.5258/SOTON/WP00644 |
| INF | Light intensity at
night |
VIIRS/WorldPop | 2016 | RAST | CONT | https://www.worldpop.org/doi/10.5258/SOTON/WP00644 |
| ENV | Degree of
urbanization |
GHS-SMOD | 2015 | RAST | CAT | https://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ucdb2018visual.php |
| ENV | Land cover | ESA-CCI | 2015 | RAST | CAT | https://www.esa-landcover-cci.org |
| PHY | Elevation | SRTM/WorldPop | 2000 | RAST | CONT | https://www.worldpop.org/doi/10.5258/SOTON/WP00644 |
| PHY | Slope | SRTM/WorldPop | 2000 | RAST | CONT | https://www.worldpop.org/doi/10.5258/SOTON/WP00644 |
| CLIM | Rainfall | WorldClim | 1960–2000 | RAST | CONT | http://worldclim.org/version2 |
| CLIM | Temperature | WorldClim | 1960–2000 | RAST | CONT | http://worldclim.org/version2 |
| — | Population
counts |
WorldPop | 2016 | RAST | CONT | https://www.worldpop.org/doi/10.5258/SOTON/WP00645 |
| — | Settlement layer | ORNL/WorldPop | 2016 | VECT | CAT | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3562191 |
| — | Administrative
boundaries |
Central Bureau
of the Census (BCR) |
2018 | VECT | CAT | * |
*Datasets not publicly available.
SE, socio-economic; INF, infrastructural; ENV, environmental; PHY, physical; CLIM, climatic; VECT, vector; RAST, raster; CONT, continuous; CAT, categorical.