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. 2022 Mar 8;12:3701. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07720-4

Table 1.

Socio-economic variables and datasets used for flood exposure analysis.

Socio-economic variables Dataset Variable retrieved Spatial resolution Year Reference
Population High-Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) Population density 30 m 2015 59
WorldPop Population density 90 m 2020 57,58
Land use OpenStreetMap Urban area Building footprints, residential, cities, etc 60
Rural area Villages, towns
Farm Farm
Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) Rural, semi-urban, urban areas - 66
Globeland30 Croplands, built-up area 30 2020
Key infrastructures OpenStreetMap Roads, schools, hospitals,dams, parking, water wells, boreholes, etc 60
HeathSites Pharmacy, hospital, clinic 2020 https://healthsites.io/
Domestic water points (Potential geographic occupancy) Boreholes Water wells 1 km 2020 63