Dar es Salaam Land Use and Informal Settlement Data Set
The Dar es Salaam Land Use and Informal Settlement Data Set represents urban land use and consolidation of informal settlements for the years 1982, 1992, 1998, and 2002, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The land use categories are informal settlement areas, planned residential areas, ocean and estuaries, vacant and agriculture lands, and other urban features such as industrial or recreation areas. The data are based on the World Geodetic System spheroid of 1984 and use the Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 37 South projection.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 6.568272 S: -39.073198 E: 39.365646 W: -7.000879 |
Data Format(s): | Archive: Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMSDistribution: Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS |
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| Data Center(s): | SEDAC | Instrument(s): | Computer |
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- Title: Dar es Salaam Land Use and Informal Settlement Data Set
- Version: 1.00
- Creator: Sliuzas, R.V., A. Hill, C. Lindner, and S. Greiving
- Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
- Release Date: 2016-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Linkage: https://doi.org/10.7927/H43T9F56
- Title: Managing Informal Settlements: A Study Using Geo-Information in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Creator: Sliuzas, R.V
- Publisher: International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
- Release Date: 2004-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Linkage: https://webapps.itc.utwente.nl/librarywww/papers_2004/phd/sliuzas.pdf
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/sdp-downscaled-population-b2-1990-2100/docs, Documentation Page
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/urbanspatial-dar-es-salaam-luse, Data Set Overview Page
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Purpose
To provide urban land use and informal settlements for the years 1982, 1992, 1998, and 2002 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. -
DOI
10.7927/H43T9F56
https://doi.org/
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Users are free to use, copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work for commercial and non-commercial purposes, without restriction, as long as clear attribution of the source is provided.
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| URBANSPATIAL | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
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| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | CARTESIAN |
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT
- AFRICA
- EASTERN AFRICA
- TANZANIA
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CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
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