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Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems
The Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems data set provides a cumulative measure of the human modification of terrestrial lands across the globe at a 1-km resolution. It is a continuous 0-1 metric that reflects the proportion of a landscape modified, based on modeling the physical extents of 13 anthropogenic stressors and their estimated impacts using spatially-explicit global data sets with a median year of 2016.
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| description | The Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems data set provides a cumulative measure of the human modification of terrestrial lands across the globe at a 1-km resolution. It is a continuous 0-1 metric that reflects the proportion of a landscape modified, based on modeling the physical extents of 13 anthropogenic stressors and their estimated impacts using spatially-explicit global data sets with a median year of 2016. |
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| identifier | C1871814255-SEDAC |
| issued | 2020-06-05 |
| keyword |
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"biosphere",
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| modified | 2025-07-17 |
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| temporal | 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z/2016-12-31T00:00:00Z |
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| title | Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems |
