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GECHO Data Repositories

Name
Description
Link
CDC National Center for Health Statistics
Public use data files
Link
CDC WONDER data retrieval system
Public health data
Link
CDC: GIS Data Links
Public Health Resources, GIS Data, Social Determinants of Health Resources, and Environmental Health Data Resources
Link
Census Bureau
Census data
Link
Data.gov
U.S. Government data, tools, and resources
Link
Food and Agriculture Organization
UN food security data
Link
Food and Nutrition Information Center
Agricttural Data
Link
GeoCommons
150,000 data sets from public and open government website and sources.
Link
Harvard: GIS Data Links
University’s catalog and repository for geospatial data
Link
NASA Earthdata
Earth Observation Data
Link
National Map
Geological topographic information
Link
National Weather Service
Weather, water, and climate data
Link
Natural Earth
Free global vector and raster map data at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m scales
Link
Ordnance Survey
Free digital maps of Great Britain
Link
Public Health Partners: Health Data Links
Collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries
Link
SEDAC Columbia University
Socioeconomic Data
Link
Texas A&M Libraries: GIS Data Links
General data sources
Link
UNEP
Global environmental data
Link
USAID Demographic and Health Surveys
Demographic and health data for 90 countries from over 300 surveys
Link
USDA Geospatial Data Gateway
Natural resources conservation data
Link
USGS Earth Explorer
USGS visual data finder
Link
World Bank Data
Free and open access to global development data
Link
World Bank Data Catalog
Development data
Link
WWF
Conservation Science Data and Tools
Link
 
 
 
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GECHO Data Sets

Id
Name
Source
Driver
Topic
Start
End
Checked
URL
1
Arable land (% of land area)
World Bank
Land use and ecosystem changes
Farming
1961
2011
20180218
Link
2
Global Arable Land ( hectares per person )
World Bank
Land use and ecosystem changes
Farming
1961
2011
20180218
Link
3
Global Cereal Yield ( kg per hectare )
World Bank
Land use and ecosystem changes
Farming
1961
2012
20180218
Link
4
Global Crop Production Index
World Bank
Land use and ecosystem changes
Farming
1961
2011
20180218
Link
5
Last of the wild ( IGHP ), v2
Wildlife Conservation Society - WCS and CIESIN, Columbia University
Human wildlife interaction
Biota
1995
2004
20180218
Link
6
Nurses and Midwives ( per 1000 people )
World Bank
Breakdown of public health measures
Health
1998
2012
20180218
Link
7
Vulnerability to Climate Change
David Wheeler's working paper "Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change: Implications for Adaptation Assistance.
Land use and ecosystem changes
Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
2011
2011
20180218
Link
8
Airport Database
Open Flights
International travel and commerce
Transportation
2009
2017
20180218
Link
9
Annual Chlorophyll-a Concentration, v1
SEDAC, Columbia University
Land use and ecosystem changes
Biota
1998
2007
20180218
Link
10
Urban and Rural Populations
Department of Social and Economic Affairs, United Nations
Human demographics and behavior
Society
1950
2050
20180218
Link
11
Bailey Ecoregions Map of the Continents (Reprojected)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Land use and ecosystem changes
Environment
1964
1980
20180218
Link
12
Biographic Realms ( Generalized ) ( 2004 )
United Nations Environment Programme
Land use and ecosystem changes
Environment
2004
2004
20180218
Link
13
Crop Water Data
Ecological Systems Design, ETH Zurich
Land use and ecosystem changes
Farming
2012
2012
20180218
Link
14
Disappearing Forests of the World
David Tryse
Land use and ecosystem changes
Environment
1990
2005
20180218
Link
15
Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID)
United States Environmental Program Data
Land use and ecosystem changes
Utilities/Communications
1996
2017
20180218
Link
16
Food Security Indicators
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United States
Economic Development
Farming
1999
2017
20180218
Link
17
Forcibly Displaced Populations, 1964 - 2008
US Committe for Refugees and Immigrants
Human demographics and behavior
Society
1964
2008
20180218
Link
18
Georeferencing of Ethnic Groups
International Conflict Research, ETH Zurich
Human demographics and behavior
Society
2010
2010
20180218
Link
19
Global Data Set of Monthly Irrigated and Rainfed Crop Areas around the Year 2000 (MIRCA2000)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Land use and ecosystem changes
Farming
1998
2002
20180218
Link
20
Global Database of Carbon and Nutrient Concentrations of Green and Senesced Leaves
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Land use and ecosystem changes
Environment
1970
2009
20180218
Link
21
Global Map of Irrigation Areas
Food and Agriculture Organization
Land use and ecosystem changes
Farming
1990
2013
20180218
Link
22
Global Roads Open Access Dataset
gRoads, SEDAC, Columbia University
International travel and commerce
Transportation
1980
2010
20180218
Link
23
ISLSCP II CRU05 Climate Time Series for Global Land Areas,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Land use and ecosystem changes
Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
1986
1995
20180218
Link
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Background

These are a subset of GECHO datasets and repositories collected over the past decade; they will be used to illustrate GECHO anylitical methods described in the guides. As the sources in the full data collection updated and validated, more will be added to grow this resource.

Citations

The drivers category was developed for the following publication:

Olson SH, Benedum CM, Mekaru SR, et al. Drivers of Emerging Infectious Disease Events as a Framework for Digital Detection. Emerg Infect Dis 2015;21(8):1285–92.