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Publications Citing GPW Data

List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using GPW data.

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Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic	Dataset
Applying species distribution modelling to the conservation of an ecologically plastic species (Papio papio) across biogeographic regions in West Africa	2015	Vale, Candida G., Ferreira da Silva, Maria J., Campos, Joao C., Torres, Joao, Brito, Jose C.	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid
Civil conflicts, economic shocks and night-time lights	2015	Ahrens, Achim	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid
Combining GHSL and GPW to improve global population mapping	2015	Freire, Sergio, Kemper, Thomas, Pesaresi, Martino, Florczyk, Aneta, Syrris, Vasileios	Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation, Population Size	Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): Urban Extents Grid Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Top One Percent Wild Areas Dataset (IGHP) Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid
Deaths from acute abdominal conditions and geographical access to surgical care in India: a nationally representative spatial analysis	2015	Dare, Anna J, Ng-Kamstra, Joshua S, Patra, Jayadeep, Fu, Sze Hang, Rodriguez, Peter S, Hsiao, Marvin, Jotkar, Raju M, Thakur, J S, Sheth, Jay, Jha, Prabhat	Population Size, Population Estimates	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid, Future Estimates
On inclusion of water resource management in Earth system models Part 1: Problem definition and representation of water demand	2015	Nazemi, A., Wheater, H. S.	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid
Reviews of geospatial information technology and collaborative data delivery for disaster risk management	2015	Miyazaki, Hiroyuki, Nagai, Masahiko, Shibasaki, Ryosuke	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid
The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stationsa new environmental record for monitoring extremes	2015	Funk, Chris, Peterson, Pete, Landsfeld, Martin, Pedreros, Diego, Verdin, James, Shukla, Shraddhanand, Husak, Gregory, Rowland, James, Harrison, Laura, Hoell, Andrew, Michaelsen, Joel	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid
The potential for snow to supply human water demand in the present and future	2015	Mankin, Justin S, Viviroli, Daniel, Singh, Deepti, Hoekstra, Arjen Y, Diffenbaugh, Noah S	Population Size, Population Estimates	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid, Future Estimates
Taking Advantage of the Improved Availability of Census Data: A First Look at the Gridded Population of the World, Version 4	2015	Doxsey-Whitfield, Erin, MacManus, Kytt, Adamo, Susana B., Pistolesi, Linda, Squires, John, Borkovska, Olena, Baptista, Sandra R.	Boundaries, Population Size, Land Use/Land Cover, Water Resources, Population Density, Surface Water, Population	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): National Identifier Grid, Revision 10 Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11 Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Data Quality Indicators, Revision 11 West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: GPW Version 4 Population Density, Preliminary Release 1, 2010 Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area, Revision 11 Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11 Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Data Quality Indicators Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Basic Demographic Characteristics, Revision 10 Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Basic Demographic Characteristics, Revision 11 Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 10 Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 11
SPARTAN: a global network to evaluate and enhance satellite-based estimates of ground-level particulate matter for global health applications	2015	Snider, G., Weagle, C. L., Martin, R. V., van Donkelaar, A., Conrad, K., Cunningham, D., Gordon, C., Zwicker, M., Akoshile, C., Artaxo, P., Anh, N. X., Brook, J., Dong, J., Garland, R. M., Greenwald, R., Griffith, D., He, K., Holben, B. N., Kahn, R., Koren, I., Lagrosas, N., Lestari, P., Ma, Z., Vanderlei Martins, J., Quel, E. J., Rudich, Y., Salam, A., Tripathi, S. N., Yu, C., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Brauer, M., Cohen, A., Gibson, M. D., Liu, Y.	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid
Estimating source-attributable health impacts of ambient fine particulate matter exposure: global premature mortality from surface transportation emissions in 2005	2014	Chambliss, S E, Silva, R, West, J J, Zeinali, M, Minjares, R	Population Size, Population Estimates	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid, Future Estimates
Global assessment of urban and peri-urban agriculture: irrigated and rainfed croplands	2014	Thebo, A L, Drechsel, P, Lambin, E F	Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation, Administrative Divisions	Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): Urban Extents Grid Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Top One Percent Wild Areas Dataset (IGHP) Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): National Administrative Boundaries
The devil is in the dispersers: predictions of landscape connectivity change with demography	2014	Elliot, Nicholas B., Cushman, Samuel A., Macdonald, David W., Loveridge, Andrew J.	Population Density, Population Estimates	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid, Future Estimates
Emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases over Asian regions during 20002008: Regional Emission inventory in ASia (REAS) version 2	2013	Kurokawa, J., Ohara, T., Morikawa, T., Hanayama, S., Janssens-Maenhout, G., Fukui, T., Kawashima, K., Akimoto, H.	Population Size, Population Estimates, Sustainability	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid, Future Estimates Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): Population Count Grid
Asia's water balance	2012	Immerzeel, W. W., Bierkens, M. F. P.	Population Density, Population Estimates	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid, Future Estimates

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