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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
The modern Swedish national seismic network: two decades of intraplate microseismic observation	2021	Lund, Bjorn, Schmidt, Peter, Hossein Shomali, Zaher, Roth, Michael	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid
The nonlinear response of fine particulate matter pollution to ammonia emission reductions in North China	2021	Liu, Zehui, Zhou, Mi, Chen, Youfan, Chen, Dan, Pan, Yuepeng, Song, Tao, Ji, Dongsheng, Chen, Qi, Zhang, Lin	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11
Unfolding the contribution of environmental and anthropogenic variables in forest fire over western Himalayan fire regime	2021	Bar, Somnath, Parida, Bikash Ranjan, Uma Shankar, B.	Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Population Density	Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11
Urban areas are favouring the spread of an alien mud-dauber wasp into climatically non-optimal latitudes	2021	Polidori, Carlo, Garcia-Gila, Jaime, Blasco-Arostegui, Javier, Gil-Tapetado, Diego	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid
Urban Environments Aid Invasion of Brown Widows (Theridiidae: Latrodectus geometricus) in North America, Constraining Regions of Overlap and Mitigating ...	2021	Sadir, Melissa, Marske, Katharine A.	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density
Why Does Aid Not Target the Poorest?	2021	Briggs, Ryan C	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid
Water use in human civilizations: an interdisciplinary analysis of a perpetual social-ecological challenge	2021	BUERKERT, Andreas, GANESHAIAH, Kotiganahalli Narayanagowda, SIEBERT, Stefan	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid
The uneven expansion of electricity supply in India: The logics of clientelism, incrementalism and maximin	2021	Martinez Arranz, Alfonso, Thomson, Robert, Zech, Steven, Hegde, Ganesh, Arunachalam, Dharmalingam, Rao, Anand B.	Administrative Divisions	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Administrative Unit Center Points with Population Estimates, Revision 10
Toward a global DNA barcode reference library of the intolerant	2021	Lin, XiaoLong, Jiang, Kun, Liu, WenBin, Liu, Wei, Bu, WenJun, Wang, XinHua, Mo, Lidong	Population Estimates, Boundaries, Snow Cover, Snow Cover	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Administrative Unit Center Points with Population Estimates, Revision 11 MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V005
Trace metal pollution risk assessment in urban mangrove patches: Potential linkage with the spectral characteristics of chromophoric dissolved organic matter	2021	Hong, Hualong, Wu, Shengjie, Wang, Qiang, Qian, Lu, Lu, Haoliang, Liu, Jingchun, Lin, Hsing-Juh, Zhang, Jie, Xu, Wei-Bin, Yan, Chongling	Population	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Basic Demographic Characteristics, Revision 11
The Integrated Economic-Environmental Modeling (IEEM) Platform: IEEM Platform Technical Guides: User Guide for the IEEM-enhanced Land Use Land Cover Change Model Dyna-CLUE	2021	Verburg, Peter, Malek, Ziga, Goodwin, Sean, Zagaria, Cecilia	Population Density	Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): Population Density Grid Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 10
Trade Layoffs and Hate in the United States	2021	DiLorenzo, Matthew	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision of UN WPP Country Totals
Uncertainty and bias in global to regional scale assessments of current and future coastal flood risk	2021	Hinkel, J., Feyen, L., Hemer, M., Le Cozannet, G., Lincke, D., Marcos, M., Mentaschi, L., Merkens, J. L., de Moel, H., Muis, S., Nicholls, R. J., Vafeidis, A. T., van de Wal, R. S. W., Vousdoukas, M. I., Wahl, T., Ward, P. J., Wolff, C.	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count
Underreporting and open burningthe two largest challenges for sustainable waste management in India	2021	Chaudhary, Pooja, Garg, Saryu, George, Tess, Shabin, Muhammed, Saha, Sneha, Subodh, Subodh, Sinha, Baerbel	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 11
Understanding dynamics of population flood exposure in Canada with multiple high-resolution population datasets	2021	Mohanty, Mohit P., Simonovic, Slobodan P.	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Density Grid
Tropical forests as key sites of the ``Anthropocene'': Past and	2021	Roberts, Patrick, Hamilton, Rebecca, Piperno, Dolores R.	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density Adjusted to Match 2015 Revision UN WPP Country Totals, Revision 11
Transnational Accessibility between Residential Areas Based on Multimodal Transport System	2021	Xia, Nan, Cheng, Liang, Li, Manchun	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count
Trends and Variability of Ozone Pollution over the Mountain-Basin Areas in Sichuan Province during 20132020: Synoptic Impacts and Formation Regimes	2021	Chen, Youfan, Han, Han, Zhang, Murong, Zhao, Yuanhong, Huang, Yipeng, Zhou, Mi, Wang, Cong, He, Guangyan, Huang, Ran, Luo, Bin, Hu, Yongtao	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11
The landenergywater nexus of global bioenergy potentials from abandoned cropland	2021	Nss, Jan Sandstad, Cavalett, Otavio, Cherubini, Francesco	Boundaries, Population Distribution	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): National Identifier Grid, Revision 11
The rise of West Nile Virus in Southern and Southeastern Europe: A	2021	Watts, Matthew J., Sarto i Monteys, Victor, Mortyn, P. Graham, Kotsila, Panagiota	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11
Time-resolved emission reductions for atmospheric chemistry modelling in Europe during the COVID-19 lockdowns	2021	Guevara, Marc, Jorba, Oriol, Soret, Albert, Petetin, Herve, Bowdalo, Dene, Serradell, Kim, Tena, Carles, Denier van der Gon, Hugo, Kuenen, Jeroen, Peuch, Vincent-Henri, Perez Garcia-Pando, Carlos	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count
Using satellite imagery and machine learning to estimate the livelihood impact of electricity access	2021	Ratledge, Nathan, Cadamuro, Gabriel, De la Cuesta, Brandon, Stigler, Matthieu, Burke, Marshall	Boundaries, Population Estimates	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Administrative Unit Center Points with Population Estimates
Using the max-p regions problem algorithm to define regions for energy system modelling	2021	Fleischer, Christian Etienne	Population Size	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Count, Revision 11
Urban fox squirrels exhibit tolerance to humans but respond to stimuli from natural predators	2021	Kittendorf, Anna, Dantzer, Ben	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11
Urbanization Exacerbated Rainfall over European Suburbs under a Warming Climate	2021	Yang, Long, Ni, Guangheng, Tian, Fuqiang, Niyogi, Dev	Population Density	Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11

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