Dataset

West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Subset of JRC Map of Accessibility

Transportation InfrastructureGlobalColumbia University

Dataset Objective

To assess total time taken to travel to a location of interest in West Africa.

Context

Market accessibility is defined as the travel time to a location of interest using land (road/off road) or water (navigable river, lake, and ocean) based travel. Road networks and market accessibility play an important role in development and access to health care and other social services.

What is included

This dataset entail travel time, country name, types of road, road coverage, road network, railway network, navigable rivers, major waterbodies, shipping lanes, national borders, land cover, urban areas, elevation, and slope.

Collection Methods

Literature reviews and computer modelling