GHSL WUP Projections Data Package 2025
Public release GHS-WUP R2025
The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) project produces new global spatial information, evidence-based analytics and knowledge describing the human presence on Earth. It operates in a fully open and free data and methods access policy. The knowledge generated with the GHSL is supporting the definition, the public discussion and the implementation of European policies and the monitoring of international frameworks such as the 2030 Development Agenda. The GHSL is the core data set of the Exposure Mapping Component under the Copernicus Emergency Management Service. GHSL data continue to support the GEO Human Planet Initiative that is committed to developing a new generation of measurements and information products providing new scientific evidence and a comprehensive understanding of the human presence on the planet and that can support global policy processes with agreed, actionable and goal-driven metrics.
This document describes the public release of the GHSL World Urbanisation Prospects (GHS-WUP) Projections Data Package 2025 (GHS-WUP R2025). This release provides a long term time series and projections (1975-2100) of built-up surface and population grids, the derived Degree of Urbanisation (DEGURBA) grids, country statistics (area, built-up surface and population) based on the DEGURBA classification (with population by DEGURBA backcasted to 1950) and the multi-temporal urban centres along with their statistics and descriptors (name, country, area, built-up surface and population, with population backcasted to 1950).
SCHIAVINA Marcello;
MELCHIORRI Michele;
MARI RIVERO Ines;
FLORIO Pietro;
FREIRE Sergio;
JACOBS-CRISIONI Chris;
MAFFENINI Luca;
POLITIS Panagiotis;
UHL Johannes H.;
CARIOLI Alessandra;
PESARESI Martino;
DIJKSTRA Lewis;
KEMPER Thomas;
2025-12-04
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC144209
978-92-68-33796-7 (online),
OP KJ-01-25-577-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC144209,
10.2760/2416436 (online),
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