GHSL Data Package 2022
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GHS P2022
Schiavina M., Melchiorri M., Pesaresi M., Politis
P., Freire S., Maffenini L., Florio P., Ehrlich D.,
Goch K., Tommasi P., Kemper T.
2022
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Contents
Authors ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Abstract ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 Rationale ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.3 History and Versioning ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.4 Main Characteristics .................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Products ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 GHS-BUILT-S R2022A - GHS built-up surface grid, derived from Sentinel-2 composite and Landsat,
multitemporal (1975-2030) ............................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1.1 Definitions .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1.2 Expected Errors ............................................................................................................................................................................ 13
2.1.3 Improvements compared to the previous release ................................................................................................. 16
2.1.4 Input Data ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 18
2.1.5 Technical Details ......................................................................................................................................................................... 19
2.1.6 Summary statistics .................................................................................................................................................................... 20
2.1.7 How to cite ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
2.2 GHS-BUILT-H R2022A - GHS building height, derived from AW3D30, SRTM30, and Sentinel-2
composite (2018) ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
2.2.1 Definitions ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
2.2.2 Input data ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 24
2.2.3 Expected errors ............................................................................................................................................................................ 27
2.2.4 Technical Details ......................................................................................................................................................................... 28
2.2.5 How to cite ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
2.3 GHS-BUILT-V R2022A - GHS built-up volume grids derived from joint assessment of Sentinel-2,
Landsat, and global DEM data, for 1975-2030 (5yrs interval) ................................................................................................ 30
2.3.1 Input Data ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 30
2.3.2 Technical Details ......................................................................................................................................................................... 30
2.3.3 Summary statistics .................................................................................................................................................................... 33
2.3.4 How to cite ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
2.4 GHS-BUILT-C R2022A - GHS Settlement Characteristics, derived from Sentinel-2 composite (2018)
and other GHS R2022A data ........................................................................................................................................................................... 35
2.4.1 Input data ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 42
2.4.2 Technical Details ......................................................................................................................................................................... 42
2.4.3 How to cite ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 43
2.5 GHS-LAND R2022A - GHS land surface grid, derived from Sentinel-2 composite (2018), Landsat
Panchromatic data (2014), and OSM data ............................................................................................................................................ 44
2.5.1 Input data ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 45
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2.5.2 Technical Details ......................................................................................................................................................................... 45
2.5.3 How to cite ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
2.6 GHS-POP R2022A - GHS population grid multitemporal (1975-2030) ................................................................... 46
2.6.1 Improvements compared to the previous release ................................................................................................. 47
2.6.2 Input Data ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 48
2.6.3 Technical Details ......................................................................................................................................................................... 49
2.6.4 Summary statistics .................................................................................................................................................................... 49
2.6.5 How to cite ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
2.7 GHS-SMOD R2022A - GHS settlement layers, application of the Degree of Urbanisation methodology
(stage I) to GHS-POP R2022A and GHS-BUILT-S R2022A, multitemporal (1975-2030) ......................................... 51
2.7.1 Improvements compared to the previous release ................................................................................................. 52
2.7.2 GHS-SMOD classification rules .......................................................................................................................................... 52
2.7.3 GHS-SMOD spatial entities naming................................................................................................................................. 55
2.7.4 GHS-SMOD L2 grid and L1 aggregation ...................................................................................................................... 55
2.7.5 Input Data ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 59
2.7.6 Technical Details ......................................................................................................................................................................... 59
2.7.6.1 GHS-SMOD raster grid ................................................................................................................................................. 59
2.7.6.2 GHS-SMOD urban centre entities .......................................................................................................................... 59
2.7.6.3 GHS-SMOD dense urban cluster entities .......................................................................................................... 60
2.7.6.4 GHS-SMOD semi-dense urban cluster entities ............................................................................................. 60
2.7.7 Summary statistics .................................................................................................................................................................... 61
2.7.8 How to cite ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 63
2.8 GHS-DUC R2022A - GHS Degree of Urbanisation Classification, application of the Degree of
Urbanisation methodology (stage II) to GADM 3.6 layer, multitemporal (1975-2030) ............................................ 64
2.8.1 Improvements compared to previous release .......................................................................................................... 65
2.8.2 GHSL Territorial Units Classification ............................................................................................................................... 65
2.8.2.1 Territorial units classification Level 1 ................................................................................................................ 65
2.8.2.2 Territorial units classification Level 2 ................................................................................................................ 66
2.8.2.3 Classification workflow ............................................................................................................................................... 67
2.9 A consistent nomenclature for the Degree of Urbanisation ............................................................................................ 67
2.9.1 How to use the statistics tables ........................................................................................................................................ 68
2.9.2 Input Data ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 68
2.9.3 Technical Details ......................................................................................................................................................................... 69
2.9.3.1 GHS-DUC Summary Statistics Table ................................................................................................................... 69
2.9.3.2 GHS-DUC Admin Classification layers................................................................................................................ 70
2.9.4 How to cite ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 76
2.10 GHS-BUILT-LAU2STAT R2022A - GHS built-up surface statistics in European LAU, multitemporal
(1975-2020) ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 77
2.10.1 Input data ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 77
2.10.2 Technical Details ......................................................................................................................................................................... 77
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2.10.3 How to cite ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 77
2.11 GHS-SDATA R2022A - GHSL data supporting the production of R2022A Data Package (GHS-BUILT,
GHS-POP) ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 78
2.11.1 Technical Details ......................................................................................................................................................................... 78
2.11.2 How to cite ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 80
References .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 81
List of figures ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 83
List of tables ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 85
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