Introducing AfroGrid, a unified framework for environmental conflict research in Africa.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we present Afro-Grid: an integrated, disaggregated 0.5-degree grid-month dataset on conflict, environmental stress, and socioeconomic features in Africa covering 1989-2020, intended to propel research on these issues forward. Afro-Grid offers several important extensions for researchers and policymakers, including: (i) standardizing (using established methods) data sources on conflict, environmental stress, and socio economic factors across spatial and temporal scales; (ii) combining these data into a single, openly-available file, maximizing the accessibility of these data for researchers and policymakers regardless of their software background; and (iii) including NDVI and dual-series harmonized night lights series that have traditionally not been accessible to researchers

SUBMITTER: Schon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8964753 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature