National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA): Land Cover by Census Tract, United States, 2001-2016

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Philippa Clarke, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research; Robert Melendez, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research

Version:  View help for Version V1

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nanda_landcover_tract_2001-2016_02P_csv_with_readme.zip application/zip 46.2 MB 03/19/2020 12:32:PM

Project Citation: 

Clarke, Philippa, and Melendez, Robert. National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA): Land Cover by Census Tract, United States, 2001-2016 . Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-09-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E110663V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This dataset contains measures of land cover (e.g., low-, medium-, or high-density development, forest, wetland, open water) derived from the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) and aggregated by US census tract. Land cover is measured both in total square meters and as a proportion of all land within the tract.

A curated version of this data is available through ICPSR at https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38598.v2
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging (RF1-AG-057540); United States Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Community Living. National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (90RTHF0001)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms land cover; development density; farmland; open space; green space; blue space
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2001 – 2016
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2019 – 2019
Universe:  View help for Universe All census tracts in the continental United States. No data is available for Alaska, Hawaii, or the United States territories.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) aggregate data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Land cover measures are derived from the National Land Cover Database: https://www.mrlc.gov/data/nlcd-land-cover-conus-all-years. Census tract boundaries were obtained from the 2010 TIGER/Line shapefiles: https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010/TRACT/2010/tl_2010_us_tract10.zip
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation census tract
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit census tract

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