Ports and Roads in Africa
Ports and Roads in Africa – District Level
This table contains information
- the location of ports for 5,835 African ADM2 units
- total road length and road length by type (where available) for 3,758 AfricanADM2 units
Variables:
Countrycode (ISO-3)
Countryname
Name of ADM1 unit
Name of ADM2 unit
Number of ports in ADM2 unit
Number of ports with Oil terminal
Length of Highways in SN2 region in km
Length of Primary Roads in SN2 region in km
Length of Secondary Roads in SN2 region in km
Length of Tertiary Roads in SN2 region in km
Length of Local/Urban Roads in SN2 region in km
Length of Trails in SN2 region in km
Length of Private Roads in SN2 region in km
Length of unspecified roads in SN2 region in km
Total road length in km
Data Processing:
- The road variables were constructed using the Zonal Statistics tool (Spatial Analyst) from ArcMap 9.3.
- The port variables were constructed using the Spatial join tool from ArcMap 9.3.
- We used the Eckert VI equal-area projection.
- This dataset was constructed in April 2014.
Data Sources:
- Ports: World Port Index, Maritime Safety Information, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=msi_portal_page_62&pubCode=0015
- Roads: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). 2013. Global Roads Open Access Data Set, Version 1 (gROADSv1). Columbia University, and Information Technology Outreach Services— ITOS—University of Georgia. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.7927/H4VD6WCT.
- The spatial boundary file is taken from the Global Administrative Boundaries Database: http://gadm.org/
Citation:
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Original Data:
- Ports: World Port Index, Maritime Safety Information, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=msi_portal_page_62&pubCode=0015
- Roads: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). 2013. Global Roads Open Access Data Set, Version 1 (gROADSv1). Columbia University, and Information Technology Outreach Services— ITOS—University of Georgia. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.7927/H4VD6WCT.
- GADM database of Global Administrative Areas, http://www.gadm.org/, Version 1 Accessed May 2012.
Zonal Statistics Calculations:
- Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney (2016). Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance. AidData Working Paper 3, aiddata.org.
Acknowledgement:
This dataset was constructed using financial support from the Australian Research Council (ARC DP150100061 ).
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