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The 2009 Human Footprint, 2018 Release provides a global map of the cumulative human pressure on the environment in 2009, at a spatial resolution of ~1 km. The human pressure is measured using eight variables including built-up environments, population density, electric power infrastructure, crop lands, pasture lands, roads, railways, and navigable waterways. The data set is produced by Venter et.al., and is available in the Mollweide projection.
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Venter, O., Sanderson, E. W., Magrach, A., Allan, J. R., Beher, J., Jones, K. R., Levy, M. A., & Watson, J. E. (2018). Last of the Wild Project, Version 3 (LWP-3): 2009 Human Footprint, 2018 Release (Version 2018.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H46T0JQ4 Date Accessed: 2026-05-12
Venter, O., E.W. Sanderson, A. Magrach, J.R. Allan, J. Beher, K.R. Jones, M.A. Levy, and J.E. Watson. “Last of the Wild Project, Version 3 (LWP-3): 2009 Human Footprint, 2018 Release.” Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), 2018. doi:10.7927/H46T0JQ4. Date Accessed: 2026-05-12
Venter, O., et al. Last of the Wild Project, Version 3 (LWP-3): 2009 Human Footprint, 2018 Release. 2018.00, Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), 2018, doi:10.7927/H46T0JQ4. Date Accessed: 2026-05-12