Skip to main content

Description

The Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): Urban Extents Grid distinguishes urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons. This data set is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), The World Bank, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT).

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent

N: 84 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
0.00833 Decimal Degrees x 0.00833 Decimal Degrees
Location
GLOBAL ,
OCEANIA ,
AMERICAN SAMOA ,
ANGUILLA ,
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ,
ARUBA ,
BAHAMAS ,
BARBADOS ,
BERMUDA ,
BRUNEI ,
CAPE VERDE ,
CAYMAN ISLANDS ,
COMOROS ,
COOK ISLANDS ,
CUBA ,
CYPRUS ,
DOMINICA ,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ,
FAEROE ISLANDS ,
FALKLAND ISLANDS ,
FIJI ,
FRENCH POLYNESIA ,
GRENADA ,
GUADELOUPE ,
GUAM ,
HAITI ,
INDONESIA ,
ISLE OF MAN ,
JAMAICA ,
KIRIBATI ,
MADAGASCAR ,
MALAYSIA ,
MALDIVES ,
MALTA ,
MARSHALL ISLANDS ,
MARTINIQUE ,
MAURITIUS ,
MAYOTTE ,
MICRONESIA ,
MONTSERRAT ,
NAURU ,
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ,
NEW CALEDONIA ,
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ,
PALAU ,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA ,
PHILIPPINES ,
PITCAIRN ISLANDS ,
PUERTO RICO ,
REUNION ,
SAMOA ,
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ,
SEYCHELLES ,
SINGAPORE ,
SOLOMON ISLANDS ,
SRI LANKA ,
ST HELENA ,
ST KITTS AND NEVIS ,
ST LUCIA ,
ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON ,
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ,
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ,
TIMOR-LESTE ,
TOKELAU ,
TONGA ,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ,
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ,
TUVALU ,
VANUATU ,
VIRGIN ISLANDS ,
WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS ,
AFGHANISTAN ,
AFRICA ,
ALBANIA ,
ALGERIA ,
ANDORRA ,
ANGOLA ,
ARMENIA ,
ASIA ,
AUSTRALIA ,
AUSTRIA ,
AZERBAIJAN ,
BAHRAIN ,
BANGLADESH ,
BELARUS ,
BELGIUM ,
BELIZE ,
BENIN ,
BHUTAN ,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ,
BOTSWANA ,
BULGARIA ,
BURKINA FASO ,
BURUNDI ,
CAMBODIA ,
CAMEROON ,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ,
CHAD ,
CHINA ,
CONGO ,
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ,
COSTA RICA ,
COTE D'IVOIRE ,
CROATIA ,
CZECHIA ,
DENMARK ,
DJIBOUTI ,
EGYPT ,
EL SALVADOR ,
EQUATORIAL GUINEA ,
ERITREA ,
ESTONIA ,
ETHIOPIA ,
EUROPE ,
FINLAND ,
FRANCE ,
GABON ,
GAMBIA ,
GEORGIA ,
GERMANY ,
GHANA ,
GIBRALTAR ,
GREECE ,
GUATEMALA ,
GUERNSEY ,
GUINEA ,
GUINEA-BISSAU ,
HONDURAS ,
HONG KONG ,
HUNGARY ,
ICELAND ,
INDIA ,
IRAN ,
IRAQ ,
IRELAND ,
ISRAEL ,
ITALY ,
JAPAN ,
JORDAN ,
KAZAKHSTAN ,
KENYA ,
KUWAIT ,
KYRGYZSTAN ,
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ,
LATVIA ,
LEBANON ,
LESOTHO ,
LIBERIA ,
LIBYA ,
LIECHTENSTEIN ,
LITHUANIA ,
LUXEMBOURG ,
MACAU ,
MALAWI ,
MALI ,
MAURITANIA ,
MOLDOVA ,
MONACO ,
MONGOLIA ,
MOROCCO ,
MOZAMBIQUE ,
MYANMAR ,
NAMIBIA ,
NEPAL ,
NETHERLANDS ,
NEW ZEALAND ,
NICARAGUA ,
NIGER ,
NIGERIA ,
NORTH AMERICA ,
NORTH KOREA ,
NORTH MACEDONIA ,
NORWAY ,
OMAN ,
PAKISTAN ,
PALESTINE ,
PANAMA ,
POLAND ,
PORTUGAL ,
QATAR ,
ROMANIA ,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION ,
RWANDA ,
SAN MARINO ,
SAUDI ARABIA ,
SENEGAL ,
SERBIA ,
SIERRA LEONE ,
SLOVAKIA ,
SLOVENIA ,
SOMALIA ,
SOUTH AFRICA ,
SOUTH AMERICA ,
SOUTH KOREA ,
SPAIN ,
SUDAN ,
SWEDEN ,
SWITZERLAND ,
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC ,
TAIWAN ,
TAJIKISTAN ,
TANZANIA ,
TOGO ,
TUNISIA ,
TURKEY ,
TURKMENISTAN ,
UGANDA ,
UKRAINE ,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ,
UNITED KINGDOM ,
UZBEKISTAN ,
VATICAN CITY ,
VIETNAM ,
YEMEN ,
ZAMBIA ,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1995-07-01
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
C3540930317-ESDIS
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
716
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Boundaries ,
Sustainability

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University, International Food Policy Research Institute-IFPRI, Bank, T. W., & Centro Internacional De Agricultura Tropical-CIAT. (2011). Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1): Urban Extents Grid (Version 1.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4GH9FVG Date Accessed: 2026-05-13

Documents

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

Filters
Title Year Author Topic
Cropland expansion links climate extremes and diets in Nigeria Khan, Bhoktear, Mehta, Piyush, Wei, Dongyang, Ali, Hanan Abou, Adeluyi, Oluseun, Alabi, Tunrayo, Olayide, Olawale, Uponi, John, Davis, Kyle Frankel Population Density, Infrastructure, Food Security, Conservation, Environmental Health Factors, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems
Optimal selection of satellite XCO2 images for urban CO2 emission monitoring Danjou, Alexandre, Broquet, Gregoire, Schuh, Andrew, Breon, Francois-Marie, Lauvaux, Thomas Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Mapping a sustainable water future: Private sector opportunities for global water security and resilience Green, Pamela A., Vorosmarty, Charles J., Koehler, Dinah A., Brown, Casey, Rex, William, Rodriguez Osuna, Vanesa, Tessler, Zachary Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
The role of species interactions in shaping the geographic pattern of ungulate abundance across African savannah Pranzini, N., Maiorano, L., Cosentino, F., Thuiller, W., Santini, L. Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation, Population Density
A Transformative Architectural Pedagogy and Tool for a Time of Converging Crises Yates, Amanda, Pedersen Zari, Maibritt, Bloomfield, Sibyl, Burgess, Andrew, Walker, Charles, Waghorn, Kathy, Besen, Priscila, Sargent, Nick, Palmer, Fleur Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
High-resolution gridded population datasets for Latin America and the Caribbean using official statistics McKeen, Tom, Bondarenko, Maksym, Kerr, David, Esch, Thomas, Marconcini, Mattia, Palacios-Lopez, Daniela, Zeidler, Julian, Valle, R. Catalina, Juran, Sabrina, Tatem, Andrew J., Sorichetta, Alessandro Population Size, Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Spatial Overlap and Habitat Selection of Corvid Species in European Abou Zeid, Farah, Morelli, Federico, Ibanez-Alamo, Juan Diego, Diaz, Mario, Reif, Jiri, Jokimaki, Jukka, Suhonen, Jukka, Kaisanlahti-Jokimaki, Marja-Liisa, Marko, Gabor, Bussiere, Raphael, Magi, Marko, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Kominos, Theodoros, Galanaki, Antonia, Bukas, Nikos, Pruscini, Fabio, Jerzak, Leszek, Ciebiera, Olaf, Benedetti, Yanina Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Global climate-driven trade-offs between the water retention and cooling benefits of urban greening Cuthbert, M. O., Rau, G. C., Ekstrom, M., OCarroll, D. M., Bates, A. J. Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation, Land Surface Temperature, Natural Hazards, Infrastructure
Measuring Sustainable Development Goals in cities, towns and rural areas: The new Degree of Urbanisation1 Dijkstra, Lewis, Galic, Aleksandra, Brandmuller, Teodora Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Urban Soil Carbon: Processes and Patterns Yoon, Tae Kyung Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
A Machine Learning Technique for Spatial Interpolation of Solar Leirvik, Thomas, Yuan, Menghan Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Applying the degree of urbanisation to the globe: A new harmonised definition reveals a different picture of global urbanisation Dijkstra, Lewis, Florczyk, Aneta J., Freire, Sergio, Kemper, Thomas, Melchiorri, Michele, Pesaresi, Martino, Schiavina, Marcello Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Geospatial analysis of the distribution of urban green spaces: a study of four Indian cities Kaur, Navjotpreet, Kaur, Mandeep, Padhi, Saumya Sibani, Singh, Kiran Kumari Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Far-field biogenic and anthropogenic emissions as a dominant source of variability in local urban carbon budgets: A global high-resolution model study with ... Schuh, Andrew E., Otte, Martin, Lauvaux, Thomas, Oda, Tomohiro Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
An Optimal Population Modeling Approach Using Geographically Weighted Regression Based on High-Resolution Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study in Dhaka City, Bangladesh Roni, Rezaul, Jia, Peng Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Introduction Szulkin, Marta, Munshi-South, Jason, Charmantier, Anne Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Flooded cities Kocornik-Mina, Adriana, McDermott, Thomas K. J., Michaels, Guy, Rauch, Ferdinand Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
How to Quantify Urbanization When Testing for Urban Evolution? Szulkin, Marta, Garroway, Colin J., Corsini, Michela, Kotarba, Andrzej Z., Dominoni, Davide Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
COSMO-BEP-Tree v1. 0: a coupled urban climate model with explicit representation of street trees Mussetti, Gianluca, Brunner, Dominik, Henne, Stephan, Allegrini, Jonas, Krayenhoff, E. Scott, Schubert, Sebastian, Feigenwinter, Christian, Vogt, Roland, Wicki, Andreas, Carmeliet, Jan Urban Lands, Land Use/Land Cover, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Infrastructure, Boundaries, Sustainability, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Nature-Inclusive Cities: Concepts and Considerations Monti, Stewart Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Measuring and understanding global human settlements patterns and processes: Innovation, progress and application Daniele, Ehrlich, Deborah, Balk, Sliuzas, Richard Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Urban evolutionary biology Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
The impact of delayed treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria on progression to severe malaria: A systematic review and a pooled multicentre ... Mousa, Andria, Al-Taiar, Abdullah, Anstey, Nicholas M., Badaut, Cyril, Barber, Bridget E., Bassat, Quique, Challenger, Joseph D., Cunnington, Aubrey J., Datta, Dibyadyuti, Drakeley, Chris, Ghani, Azra C., Gordeuk, Victor R., Grigg, Matthew J., Hugo, Pierre, John, Chandy C., Mayor, Alfredo, Migot-Nabias, Florence, Opoka, Robert O., Pasvol, Geoffrey, Rees, Claire, Reyburn, Hugh, Riley, Eleanor M., Shah, Binal N., Sitoe, Antonio, Sutherland, Colin J., Thuma, Philip E., Unger, Stefan A., Viwami, Firmine, Walther, Michael, Whitty, Christopher J. M., William, Timothy, Okell, Lucy C. Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
Enhancement of large-scale flood risk assessments using building-material-based vulnerability curves for an object-based approach in urban and rural areas Englhardt, Johanna, de Moel, Hans, Huyck, Charles K., de Ruiter, Marleen C., Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H., Ward, Philip J. Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation, Human Settlements, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl, Infrastructure
Do small green roofs have the possibility to offer recreational and experiential benefits in a dense urban area? A case study in Helsinki, Finland Mesimaki, Marja, Hauru, Kaisa, Lehvavirta, Susanna Boundaries, Sustainability, Land Use/Land Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Conservation
You're viewing 25 of 56