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The Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems data set provides a cumulative measure of the human modification of terrestrial lands across the globe at a 1-km resolution. It is a continuous 0-1 metric that reflects the proportion of a landscape modified, based on modeling the physical extents of 13 anthropogenic stressors and their estimated impacts using spatially-explicit global data sets with a median year of 2016.
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Kennedy, C. M., Oakleaf, J. R., Theobald, D. M., Baruch-Mordo, S., & Kiesecker, J. (2020). Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems (Version 1.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/EDBC-3Z60 Date Accessed: 2026-05-17
Kennedy, C.M., J.R. Oakleaf, D.M. Theobald, S. Baruch-Mordo, and J. Kiesecker. “Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems.” Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), 2020. doi:10.7927/EDBC-3Z60. Date Accessed: 2026-05-17
Kennedy, C. M., et al. Global Human Modification of Terrestrial Systems. 1.00, Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), 2020, doi:10.7927/EDBC-3Z60. Date Accessed: 2026-05-17
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