New Set of Indicators to Measure Population Remoteness and Dispersion : Estimates for 100 Countries, with Detailed Analysis of Pacific Island Countries

New Set of Indicators to Measure Population Remoteness and Dispersion : Estimates for 100 Countries, with Detailed Analysis of Pacific Island Countries

This paper defines three new indicators that capture the remoteness of local communities within a country context and the overall scale of population dispersion and settlement sparsity across a country. The paper also exploits the World Bank’s subn...

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Main Authors: Xia, Boer, Halstead, Imogen, Utz, Robert
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
POPULATION DISPERSION
REMOTENESS
PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES
POPULATION SPARSITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/140561583869719175/New-Set-of-Indicators-to-Measure-Population-Remoteness-and-Dispersion-Estimates-for-100-Countries-with-Detailed-Analysis-of-Pacific-Island-Countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33428

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/140561583869719175/New-Set-of-Indicators-to-Measure-Population-Remoteness-and-Dispersion-Estimates-for-100-Countries-with-Detailed-Analysis-of-Pacific-Island-Countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33428

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