Global Development potential Index and Conversion pressure index

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Dataset description

Dataset description
Development Potential Index: Mapping suitable land for development is essential to land use planning efforts that aim to model, anticipate, and manage trade-offs between economic development and the environment. This dataset represents 1-km spatially-explicit global land suitability maps, referred to as “development potential indices” (DPIs), for 13 sectors related to renewable energy (concentrated solar power, photovoltaic solar, wind, hydropower), fossil fuels (coal, conventional and unconventional oil and gas), mining (metallic, non-metallic), and agriculture (crop, biofuels expansion).

Conversion Pressure Index: Proactively identifying where land conversion might occur is critical to targeted and effective conservation planning. This dataset representsa 1-km resolution, global map of land conversion pressure from multiple drivers, referred to as the conversion pressure index (CPI). The CPI combines past rates of anthropogenic change, as measured by temporal human modification maps, with suitability maps for potential future expansion by large-scale development. The CPI thus offers a new way to measure a cumulative gradient of anthropogenic pressure as opposed to categorical land cover change.

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Development potential Indices
Conversion pressure index

citations
DPI:Oakleaf, J.R., Kennedy, C.M., Baruch-Mordo, S., Gerber, J.S., West, P.C., Johnson, J.A. and Kiesecker, J., 2019. Mapping global development potential for renewable energy, fossil fuels, mining and agriculture sectors. Scientific data, 6(1), p.101.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0084-8

CPI: Oakleaf, J., Kennedy, C., Wolff, N.H., Terasaki Hart, D.E., Ellis, P., Theobald, D.M., Fariss, B., Burkart, K. and Kiesecker, J., 2024. Mapping global land conversion pressure to support conservation planning. Scientific Data, 11(1), p.830.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03639-9

dataset owner
Unsure. Likely the Nature Conservancy

Earth Engine Snippet if dataset already in GEE

for example

cpi = ee.Image("projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/CPI_Continous_0to1")

var descBio = "The development potential (suitability) for future biogas-based energy generation";
var bandsBio = ee.List(['biogas']);

var descCsp = "The development potential (suitability) for future biogas";
var bandsCsp = ee.List(['CSP']);

var descCoal = "The development potential (suitability) for future coal-based energy generation";
var bandsCoal = ee.List(['Coal']);

var descCG = "The development potential (suitability) for future conventional gas based energy generation";
var bandsCG = ee.List(['CG']);

var descCO = "The development potential (suitability) for future conventional oil based energy generation";
var bandsCO = ee.List(['CO']);

var descCrop = "The development potential (suitability) for future croplands";
var bandsCrop = ee.List(['Crop']);

var descHydro = "The development potential (suitability) for future hydroelectric-based energy generation";
var bandsHydro = ee.List(['Hydro']);

var descMM = "The development potential (suitability) for future mineral mining";
var bandsMM = ee.List(['MM']);

var descNMM = "The development potential (suitability) for future non-mineral mining";
var bandsNMM = ee.List(['NMM']);

var descPV = "The development potential (suitability) for future photo-voltaic energy based generation";
var bandsPV = ee.List(['PV']);

var descUG = "The development potential (suitability) for future unconventional gas based energy generation";
var bandsUG = ee.List(['UG']);

var descUO = "The development potential (suitability) for future unconventional oil based energy generation";
var bandsUO = ee.List(['UO']);

var descWind = "The development potential (suitability) for future wind-based energy generation";
var bandsWind = ee.List(['Wind']);

// Add DPI
var bio = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/Bio_DPI').rename(bandsBio), 
csp = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/CSP_DPI').rename(bandsCsp),
coal = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/Coal_DPI').rename(bandsCoal),
convgas = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/ConvGas_DPI').rename(bandsCG),
convoil = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/ConvOil_DPI').rename(bandsCO),
crop = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/Crop_DPI').rename(bandsCrop),
hydro = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/Hydro_DPI').rename(bandsHydro),
mm = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/MM_DPI').rename(bandsMM),
nmm = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/NMM_DPI').rename(bandsNMM),
pv = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/PV_DPI').rename(bandsPV),
ug = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/UnconvGas_DPI').rename(bandsUG),
uo = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/UnconvOil_DPI').rename(bandsUO),
wind = ee.Image('projects/ee-gsingh/assets/CI/Wind_DPI').rename(bandsWind);

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Most likely Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)

Keywords

Development potential, Conversion pressure

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