geoEPR: Polygon dataset to illustrate the functionality of geomerge

geoEPRR Documentation

Polygon dataset to illustrate the functionality of geomerge

Description

geoEPR Nigeria dataset used as example for a SpatialPolygonsDataFrame can be accessed and downloaded at https://icr.ethz.ch/data/epr/geoepr/. The dataset contains geo-locations for all politically relevant ethnic groups from the EPR-Core 2014 dataset. It assigns every politically relevant group one of six settlement patterns and provides polygons describing their location.

Usage

data(geomerge)

Format

A SpatialPolygonsDataFrame containing observations.

Author(s)

Karsten Donnay and Andrew M. Linke

Source

https://icr.ethz.ch/data/epr/geoepr/

Citation: Julian Wucherpfennig, Nils B. Weidmann, Luc Girardin, Lars-Erik Cederman, and Andreas Wimmer. (2011). "Politically Relevant Ethnic Groups Across Space and Time: Introducing the GeoEPR Dataset." Conflict Management and Peace Science 28(5): 423-437.

References

Andrew M. Linke, Karsten Donnay. (2017). "Scale Variability Misclassification: The Impact of Spatial Resolution on Effect Estimates in the Geographic Analysis of Foreign Aid and Conflict." Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, February 22-25 2017, Baltimore.


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