iraq_terrorism: Terrorism in Iraq, 2013 - 2017

iraq_terrorismR Documentation

Terrorism in Iraq, 2013 - 2017

Description

A dataset containing information of terrorism activity carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq, 2013 - 2017.

Format

A simple features dataframe, of type POINT, with 4208 observations and 16 fields:

iyear

numeric year 2013–2017

imonth

numeric month index 1–12

iday

numeric day 1–31 (zeros are a non-entry)

country

country (IRAQ)

latitude

latitude location

longitude

longitude location

utm_x

x-coord location UTM

utm_y

y-coord location UTM

success

logical, was fatal? TRUE = fatal

nkill

number of fatalities per attack

specificity

spatial accuracy of event: 1 = most accurate, 5 = worst

gname

character name of attack perpetrators (ISIL)

x_coord

x coordinate from location projected onto a sphere

y_coord

y coordinate from location projected onto a sphere

z_coord

z coordinate from location projected onto a sphere

popdensity

scaled: number of people per kilometer squared

luminosity

scaled: luminosity

tt

scaled: time to nearest city in minutes

Source

https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/


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