water_risk: Water risk data

In m-clark/noiris: Data sets

Description

From the website: Water is essential to the progress of human societies. It is required for a healthy environment and a thriving economy. Food production, electricity generation, and manufacturing, among other things, all depend on it. However, many decision-makers lack the technical expertise to fully understand hydrological information. In response to growing concerns from the private sector and other actors about water availability, water quality, climate change, and increasing demand, WRI applied the composite index approach as a robust communication tool to translate hydrological data into intuitive indicators of water-related risks.

Usage

water_risk

Format

Two data frames. One is at the country level (n = 189), while the other is at the province level (n=3311).

gid_1

ISO A3 country code based on GADM.

name_0

National or political entity name based on GADM.

name_1

Sub-national or political entity name based on GADM.

iso_a3

ISO country code.

iso_n3

ISO numeric code.

score

water risk score mapped to a [0-5] scale.

score_ranked

ranking of score.

label

5 category label of score, including 'NoData'.

un_region

UN regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania.

wb_region

World Bank regions.

population_2019_million

Estimated country population 2019 in millions.

Details

More details on the variables can be found at the links below. The weight variables and related have been removed, but the raw data may be found at the data link below, and the data which was specifically used for this can be found here.

Note

License is MIT

Source

Data link. Main website. NY Times article.

References

Hofste, R., S. Kuzma, S. Walker, E.H. Sutanudjaja, et. al. 2019. “Aqueduct 3.0: Updated Decision- Relevant Global Water Risk Indicators.” Technical Note. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. Available online at: https://www.wri.org/publication/aqueduct-30.

Examples

library(noiris)
str(water_risk)
str(water_risk_province)

m-clark/noiris documentation built on Sept. 9, 2019, 9:08 a.m.