Population Density of China at the Town Level
Beijing City Lab Data
Type & Source Township‑level (Jiedao) population counts derived from the 2010 China Population Census, compiled by BCL members Dr Ying Long, Kang Wu, and Jianghao Wang. Spatial Coverage All townships across mainland China. Format GIS point feature class packaged in a ZIP archive (ESRI Shapefile). Citation Wu, K., Long, Y., Mao, Q., & Liu, X. (2015). Mushrooming Jiedaos, Growing Cities: An Alternative Perspective on Urbanizing China . Environment and Planning A , 47, 1–2. Mao, Q., Long, Y., & Wu, K. (2015). Spatio-temporal changes of population density and exploration on urbanization pattern in China: 2000–2010 ....
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Type & Source
Township‑level (Jiedao) population counts derived from the 2010 China Population Census, compiled by BCL members Dr Ying Long, Kang Wu, and Jianghao Wang.
Spatial Coverage
All townships across mainland China.
Format
GIS point feature class packaged in a ZIP archive (ESRI Shapefile).
Citation
Wu, K., Long, Y., Mao, Q., & Liu, X. (2015). Mushrooming Jiedaos, Growing Cities: An Alternative Perspective on Urbanizing China. Environment and Planning A, 47, 1–2. Mao, Q., Long, Y., & Wu, K. (2015). Spatio-temporal changes of population density and exploration on urbanization pattern in China: 2000–2010. City Planning Review, 39(2), 38–43.
