Title

NAM EBSA Coastal Development

License

Public Domain (PD)

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Abstract

Coastal land transformation maps generated by Vera De Cauwer as part of the BCLME Physical mapping project were the base data. The mapping was based on orthophotos, satellite imagery and topographic maps, and gives an indication of any human transformation in the coastal area, e.g. roads, mines or settlements. The layer is now very dated especially considering that rapid urban expansion has occurred over the last few years in certain areas, such as between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay. In addit…

Publication Date

Aug. 10, 2021, 6:30 a.m.

Type

Vector Data

Keywords

pressures

Category

Infrastructure

infrastructure (land and sea), e.g. telecommunication cables, power lines, railway lines

Regions

Namibia

Responsible

Linda

More info

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Maintenance Frequency

Frequency Of Maintenance For The Data Is Not Known

Restrictions

None

Edition

Completed in 2014

Purpose

This is a spatial representation of the relative intensity of coastal development in Namibia. It was originally created to support the BCC Spatial Biodivers…

Language

English

Data Quality

The layer was created for the BCC Spatial Biodiversity Assessment and Spatial Management, including Marine Protected Areas project

Supplemental Information

See the Technical Report: https://geodata.benguelacc.org/documents/88

And Appendix 5 for details and metadata: https://geodata.benguelacc.org/documents/115

Spatial Representation Type

grid data is used to represent geographic data

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