Sustainable Development Goal 9.1.1
Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road.
World Bank SDG 9.1.1 Metadata:
Definition: The indicator (commonly known as the Rural Access Index or RAI) measures the share of a country’s rural population that lives within 2 km of an all-season road. Rationale: Among other factors, transport connectivity is an essential part of the enabling environment for inclusive and sustained growth. In developing countries, particularly in Africa, the vast majority of agricultural production remains smallholder farming with limited access to local, regional, or global markets. Isolated manufacturing and other local businesses (except for those related to mining) often lag behind in the global market. Limited transport connectivity is also a critical constraint to accessing social and administrative services, especially in rural areas where the majority of the poor live. Rural access is key to unleashing untapped economic potential and eradicating poverty in many developing countries. In the short term, transport costs and travel time can be reduced by improved road conditions. Over the longer term, agricultural productivity will be increased, and firms will become more profitable with the creation of more jobs, eventually helping to alleviate poverty.
Full metadata: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-09-01-01.pdf
Data
Before running the script download the following data sets and place them in the specified folders.
GRIP roads:
- https://www.globio.info/download-grip-dataset
- Download the fgdb file for the relevant region
- Unzip into the data/roads folder in your working directory
GHS Population Grid and Settlement Grid:
- http://cidportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/GHSL/GHS_POP_GPW4_GLOBE_R2015A/GHS_POP_GPW42015_GLOBE_R2015A_54009_1k/V1-0/GHS_POP_GPW42015_GLOBE_R2015A_54009_1k_v1_0.zip
- http://cidportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/GHSL/GHS_SMOD_POP_GLOBE_R2016A/GHS_SMOD_POP2015_GLOBE_R2016A_54009_1k/V1-0/GHS_SMOD_POP2015_GLOBE_R2016A_54009_1k_v1_0.zip
- Unzip both into data/raster folder in your working directory
Authors / Contributors
ONS Geography Research
Sources
Global Roads Inventory Project
- Meijer, J.R., Huijbegts, M.A.J., Schotten, C.G.J. and Schipper, A.M. (2018): Global patterns of current and future road infrastructure. Environmental Research Letters, 13-064006. Data is available at www.globio.info
GHS Population Grid
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC); Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN (2015): GHS population grid, derived from GPW4, multitemporal (1975, 1990, 2000, 2015). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-ghsl-ghs_pop_gpw4_globe_r2015a
GHS Settlement Grid
- Pesaresi, Martino; Freire, Sergio (2016): GHS Settlement grid following the REGIO model 2014 in application to GHSL Landsat and CIESIN GPW v4-multitemporal (1975-1990-2000-2015). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-ghsl-ghs_smod_pop_globe_r2016a