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Map Reefs at risk revisited : social vulnerability data

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Title

  • Reefs at risk revisited : social vulnerability data

Names

  • World Resources Institute, cartographer

Created / Published

  • Washington, DC : World Resources Institute, 2016.

Headings

  • -  Coral reefs and islands--Maps
  • -  Coral reefs and islands--Statistics
  • -  Endangered ecosystems--Maps
  • -  Earth (Planet)

Genre

  • World maps
  • Vector data
  • Geospatial data
  • Data sets

Notes

  • -  This shapefile features the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) for 108 coral reef countries and territories classified according to an index of their reef dependence, adaptive capacity, and social vulnerability.
  • -  Results are presented as quartiles, with 27 countries/territories classified in each of four categories (low, medium, high, and very high for Reef Dependence and Social Vulnerability; very low, low, medium, and high for Adaptive Capacity).
  • -  The data files include GIS data sets and KML files for use in Google Earth and other map applications that support KML.

Medium

  • datasets

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3201.L1

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2025271013

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Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

World Resources Institute, Cartographer. Reefs at Risk Revisited: Social Vulnerability Data. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, 2016. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2025271013/.

APA citation style:

World Resources Institute, C. (2016) Reefs at Risk Revisited: Social Vulnerability Data. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2025271013/.

MLA citation style:

World Resources Institute, Cartographer. Reefs at Risk Revisited: Social Vulnerability Data. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, 2016. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2025271013/>.