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1989George/urban-gdp-ntl: v1.0.0 — Initial release

Domaine:

socioeconomicgeospatial

Type de record:

softwaredataset
Créateur:
198
Éditeur:
Zenodo
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Urban GDP Share Estimation Using Nighttime Lights

First release of the full analysis pipeline estimating urban contributions to national GDP for 170 countries and 12,818 cities.

Key results

  • Global mean urban GDP share: 56.7%
  • Estimated global urban GDP: USD 39.2 trillion
  • Model CV R²: 0.789 (5-fold, log-GDP scale)
  • Kenya: 47.5% urban share — Nairobi 29.5%, Mombasa 7.1%

Contents

  • Random Forest GDP model (urban_gdp_v3.py)
  • 5 result tables (170 countries, top 50 cities, regional summary)
  • 4 publication-ready figures (300 DPI)
  • Working paper (DOCX) and presentation (PPTX)

Data source

Primary: GHS-UCDB R2019A (JRC European Commission) Anchor: World Bank national GDP 2020