Compiling and Mapping an International Climate Change Database: Worlds of Gaps and Unevenness  

作　　者：Stanley D. Brunn Stanley D. Brunn(Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA)

机构地区：[1]Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

出　　处：《Natural Resources》2023年第3期27-44,共18页自然资源（英文）

摘　　要：Daily and weekly reporting events of climate change and impacts on populations, cultures, economies and politics at local, national, regional and international scales suggest the need to construct databases that will be useful in future scientific inquiry and global human/environmental policies. That need is evident in constructing a geographic or locational knowledge base that examines countries, regions and cities. This study constructs a database on the impacts of climate change using Google Scholar entries for 200 countries and capital cities. A series of maps reveal the vast unevenness in the database, especially between Global North and Global South countries. The discussion explores these sharp differences and suggests future research topics for much-needed global, interdisciplinary and international research.Daily and weekly reporting events of climate change and impacts on populations, cultures, economies and politics at local, national, regional and international scales suggest the need to construct databases that will be useful in future scientific inquiry and global human/environmental policies. That need is evident in constructing a geographic or locational knowledge base that examines countries, regions and cities. This study constructs a database on the impacts of climate change using Google Scholar entries for 200 countries and capital cities. A series of maps reveal the vast unevenness in the database, especially between Global North and Global South countries. The discussion explores these sharp differences and suggests future research topics for much-needed global, interdisciplinary and international research.

关 键 词：Climate Change Maps Capital Cities Knowledge Gaps Climate Impacts Global Climate 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]