ucdp_ged {mapme.biodiversity}

UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset (UCDP GED)

Description

This resource distributed by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) constitutes its most diaggregated dataset on individual events of organized violence. It encodes the different actors involved, is spatially disaggregated down to village levels anc currently covers the time period of 1989 to 2021. Older versions of the data set can be downloaded, but users are recommended to download the latest data set.

Usage

get_ucdp_ged(version = "latest")

Arguments

version

A character vector specifying the version to download. Defaults to "latest".

Details

The following versions are available:

• 5.0

• 17.1

• 17.2

• 18.1

• 19.1

• 20.1

• 21.1

• 22.1

• 23.1

• 24.1

• latest

Value

A function that returns an sf footprint object.

Source

https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/

References

Davies, Shawn, Therese Pettersson & Magnus Öberg (2022). Organized violence 1989-2021 and drone warfare. Journal of Peace Research 59(4). doi:10.1177/00223433221108428