| wppExplorer-package {wppExplorer} | R Documentation |
Explorer of the World Population Prospects
Description
Allows to interactively explore data from the World Population Prospects, contained in packages wpp2019, wpp2017, wpp2015, wpp2012 and wpp2010. It is based on the shiny package.
Details
| Package: | wppExplorer |
| Version: | 2.3-4 |
| Date: | 2020-4-7 |
| Depends: | R (>= 3.0.0) |
| License: | GPL-3 | file LICENSE |
The main function of the packge is wpp.explore which opens an interactive interface in a web browser. A few helper functions are available for a fast access to the (possibly filtered) data, e.g. wpp.indicator.
The interface can be also accessed online: https://bayespop.shinyapps.io/wpp2019explorer/
Author(s)
Hana Sevcikova <hanas@uw.edu>, used code from a Joe Cheng's shiny example
Maintainer: Hana Sevcikova <hanas@uw.edu>
Source
The underlying datasets are based on estimates and projections of the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019). The probabilistic projections were produced with the method of Raftery et al. (2012).
References
World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision. (https://population.un.org/wpp/) Special Tabulations.
A. E. Raftery, N. Li, H. Sevcikova , P. Gerland, G. K. Heilig (2012). Bayesian probabilistic population projections for all countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109:13915-13921.
P. Gerland, A. E. Raftery, H. Sevcikova, N. Li, D. Gu, T. Spoorenberg, L. Alkema, B. K. Fosdick, J. L. Chunn, N. Lalic, G. Bay, T. Buettner, G. K. Heilig, J. Wilmoth (2014). World Population Stabilization Unlikely This Century. Science 346:234-237.
See Also
wpp2019, wpp2017, wpp2015, wpp2012, wpp2010, shiny, wpp.explore, wpp.indicator