Bare Areas: Kenya, 2000

Abstract/Contents

Abstract

This polygon shapefile depicts bare areas in Kenya. Bare areas are naturally devoid of vegetation, such as those covered by rocks or rock fragments. This layer is a version of the original FAO Africover Multipurpose Land Cover Databases for Kenya (2000).

Purpose

This data was used in Map 1.3 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.

Description

Type of resource	cartographic, software, multimedia
Form	Shapefile
Extent	0.603
Place	Rome, IT
Publisher	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Date valid	2000
Publication date	2000
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Map data	Scale not given. ; E 35°56ʹ52ʺ--E 40°55ʹ34ʺ/N 3°47ʹ35ʺ--S 3°39ʹ5ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creators/Contributors

Creator	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Subjects

Subject	Land cover
Subject	Kenya
Subject	2000
Subject	Imagery and Base Maps
Genre	Geospatial data
Genre	Cartographic dataset

Bibliographic information

Supplemental information	Original data are downloadable at www.africover.org.
Use limitation	Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
Referenced by	Title Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being Associated with International Livestock Research Institute Kenya. Central Bureau of Statistics World Resources Institute Imprint World Resources Institute, 2007
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/wd044hq5212

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Use and reproduction

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Copyright

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Preferred citation

Preferred citation

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Resources Institute. (2000) Bare Areas: Kenya, 2000. World Resources Institute. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/wd044hq5212

Collection

Kenya GIS Data

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