Layer for regionalized LCA data (LCI) and characterization factors (LCIA)

The data contains a shapefile with IDs in "Regionalization shapefile.zip" and a respective KML layer (for Google Earth) in "regionalization_layer_v1.kmz". It is meant to be used to aggregate, store and share regionalized results from LCA and LCIA, as the layer covers the main features for impact assessment and policy level. It contains 50’626 units (48’612 terrestrial and 2'014 marine regions). The ID description and correspondance to the original layer are provided in "Description shapefile layer.xlsx", incl. some additional information from the original layers. The information related to countries is in yellow, ecoregions in green, urban in grey and watersheds in light blue. Coastal marine ecoregions are in marked dark blue and fisheries purple. Through the information in this layer, existing regionalized LCIA results such as recommended methods for land and water use can be directly linked. However, they can also be linked just based on ecoregions, watersheds, countries or urban areas using the original shapefiles used to compile this dataset through respective IDs. The following 6 layers have been used: - Urban areas: Natural Earth, Urban Areas, version 4.0.0, 11877 Urban areas Schneider, A., M. A. Friedl and D. Potere (2009) A new map of global urban extent from MODIS data. Environmental Research Letters, volume 4, article 044003. - Country boundaries (subunits) Natural Earth, Admin 0 – Details, version 4.1.0, 197 countries https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/10m-admin-0-details/ - Ecoregions Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World, WWF (2012), 867 terrestrial ecoregions Olson, D. M., Dinerstein, E., Wikramanayake, E. D., Burgess, N. D., Powell, G. V. N., Underwood, E. C., D'Amico, J. A., Itoua, I., Strand, H. E., Morrison, J. C., Loucks, C. J., Allnutt, T. F., Ricketts, T. H., Kura, Y., Lamoreux, J. F., Wettengel, W. W., Hedao, P., Kassem, K. R. 2001. Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on Earth. Bioscience 51(11):933-938. - Watersheds Aware method: Input data (WaterGAP), 11049 watersheds; http://www.wulca-waterlca.org/aware.html Müller Schmied, H., Eisner, S., Franz, D., Wattenbach, M., Portmann, F. T., Flörke, M., and Döll, P.: Sensitivity of simulated global-scale freshwater fluxes and storages to input data, hydrological model structure, human water use and calibration, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 3511-3538, doi:10.5194/hess-18-3511-2014, 2014 - Marine ecosystems: Marine Ecoregions of the World, WWF (2007) Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas (2007) Spalding M Fox H Allen G Davidson N Ferdaña Z et. al. BioScience 2007 vol: 57 (7) pp: 573-583 - Fishing areas: FAO Statistical Areas for Fishery Purposes - FAO Statistical areas (Marine ) - No coastline (for use with custom coastline resolutions) - GIS data (WFS - SHP). FAO (2019). FAO Statistical Areas for Fishery Purposes. In: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department [online]. Rome.

本数据集包含存放在"Regionalization shapefile.zip"中的带标识符的Shapefile矢量数据集，以及对应的可用于谷歌地球（Google Earth）的KML图层（Keyhole Markup Language, KML），存放在"regionalization_layer_v1.kmz"中。本数据集旨在用于聚合、存储与共享生命周期评估（Life Cycle Assessment, LCA）及生命周期影响评估（Life Cycle Impact Assessment, LCIA）的分区结果，该图层覆盖了影响评估与政策制定层面的核心特征。本数据集共包含50626个分区单元（其中陆地分区48612个，海洋分区2014个）。关于各标识符的说明及其与原始图层的对应关系，详见"Description shapefile layer.xlsx"，其中包含了来自原始图层的部分补充信息。数据中，国家相关信息以黄色标注，生态区以绿色标注，城市区域以灰色标注，流域以浅蓝色标注；沿海海洋生态区以深蓝色标注，渔业区域以紫色标注。通过本图层提供的信息，现有的分区式LCIA结果（如推荐的土地与水资源利用方法）可直接关联至该数据集。此外，也可通过汇编本数据集所用的原始Shapefile矢量数据集，基于生态区、流域、国家或城市区域的标识符直接进行关联。本数据集由以下6类图层整合而成：- 城市区域：数据来源于Natural Earth《Urban Areas》4.0.0版本，包含11877个城市区域。来源：Schneider, A., M. A. Friedl 与 D. Potere (2009) 基于MODIS数据的全球城市范围新地图. 《Environmental Research Letters》, 第4卷, 文章编号044003。- 国家边界（次级单元）：数据来源于Natural Earth《Admin 0 – Details》4.1.0版本，涵盖197个国家。访问地址：https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/10m-admin-0-details/- 陆地生态区：数据来源于世界自然基金会（World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF）2012年发布的《全球陆地生态区》，包含867个陆地生态区。来源：Olson, D. M., Dinerstein, E., Wikramanayake, E. D., Burgess, N. D., Powell, G. V. N., Underwood, E. C., D'Amico, J. A., Itoua, I., Strand, H. E., Morrison, J. C., Loucks, C. J., Allnutt, T. F., Ricketts, T. H., Kura, Y., Lamoreux, J. F., Wettengel, W. W., Hedao, P., Kassem, K. R. 2001. 全球陆地生态区：地球生命的全新地图. 《Bioscience》51(11):933-938。- 流域：数据来源于Aware方法的输入数据集（WaterGAP），包含11049个流域。访问地址：http://www.wulca-waterlca.org/aware.html。来源：Müller Schmied, H., Eisner, S., Franz, D., Wattenbach, M., Portmann, F. T., Flörke, M., 与 Döll, P.: 全球尺度淡水通量与存储量模拟结果对输入数据、水文模型结构、人类用水及校准的敏感性. 《Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.》, 18, 3511-3538, doi:10.5194/hess-18-3511-2014, 2014。- 海洋生态系统：数据来源于世界自然基金会（WWF）2007年发布的《全球海洋生态区：沿海与陆架区域生物分区》。来源：Spalding M, Fox H, Allen G, Davidson N, Ferdaña Z 等. 《BioScience》2007, 第57卷(7): 573-583。- 渔业区域：数据来源于联合国粮食及农业组织（Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO）2019年发布的《渔业用途FAO统计区域》。具体说明：FAO海洋统计区域（无海岸线，适用于自定义海岸线分辨率）；GIS数据（WFS - SHP格式）。来源：FAO (2019). FAO Statistical Areas for Fishery Purposes. 载于：FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department [在线]. 罗马。