GHS-SMOD R2016A - GHS settlement grid, following the REGIO model 2014 in application to GHSL Landsat and CIESIN GPW v4 2015, 1 km resolution

Defines each 1-kilometer grid cell as urban or not c. 2015 based on the Global Human Settlements REGIO model. Original citation: Pesaresi, Martino and Sergio Freire. 2016. GHS-SMOD R2016A - GHS settlement grid, following the REGIO model 2014 in application to GHSL Landsat and CIESIN GPW v4-multitemporal (1975-1990-2000-2015). European Commission, Joint Research Centre. URL: https://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/download.php , Accessed January 4, 2019 Specific URL: http://data.europa.eu/89h/jrc-ghsl-ghs_smod_pop_globe_r2016a Used in the replication data for: Akbar, Prottoy, Victor Couture, Gilles Duranton, and Adam Storeygard. 2023. "Mobility and Congestion in Urban India." American Economic Review, 113 (4): 1083-1111.