Portugal historical urban land area per methane emissions

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This scatter chart displays urban land area (km²) against methane emissions (kt of CO2 equivalent). The data is from our countries entity and is filtered where the country is Portugal.

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There are 2 fields used on this chart (including filters):
  • Urban Land Area: Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons. This field is expressed in km².
  • Methane Emissions: Methane emissions are those stemming from human activities such as agriculture and from industrial methane production. This field is expressed in kt of CO2 equivalent.

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This chart is based on data from: World Bank

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