Countries historical urban land area per nitrous oxide emissions in South America

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This scatter chart displays urban land area (km²) against nitrous oxide emissions (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent). The data is from our countries entity and is filtered where the region is South America.

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There are 2 fields used on this chart (including filters):
  • Nitrous Oxide Emissions: Nitrous oxide emissions are emissions from agricultural biomass burning, industrial activities, and livestock management. This field is expressed in thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
  • 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.

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This chart is based on data from: World Bank

Updated: 30 days ago

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