Sooyeon Kang
April 22, 2012
DHP 207: GIS for International Applications
Assignment 10: Detailed Project Plan
1) Briefly describe your project goals and the spatial question it will address
a) This year, the Democratic People Republic of Korea has requested food assistance for its
starving citizens. The goal of this project is to see which areas of North Korea are the most
vulnerable to natural disasters (such as flooding and crop failure) and most disadvantaged from
structural constraints (such as road networks and access to food facilities) that make them most
susceptible to starvation.
b) Where are people most vulnerable and susceptible to starvation in North Korea?
2) Provide an annotated list of the GIS data layers you will use plus any tabular data sets - include
data set name, description, data source agency and URL if applicable, and key attributes variables
you will use (e.g., population, illiteracy rates, crop production, conflict type)
Data set name
Description
c_asia_v1_grid
Land cover use in Asia
gadm_first_level_ad
ministrative_boundar
ies_states_north_kor
ea_2008
Level 1 – administrative
boundaries of North
Korea (provinces and
special cities)
kplw.shp
Linear Water layer
shows brooks, streams,
and rivers
kppi.shp
Points of Interest layer
shows a variety of
Data source agency
(URL)
Global Land Cover
2000
(http://bioval.jrc.ec.
europa.eu/products
/glc2000/products.p
hp)
Global
Administrative
Areas – GADM
database
(http://www.gadm.
org/download)
LeadDog
(M:\datasets\Countr
y\NorthKorea\Lead
Dog\kplw.shp)
Key attributes variables
Land cover use (clipped to
North Korea)
Engtype 1 – distinguishes
between province and
special city
HASC 1 – Abbreviation of
names
Name 1 – Korean name of
level 1, phonetically
spelled out
Varname 1 – lists
different versions of
names
Linear water layers
LeadDog
TYPE – agriculture,
(M:\datasets\Countr civic/community center,
y\NorthKorea\Lead commercial center,
commercial,
Dog\ kppi.shp)
hospital
government, and
transportation point
locations
kppw.shp
Polygon Water layer
shows ponds, lakes, and
bays
kpst.shp
Streets & Roads layer
shows streets and roads
for urban areas on a city
LeadDog
Polygons of bodies of
(M:\datasets\Countr water
y\NorthKorea\Lead
Dog\kppw.shp)
LeadDog
Street and road networks
(M:\datasets\Countr
y\NorthKorea\Lead
Dog\kpst.shp)
by city basis
kpua.shp
(possibly use with
one of the side maps)
Urban Area Polygon
layer shows built up,
densely populated
LeadDog
Densely populated areas
(M:\datasets\Countr within provinces
y\NorthKorea\Lead
Dog\kpua.shp)
areas, within the
relative context of a
specific country
lspop2005
(possibly use as
basemap in one of
the side maps)
LandScan Global
srtm_n_elev_e.jp2
Elevation map of the
world (raster)
Tabular/ graph data:
Figure 2: PDS Surplus
and Deficit Counties
Population Database
2005 (raster)
Graph of public
distribution system
surplus/ deficit (by
counties)
LandScan 2005
Global Population
Project
(M:\World\Landsca
n\world05\LS05pop
grid\lspop2005)
Global Digital
Elevation Model SRTM
(M:\World\ESRIData
Maps93\Raster\Elev
ation\SRTM\srtm_n
_elev_e.jp2)
Estimate of population in
North Korea
WFP/ FAO/ UNICEF
Rapid Food Security
Assessment Mission
to the Democratic
People’s Republic of
Korea, 24 March
2011
(http://documents.
Number of counties in
each province that have a
PDS surplus or deficit
Elevation in meters
Figure 6: DPRK
Nutritional Status by
Province
Graph of nutritional
status (by province)
Figure 9: Food
insecure Population
Groups across
Provinces
Table of number of
people (by vulnerable
groups) who face food
insecurity
Figure NU.4
Percentage of
households
consuming
adequately iodized
salt, DPR Korea, 2009
Graph of percentage of
households that met the
indicator standard of
potassium iodine
Table 18. Number of
Maternal Deaths by
Place of Death and
Number of Live Births
in the
12 Months Preceding
the Census by
Province
Table showing the
number of maternal
deaths and number of
live births (by province)
wfp.org/stellent/gro
ups/public/docume
nts/ena/wfp233442.
pdf, pg. 17)
WFP/ FAO/ UNICEF
Rapid Food Security
Assessment Mission
to the Democratic
People’s Republic of
Korea, 24 March
2011 - CFSAM 2010
Report
(http://documents.
wfp.org/stellent/gro
ups/public/docume
nts/ena/wfp233442.
pdf, pg. 26)
WFP/ FAO/ UNICEF
Rapid Food Security
Assessment Mission
to the Democratic
People’s Republic of
Korea, 24 March
2011
(http://documents.
wfp.org/stellent/gro
ups/public/docume
nts/ena/wfp233442.
pdf, pg. 29)
Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
Central Bureau of
Statistics and
Institute of
Children’s Nutrition
(http://www.childin
fo.org/files/MICS_D
PRK_2009.pdf, pg.
41)
DPRK 2008
Population Census –
National Report
(http://unstats.un.o
rg/unsd/demograph
ic/sources/census/2
010_PHC/North_Kor
ea/
Percentage of
‘underweight’, ‘stunting’,
and ‘wasting’ population
in North Korea
Total vulnerable
population (by province)
Percentage of households
that have enough iodine
in their diet (by province
and urban/rural)
Total number of live births
and number of maternal
deaths (by province)
Table 40. Population
16 Years Old and
Over Engaged in
Household Economic
Activities, by
Type of Economic
Activity, by 10-Year
Age Group, by Sex
and by Province
Table showing the
number of population
engaged in different
household economic
activities (by age group,
by sex, and by province)
Table NU.11: Low
birth weight infants
Table of last-born
children estimated to
have weighed below
2,500 grams at birth
Final%20national%2
0census%20report.p
df, pg. 97)
DPRK 2008
Population Census –
National Report
(http://unstats.un.o
rg/unsd/demograph
ic/sources/census/2
010_PHC/North_Kor
ea/
Final%20national%2
0census%20report.p
df, pg. 207)
Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
Central Bureau of
Statistics and
Institute of
Children’s Nutrition
(http://www.childin
fo.org/files/MICS_D
PRK_2009.pdf, pg.
44)
Number of live births in
the last 2 years (by
province)
3) The data creation and/or data processing/analysis steps that you expect perform - you can
provide this as a numbered set of steps or in a flow diagram. Be as specific as possible, relating
the project step to the data layer(s) - this will be the road map for your project.
distance from bodies of
water to catch fish
raster euclidian distance
(windfarm exercise)
(Layer: kplw.shp,
kppw.shp)
-higher score if closer to
body of water
distance from relevant
points of interest
calculate number of each
relevant place in each
province
(Layer: kppi.shp)
Access to Food
ability to access relevant
points of interest
(Layer: kpst.shp)
cropland, wetland, rice
paddy
(Layer: c_asia_v1_grid)
Public Distribution System
(Figure 2: PDS Surplus and
Deficit Counties)
raster euclidian distance
(windfarm exercise)
- higher score if closer to
road
land use: reclass
significant areas - near by,
raster distance
Convert information on
graph to excel and map by
province
Access to Food
primary analysis
nutritional status
(Graph by province)
Where are people most
vulnerable and
susceptible to starvation
in North Korea?
economic factors
distace from areas likely
to experience flooding
Vulnerability to natural
disasters
winter temperatures
Humanitarian aid
accessibility to NGOs
4) The products you will produce (list of maps and tables)
a) Map 1 (main): access to food – a ‘vulnerability’ map, as described in road map above
b) Map 2 (side): nutritional status – use ‘Figure 6: DPRK Nutritional Status by Province’ as the main
display within the provinces and incorporate data from the following as additional fields:
i) ‘Table NU.11: Low birth weight infants’
ii) ‘Table 18. Number of Maternal Deaths by Place of Death and Number of Live Births’
iii) ‘Figure NU.4 Percentage of households consuming adequately iodized salt, DPR Korea, 2009’
c) Map 3 (side): economic factors – using ‘Population 16 Years Old and Over Engaged in
Household Economic Activities, by Type of Economic Activity, by 10-Year Age Group, by Sex and
by Province,’ show a graphs in each province of the different economic activities people
participate in
d) Map 4 (side): natural disasters – use the elevation model (srtm_n_elev_e.jp2) to calculate areas
likely to experience flooding (double check outcome with: http://globalfloodmap.
org/Korea_North)
e) Map 5 (side): humanitarian aid – show areas where food assistance has been distributed in
North Korea (accessible and inaccessible areas of North Korea: http://freekorea.us/?p=6475)
overlayed with data from ‘Figure 9: Food insecure Population Groups across Provinces’