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County-level environmental events in China, 1368–1911
Historical county-level data for China covering cold, drought, flood, and wind during 1368–1911. The released file is a complete panel of 2,269 geographic units, 544 years, and four categories, comprising 4,937,344 record rows; this is not a total event count. Source values are preserved. Province and prefecture labels follow the 1911 framework described in the documentation.
Version 2024-09-16 · 4,937,344 rows
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Variables
| Field | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| source_row_index | Source technical index (zero-based) | integer |
| NAME_CH | County-level unit name (Chinese) | string |
| NAME_PY | County-level unit name (Pinyin) | string |
| LEV1_CH | Province-level name, 1911 (Chinese) | string |
| LEV1_PY | Province-level Pinyin (source value) | string |
| LEV2_CH | Prefecture-level name, 1911 (Chinese) | string |
| LEV2_PY | Prefecture-level Pinyin (source value) | string |
| X_COORD | Longitude | number |
| Y_COORD | Latitude | number |
| Year | Year | integer |
| Category | Environmental event category | string |
| Counts | Number of environmental records in CMDD | integer |
| Counts_V | Number of environmental records in CTTYMRC | integer |
| Parameter | Weighted frequency of environmental events | number |
Construction papers
Cheng, K., Bensassi, S., Elliott, R. J. R., Strobl, E. (2024). Constructing a county-level environmental events dataset for China during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1911). Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 57(3), 123–145. https://doi.org/10.1080/01615440.2024.2369234
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