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Download spatial data of disaster risk areas

Source: R/read_disaster_risk_area.R
read_disaster_risk_area.Rd

This function reads the the official data of disaster risk areas in Brazil (currently only available for 2010). It specifically focuses on geodynamic and hydro-meteorological disasters capable of triggering landslides and floods. The data set covers the whole country. Each risk area polygon (known as 'BATER') has unique code id (column 'geo_bater'). The data set brings information on the extent to which the risk area polygons overlap with census tracts and block faces (column "acuracia") and number of ris areas within each risk area (column 'num'). Original data were generated by IBGE and CEMADEN. For more information about the methodology, see deails at https://www.ibge.gov.br/geociencias/organizacao-do-territorio/tipologias-do-territorio/21538-populacao-em-areas-de-risco-no-brasil.html

Usage

read_disaster_risk_area(
  year = 2010,
  simplified = TRUE,
  showProgress = TRUE,
  cache = TRUE
)

Arguments

year

Numeric. Year of the data in YYYY format. Defaults to 2010.

simplified

Logic FALSE or TRUE, indicating whether the function should return the data set with 'original' spatial resolution or a data set with 'simplified' geometry. Defaults to TRUE. For spatial analysis and statistics users should set simplified = FALSE. Borders have been simplified by removing vertices of borders using st_simplify{sf} preserving topology with a dTolerance of 100.

showProgress

Logical. Defaults to TRUE display progress bar.

cache

Logical. Whether the function should read the data cached locally, which is faster. Defaults to cache = TRUE. By default, geobr stores data files in a temporary directory that exists only within each R session. If cache = FALSE, the function will download the data again and overwrite the local file.

Value

An "sf" "data.frame" object

See also

Other area functions: read_amazon(), read_biomes(), read_capitals(), read_comparable_areas(), read_country(), read_health_facilities(), read_health_region(), read_immediate_region(), read_indigenous_land(), read_intermediate_region(), read_meso_region(), read_metro_area(), read_micro_region(), read_municipal_seat(), read_municipality(), read_neighborhood(), read_pop_arrangements(), read_region(), read_schools(), read_semiarid(), read_state(), read_statistical_grid(), read_urban_area(), read_urban_concentrations(), read_weighting_area()

Examples

# Read all disaster risk areas in an specific year
d <- read_disaster_risk_area(year=2010)
#> Using year/date 2010