| PRESSURE ON THE LAND |
| Data ID |
| File name: | pressure |
| File path: | d:\north_central\Land_use\ |
| File type: | Arcview shapefile |
| Category: | Land use |
| Description: | Estimate of pressure on natural resources |
| Status: | Completed |
| Geographical area: | north-central Namibia |
| Keywords: | pressure |
| | land use |
| | livestock |
| | population |
| Date of last update: | 1999/12/01 |
| ID notes: | These units are based on the assumption that one person or one animal is equal to one livestock unit, so the |
| | pressure values given in the file are as follows: very low = less than 1; low =1-10; medium =10-40; high =40-80; |
| | very high =more than 80 numbers of people, stock units or wildlife per kilometre. |
| Location notes: |
| Data quality and organisation |
| Positional Accuracy: |
| Vector/Raster: | Vector |
| Data quality notes: |
| Spatial reference |
| Projection: | Geodetic |
| Datum: | Bessel |
| Spatial reference notes: |
| Fields |
| Field name | Field description | Field source/notes |
| PRESSURE | Index of pressure |
| Source/Distribution |
| Lineage/Source of Data: | Compiled by Environmental Profiles Project |
| Author of Data Source: | Environmental Profiles Project |
| Contact: | Environmental Profiles Project or Natural Resource Information Service (NRIS) |
| Online/Offline Address: | Environmental Profiles Project, |
| | Directorate of Environmental Affairs, P/Bag 13306, Windhoek, |
| | Tel: 061 249015 |
| | www.dea.met.gov.na |
| | OR |
| | Natural Resource Information System (NRIS), |
| | Ministry of Lands, Resettlement & Rehabilitation, P/Bag 5571, Oshakati |
| | Email: nris@africaonline.com.na |
| Distribution notes: | Unrestricted |
| | 07 December 2000 | Page 1 of 1 |