The Climate Change
and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program launched Version 2.0 of the
CCAPS mapping
tool last week, adding the full Social
Conflict in Africa Database, and updating the Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset
(ACLED) with events through 2012. The near real-time conflict
tracking now conducted by ACLED will be updated weekly on the CCAPS mapping
tool.
The Social Conflict in Africa Database (SCAD) includes
events through 2011, and the entire dataset is geo-referenced to provide
latitude and longitude coordinates for more than 7,900 conflict events. SCAD
provides the first systematic tracking of a broader range of social and
political unrest including strikes, riots, protests, communal conflict, and
other social disturbances in Africa.
Users can map SCAD on the CCAPS
mapping tool, search
events in the online SCAD database, and download the full dataset on the
CCAPS website.
Whereas conflict data is generally available for large-scale
events such as civil and international war, SCAD compiles information on other
types of social and political disorder. By tracking forms of conflict not
covered in traditional datasets on civil and interstate war, SCAD gives
policymakers and researchers new tools to analyze conflict patterns.
The dataset covers every country in Africa with a population
greater than 1 million and includes data from 1990 to 2011. The primary source
of information for this dataset comes from the Associated Press and Agence
France Presse newswires.
The CCAPS mapping tool was created in partnership by the
Strauss Center’s CCAPS program at the University of Texas-Austin and AidData to enable researchers, policymakers,
and other users to visualize data on climate change vulnerability, conflict,
and aid, and to analyze how these issues intersect in Africa. The dashboard uses
Esri’s ArcGIS platform. Other performance
updates mean the dashboard now loads and filters faster, and with improved
graphics.
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