Impacts of gas flaring activities on populated centres and urban areas in the Ecuadorian Amazon Region

Here are provided the data supporting the paper “The Apaguen los mecheros campaign: Supporting climate justice in the Amazonian cities of Ecuador by estimating the health risks of gas flaring”. All layer are avilable both in Geopackage and in CSV formats.

Gas flaring sites and distance to the nearest populated centre or urban area.



Populated centres by number of gas flaring sites according to each scenario.



Urban areas in the parroquias of Nueva Loja, Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Shushufindi and La Joya de los Sacha affected by gas flaring activities according to different risk scenarios.


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Please cite the data as:
Facchinelli F., Crescini E., Della Fera G. and De Marchi M. 2023. The Apaguen los mecheros campaign: Supporting climate justice in the Amazonian cities of Ecuador by estimating the health risks of gas flaring. Landscape and Urban Planning.