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IMAGE uses 24 regions plus Greenland and Antartica, except for the models in the socio economic system, i.e TIMER, FAIR and PHOENIX. For modelling reasons, these models use the extended version consisting of 26 regions.

IMAGE 24 regions and the extended 26 regions version 

A map with the IMAGE 24 regional breakdown is shown below, followed by tables with the regions and their countries.

IMAGE 24 region map

1 Canada
Canada

2 USA
Saint Pierre and MiquelonUnited StatesUnited States Minor Outlying Islands

3 Mexico
Mexico

4 Rest Central America
AnguillaBermudaEl SalvadorJamaicaPuerto RicoVirgin Islands, British
Antigua and BarbudaCayman IslandsGrenadaMartiniqueSaint Kitts and NevisVirgin Islands, U.S.
ArubaCosta RicaGuadeloupeMontserratSaint Lucia
BahamasCubaGuatemalaNetherlands AntillesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
BarbadosDominicaHaitiNicaraguaTrinidad and Tobago
BelizeDominican RepublicHondurasPanamaTurks and Caicos Islands

5 Brazil
Brazil 

6 Rest South America
ArgentinaChileFalklands Islands (Malvinas)ParaguaySuriname
BoliviaColombiaFrench GuianaPeruUruguay
Bouvet IslandEcuadorGuyanaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsVenezuela

7 Northern Africa
AlgeriaEgyptLibyan Arab JamahiriyaMoroccoTunisiaWestern Sahara

8 Western Africa
BeninChadGabonLiberiaSaint Helena
Burkina FasoCongoGambiaMaliSao Tome and Principe
CameroonCongo, the Democratic Republic of theGhanaMauritaniaSenegal
Cape VerdeCote D'ivoireGuineaNigerSierra Leone
Central African RepublicEquatorial GuineaGuinea-BissauNigeriaTogo

9 Eastern Africa
BurundiEritreaMadagascarRéunionSomalia
ComorosEthiopiaMauritiusRwandaSudan
DjiboutiKenyaMayotteSeychellesUganda

10 Southern Africa*
AngolaLesothoMozambiqueSouth AfricaTanzania, United Republic ofZimbabwe
BotswanaMalawiNamibiaSwazilandZambia
*Split into South Africa (10) and Rest of South Africa (26) in the extended version

11 Western Europe
AndorraFinlandHoly See (Vatican City State)LuxembourgPortugalSwitzerland
AustriaFranceIcelandMaltaSan MarinoUnited Kingdom
BelgiumGermanyIrelandMonacoSpain
DenmarkGibraltarItalyNetherlandsSvalbard and Jan Mayen
Faroe IslandsGreeceLiechtensteinNorwaySweden

12 Central Europe
AlbaniaCroatiaEstonia Lithuania PolandSlovenia
Bosnia and HerzegovinaCyprus HungaryMacedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic ofRomaniaYugoslavia
BulgariaCzech RepublicLatvia MaltaSlovakia

13 Turkey
Turkey

14 Ukraine +
BelarusMoldova, Republic ofUkraine

15 Asia-Stan
KazakstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistan

16 Russia + 
ArmeniaAzerbaijanGeorgiaRussian Federation

17 Middle East
BahrainIsraelLebanonSaudi ArabiaYemen
Iran, Islamic Republic ofJordanOmanSyrian Arab Republic
IraqKuwaitQatarUnited Arab Emirates

18 South Asia *
AfganistanBhutanIndiaNepalSri Lanka
BangladeshBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryMaldivesPakistan
*Split into India (18) and Rest of South Asia (25) in the extended version

19 Korea
Korea, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea, Republic of

20 China +
ChinaHong KongMacauMongoliaTaiwan, Province of China

21 Southeastern Asia
Brunei DarussalamLao People's Democratic RepublicMyanmarSingaporeViet Nam
CambodiaMalaysiaPhilippinesThailand

22 Indonesia +
East TimorIndonesiaPapua New Guinea 

23 Japan
Japan

24 Oceania
American SamoaFijiKiribatiNew ZealandPitcairnTuvalu
AustraliaFrench PolynesiaMarshall IslandsNiueSamoaVanuatu
Christmas IslandFrench Southern TerritoriesMicronesia, Federated States ofNorfolk IslandSolomon IslandsWallis and Futuna
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsGuamNauruNorthern Mariana IslandsTokelau
Cook IslandsHeard Island and Mcdonald IslandsNew CaledoniaPalauTonga

25 Greenland
Greenland

26 Antarctica
Antarctica


The extended version differs from the 24 Region version in regard to two regions:

  1. Southern Africa (region 10) is splitted into South Africa and Rest of Southern Africa ( region 10 and 26 respectively in the extended version )
  2. South Asia (region 18) is splitted into India and Rest of South Asia ( region 18 and 25 respectively in the extended version)           


 

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related theme sites

HYDE: theme-based website logo of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Link to this website. FAIR: theme-based website of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Link to this website. logo theme site GISMO Phoenix: theme-based website of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Link to this website. DGAR - Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research. Link to this website.

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