Cities

Data concerning mobility, urban infrastructure, urban services, urban  environment, and urban heat.

17 Dataset(s)

3 Subtopic(s)

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Datasets associated with Cities (17)

Dataset of U.S. School Bus Fleets

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Detailed information on the composition of school bus fleets in the United States. The dataset contains data from 46 states and the District of Columbia, with information including the school district that the school bus serves, its model year, fuel type, manufacturer, seating capacity and ownership model. WRI researchers compiled the dataset by submitting records requests to state governments between March and November 2022.

Dataset of Electric School Bus Adoption in the United States

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This dataset tracks electric school bus (ESB) adoption across the United States. It tracks the number of "committed" ESBs at the school district level, as well as details about individual buses, including the bus manufacturer and funding source(s). It also tracks when each ESB passed through the phases of the adoption process and the current phase of each bus. The dataset contains school district socio-economic characteristics, like poverty rates, racial composition and air pollution to enable wider analysis including whether the transition to ESBs is happening equitably.

Índice de Desigualdad Urbana (Index of Urban Inequality - Mexico)

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Estimations of an Urban Inequality Index for the 74 metropolitan areas in Mexico based on access to urban ammenities such as healthcare, employment, schools, cultural activities, and open space.

City-scale climate hazards at 1.5°C, 2.0°C, and 3.0°C of global warming

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This dataset contains estimated average magnitudes and probabilities of extreme-magnitude exceedance for 14 climate hazards, calculated for the 996 cities larger than 500,000 in population, at recent historical level and 1.5°C, 2.0°C, and 3.0°C of global warming above pre-industrial baseline.

Supplementary Materials for "World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City"

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To address the absence of comparable city-level water data, this dataset compiles data from 15 global South cities located in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America and among the regions that are the focus of the World Resources Report (WRR) "Towards a More Equal City". The 15 cities are Kampala, Uganda; Lagos, Nigeria; Maputo, Mozambique; Mzuzu, Malawi; Nairobi, Kenya; Bengaluru, India; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Karachi, Pakistan; Mumbai, India; Caracas, Venezuela; Cochabamba, Bolivia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; São Paulo, Brazil; and Santiago de Cali, Colombia.