Afghanistan Urban Open and Green Space Metrics, 1990-2020

United Nations Human Settlements Programme data on urban open and green spaces in Afghanistan. The dataset includes metrics such as the average share of urban areas allocated to streets and open public spaces, the share of the urban population with convenient access to an open public space, and green area per capita. Data is provided for the years 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020.

Use Cases

• Assess urban planning policy effectiveness based on the share of urban area allocated to streets and open public spaces.
• Analyze equity of access to public amenities based on the share of urban population within 400 meters of an open public space.
• Track changes in urban green infrastructure over time based on green area per capita and the share of cities in green areas.
• Benchmark Afghan cities against sustainable development goals for urban environments using the provided time-series metrics.

Strengths

• Data covers a 30-year time range with snapshots from 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020.
• Includes multiple standardized metrics for urban space analysis, such as green area per capita and population access rates.
• Produced by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, an authoritative source on urban data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programmes, Data and Analytics Section

Time Range

1990, 2000, 2010, 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:49:46.791394; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Afghanistan