Urban Open Spaces and Green Areas in Cameroon, 1990-2020

United Nations Human Settlements Programme data tracks urban green space access and allocation in Cameroon over three decades. Metrics include the average share of urban areas allocated to streets and open public spaces, and the share of the urban population with convenient access to an open public space. The dataset also provides figures on the average share of cities in green areas and green area per capita for the years 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020.

Use Cases

• Assess urban planning policy effectiveness based on changes in green area per capita over time.
• Model equitable access to public spaces based on the share of the urban population within a 400-meter walking distance.
• Benchmark city sustainability performance based on the average share of urban areas allocated to streets and open spaces.

Strengths

• Provides a multi-decade time series with data points for 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020.
• Includes multiple standardized metrics for urban green space and public access from a United Nations agency.

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.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programmes, Data and Analytics Section

Time Range

1990, 2000, 2010, 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:48:44.002102; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cameroon