Urban Open Spaces and Green Areas in the Central African Republic, 1990-2020

1990 to 2020 time-series data on urban open spaces and green areas in the Central African Republic, provided by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. The dataset includes metrics such as 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. It also contains data on the average share of cities in green areas and green area per capita.

Use Cases

• Assess urban planning policy effectiveness based on the share of urban area allocated to streets and open public spaces.
• Model equitable access to recreation based on the share of urban population within 400 meters of an open public space.
• Track changes in urban green cover over time based on the percentage of cities in green areas.
• Analyze the relationship between urban density and green space availability based on green area per capita metrics.

Strengths

• Data covers four distinct time points over a 30-year period (1990, 2000, 2010, 2020).
• Includes multiple defined metrics for urban space and green area analysis.
• Published by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Data and Analytics Section.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or methodological bias inherent to the source platform.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Data and Analytics Section

Time Range

1990, 2000, 2010, 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:49:05.868844; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central African Republic