Urban Open Spaces and Green Areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1990-2020

1990 to 2020 time-series data on urban open spaces and green areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including metrics like the share of urban area allocated to streets and open public spaces. The dataset is provided by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Data and Analytics Section and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess urban accessibility based on the share of population within 400 meters of an open public space.
• Monitor changes in urban green cover over time using the green area per capita metric.
• Compare the allocation of urban land to public infrastructure across different time periods.
• Model the relationship between urban density and access to green spaces.

Strengths

• Provides data for four distinct time points spanning 30 years (1990, 2000, 2010, 2020).
• Includes multiple specific metrics, such as 'green area per capita (m2/person)' and 'share of urban population within 400 meters walking distance'.
• Sourced from an authoritative international organization, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic and methodological bias inherent to the source platform and collection methods.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Data and Analytics Section

Time Range

1990, 2000, 2010, 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:48:23.921912; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo