GSB Major Cities Policy: 5-Year Urban Development Targets for 45 Cities

Major Cities Policy (GSB) is a government program from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. The policy aims to improve living and working conditions in 45 major cities by setting agreed-upon results to be achieved over a 5-year period across different areas. The dataset is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license via the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze urban policy targets based on the described 5-year agreement framework.
• Compare development priorities across different areas mentioned in the policy description.
• Track progress toward improving living and working conditions in major cities.
• Study the structure and objectives of national-level city-focused government programs.

Strengths

• Policy targets are defined for a specific 5-year period.
• Focuses on a concrete set of 45 major cities.
• Published by a national ministry, suggesting an official source.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

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Time Range

Covers a 5-year policy period.

Freshness

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Geography

Focuses on 45 major cities, likely within the Netherlands.