Portugal's urban development data, aggregated by the World Bank Group, includes indicators on urbanization, traffic, congestion, and air pollution. The dataset draws from sources such as the United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization, and International Road Federation. It was last updated on 2026-04-28 and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Modeling urban population growth based on United Nations demographic data mentioned in the description
- Assessing environmental strain from city expansion using air pollution indicators from the World Health Organization
- Analyzing infrastructure costs for basic services like water and sanitation in growing urban areas
- Studying traffic congestion patterns using data from the International Road Federation
Strengths
- Data is sourced from authoritative international organizations like the World Bank and United Nations.
- The dataset is licensed under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
- Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-04-28 10:32:20.178602.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group, United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization, International Road Federation, World Resources Institute
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from multiple international data portals.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 10:32:20.178602; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Portugal