Somalia Urban Open Spaces and Green Areas, 1990-2020

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

Use Cases

• Assess urban planning policy effectiveness based on changes in the share of urban area allocated to streets and open public spaces over time.
• Evaluate equitable access to public amenities based on the share of urban population within 400 meters of an open public space.
• Monitor environmental sustainability trends based on the percentage of cities in green areas and green area per capita metrics.
• Conduct comparative urban studies based on longitudinal data spanning 1990 to 2020.

Strengths

• Data covers four distinct time points over a 30-year period (1990, 2000, 2010, 2020).
• Includes two distinct thematic areas: open public space allocation and urban green area coverage.
• Produced by the authoritative 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 bias inherent to the source platform's collection methods for Somalia.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Data and Analytics Section

Time Range

1990, 2000, 2010, 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:43:35.911497; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Somalia