World Bank Group data on urbanization, traffic, congestion, and air pollution in Sri Lanka. The dataset aggregates information from sources including the United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization, and International Road Federation. It was last updated on 2026-04-28.
Use Cases
- Model urban population growth based on United Nations Population Division data mentioned in the description
- Analyze the relationship between city density and access to services like water and sanitation as described
- Assess environmental strain from urbanization using air pollution and traffic indicators
- Compare the cost of meeting basic needs against city growth metrics
Strengths
- Data is aggregated from authoritative sources like the World Bank, UN, and WHO.
- License is clearly specified as CC-BY-4.0.
- Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-04-28 06:21:05.255878.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group, with data from UN Population Division, WHO, International Road Federation, World Resources Institute.
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from the World Bank data portal and other international sources.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 06:21:05.255878; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Sri Lanka