Syrian Urban Open Spaces and Green Areas, 1990-2020

Urban infrastructure data for the Syrian Arab Republic, including the average share of urban areas allocated to streets and open public spaces and the share of the urban population with convenient access to such spaces. The dataset also contains metrics on the average share of cities in green areas and green area per capita for the years 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. It 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 planning policy effectiveness based on the share of urban area allocated to streets and open spaces.
• Model population access to recreation based on the share of urban population within 400 meters of an open public space.
• Track changes in urban greenery over time based on green area per capita and city green area share metrics.
• Benchmark Syrian cities against sustainable development goals for public space and green infrastructure.

Strengths

• Provides a multi-decade time series with data points for 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020.
• Includes specific, standardized metrics like 'population within 400 meters walking distance' for cross-city comparison.
• Sourced from the authoritative United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal 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 22:42:55.725692; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Syrian Arab Republic (urban areas)