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Global Urban Sustainability Ranking
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This index provides a ranking of the world's urban areas based on their success across three crucial sustainability factors: People (social health), Planet (environmental health), and Profit (economic health). The data was compiled by the global design firm Arcadis and the Centre for Economics and Business Research, utilising 32 specific indicators to generate scores for a cross-section of urban areas globally. The overall score for any city is calculated as the average of its scores across these three distinct pillars of sustainability.
Columns
- city: The name of the city being assessed. There are 100 unique city names represented.
- People: Reflects the Social Health of the city. Indicators include health, education, income inequality, work-life balance, crime rates, housing, and general living costs. Scores range from 1.00 to 100.00.
- Planet: Reflects the Environmental Health of the city. Indicators include energy consumption (and renewable energy share), waste management, green space availability, sanitation, water quality, greenhouse gas emissions, natural catastrophe risk, and air pollution. Scores range from 1.00 to 100.00.
- Profit: Reflects the Economic Health of the City. Indicators include transport infrastructure quality, ease of conducting business, tourism importance, GDP per capita, the city’s relevance in global economic networks, Internet connectivity, and employment rates. Scores range from 1.00 to 100.00.
- Overall: The final index ranking for the city, calculated as the average of the People, Planet, and Profit scores.
- Country: The nation in which the city is situated. Forty-seven unique countries are represented in the dataset.
- Continent: The continent in which the city is situated. Seven unique continents are included.
Distribution
The data is provided in a tabular format, likely suitable for CSV files (GreenCities-Data.csv). It contains 7 columns and 100 records, corresponding to 100 urban areas worldwide. The file size is 3.78 kB. All fields are fully populated with no missing or mismatched values. The data represents a static index and is not expected to receive future updates.
Usage
This dataset is ideal for benchmarking global urban performance, comparing sustainability strategies across diverse geographic regions, and performing research on the interplay between social, environmental, and economic development in major cities. It can be used for spatial analysis, economic modelling focused on urban development, and policy analysis regarding environmental health and quality of life.
Coverage
The scope is global, covering 100 urban areas selected as a representative cross-section, including 47 unique countries. The data includes cities from seven continents, with Europe being the most represented continent (32%), followed by Asia (23%). The index focuses on urban areas; not all major capital or large cities are necessarily included in the sample set. The data captures the state of the index at the time of publication and has no expected update frequency.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
The dataset is highly useful for researchers studying urban sustainability, government agencies and city planners aiming to identify areas for improvement, environmental and economic policy analysts, students conducting geographical or economic studies, and business strategists seeking insight into global urban environments.
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- Global Urban Sustainability Ranking
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Attributes
Original Data Source:Global Urban Sustainability Ranking
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