Global Urban Definitions

There are a number of different ways to define what is urban, and this dataset contains the geospatial data used by the World Bank Group to assess various definitions. Specifically, there are the following datasets: - European Commissions methodology applied to Landscan 2012 - Agglomeration Index A detailed comparison of the datasets can be found in this paper: Urbanization and Development: Is Latin America and the Caribbean Different from the Rest of the World?

Data and Resources

Agglomeration Index - Landscan 2012
Agglomeration Index based on the Landscan 2012 population data in a raster...
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European Commission Urban Extents - Landscan 2012ZIP
Urban extents as a polygon shapefile for the globe using the EC methodology...
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European Commission Urban Extents - Landscan...ZIP
Urban extents as raster derived from Landscan 2012 using the EC methodology
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Source	https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/dataset/0040216
Last Updated	July 7, 2023, 22:06 (UTC)
Created	July 7, 2023, 22:06 (UTC)