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Urban Development

WRI's Urban Development team sits within the Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.

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Índice de Desigualdad Urbana (Index of Urban Inequality - Mexico)

ZIP

Estimations of an Urban Inequality Index for the 74 metropolitan areas in Mexico based on access to urban ammenities such as healthcare, employment, schools, cultural activities, and open space.

City-scale climate hazards at 1.5°C, 2.0°C, and 3.0°C of global warming

ZIP

This dataset contains estimated average magnitudes and probabilities of extreme-magnitude exceedance for 14 climate hazards, calculated for the 996 cities larger than 500,000 in population, at recent historical level and 1.5°C, 2.0°C, and 3.0°C of global warming above pre-industrial baseline.

Supplementary Materials for "World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City"

XLSX

To address the absence of comparable city-level water data, this dataset compiles data from 15 global South cities located in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America and among the regions that are the focus of the World Resources Report (WRR) "Towards a More Equal City". The 15 cities are Kampala, Uganda; Lagos, Nigeria; Maputo, Mozambique; Mzuzu, Malawi; Nairobi, Kenya; Bengaluru, India; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Karachi, Pakistan; Mumbai, India; Caracas, Venezuela; Cochabamba, Bolivia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; São Paulo, Brazil; and Santiago de Cali, Colombia.