EDV 200F fall 2005

Selected statistical sources on cities

Unrestricted resources

• Compendium of human settlements statistics, 1995 and 2001 (United Nations. Statistics Division)

• Human settlements statistics (United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT))

• City profiles, 2001 (United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT))

• Human Settlements Statistical Database version 4 (HSDB4-99) (United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT))

• Global urban indicators [version 2], 1993, 1998, 2001 (United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT))
  1993 and 1998 indicators must be downloaded to your workstation and uncompressed.

• Slum estimates data (United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT))

• Analysis of urban indicators (United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT))

• Global Urban Observatory Section: statistics (United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT))

• UNCHS-Citibase database (United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT))
  Download and install on your workstation.

• Housing and building data (United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe. Environment and Human Settlements Division (UNECE))
  National level data only.

• Geo data portal (United Nations Environment Program)
  Regional and some national level data only.

• State of the world's cities report, 2001 (UN Atlas of the Oceans)

• Human Settlements Conditions and Trends: country profiles and statistical analysis (United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT))

  Restricted resources (You must login to myaccess first.

• United Nations common database (UNSTATS) (United Nations. Statistics Division) [Restricted to University of Toronto IP addresses]
  National level data only.

• World development indicators on-line (World Bank) [Restricted to University of Toronto IP addresses]
  National level data only.