Community & Urban Research Guide: International

• Statista
  • e.g.s China, Brazil
• United Nations
  • U.N. Data – United Nations statistical databases 
  • Demographic and Social Statistics
  • Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Database
  • Population Censuses' Datasets (1995 - Present)
  • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Eurostat (European Statistical Office) provides subnational statistics by province and/or city for many European Union members.
  • E.g. 1: Database > [Population/Climate Change]
  • E.g. 2: Browse by Theme > Sustainable Development
• WorldBank
  • WorldBank Open Data
  • Climate Change Knowledge Portal
    • Country Risk Profile: Brazil, South Africa
  • Country profiles: Brazil, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, United Arab Emirates.
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Data
• C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
• Urban Age
• Global Dataset Search Engines:
  • Google Dataset Search
  • opendata.arcgis.com
  • Registry of Research Data Repositories
  • United Nations GRID-GenevaOpen Access
  • World Bank Open Data

• Abu Dhabi (.ae)
• Brazil (.br)
• China (.cn)
• France (.fr)
• Italy (.it)
• South Africa (.za)

• Data Portal
• Statista - Abu Dhabi
  • Masdar
    • Masdar City

• Rio De Janeiro (.rio)
  • Open Data portal of the city of Rio de Janeiro
  • Plan for Sustainable Development and Climate Action of the City of Rio de Janeiro (.pdf)
  • Statista - Rio de Janeiro Report

• The China Data Center at the University of Michigan
• National Scientific Data Sharing Platform for Population and Health
• Peking University Open Research Data Platform
  • Beijing
    • Statista - Beijing Report
    • Beijing Government Data Portal
  • Shanghai
    • Statista - Shanghai Report
    • Shanghai Government Data Portal

• National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies – National statistics bureau of France.
• The French Institute for Demographic Studies or INED is a public research institute specialized in population studies that works in partnership with the academic and research communities at national and international levels.
  • Demographic Situation
  • Population and Societies
• Data.gouv.fr – France's open data initiative, with some geographic data. In French.
• Air Quality e-Reporting – European environment agency.
• National Building Observatory

Paris

• Paris Urbanism Agency – Apur’s mission is to document, analyze, and develop forward-looking strategies that address the urban and societal evolution of Paris and Greater Paris (Métropole du Grand Paris).
• ParisData – Open data portal for Paris.

• Rome
  • City of Rome Open Data Portal
  • The Rome Smart City Plan (known in Italy as "il Piano Roma Smart City") – Italian; .PDF
  • Statista - Rome Report

• Thekwini Municipality (Official Durban Government Website)
  • eThekwini Municipality Open GIS Data
  • see Durban Adaption Charter
  • Welcome to the eThekwini Municipality GIS
• South African Cities Network