About: “CityMetrics is an online data platform to explore indicators and geospatial datasets related to the urban environment of many cities with which WRI works, including Cities4Forests ,UrbanShift and WRI Ross Center’s Deep Dive Cities Initiative. A previous iteration of CityMetrics was known as Cities Indicators. CityMetrics is in open beta phase and we welcome all feedback and request for improvements and bug fixes….
Indicators are organized into seven themes. The menus on the left side of the screen allow users to select a city of interest, indicator themes and a specific indicator.
Indicator results can be viewed at the city scale—either for the political jurisdiction or the urban area—as summary value in comparison to the other cities in the selected city groups. Results can also be reviewed at the sub-city scale as a table, chart and, for many indicators, a map. All metrics for a particular city can also be reviewed in the City Overview. These views can be navigated between using the menu on the right side of the main window. Geospatial and tabular versions of the data in each view can be downloaded for offline use. Details about each indicator and the methods behind it are available by clicking on the “Information” icon next to the indicator description. Additional information on this project, the general methods used, and the methods and limitations of specific indicators is available in the associated WRI Technical Note…(More)”.
