Background

This page highlights a selection of the most important and useful analytical services, tools and practical guidance notes for Urban, DRM, and Land. These products support task teams in policy dialogue, project identification and preparation, and in the preparation of ASAs.

Analytical services, in this case, refer to diagnostics that the Global Urban, DRM, and Land teams can help regional teams implement through cross-support. In addition to URL developed tools, this page also includes a handful of important tools that have been developed by the IFC and/or external partners that are in current active use by URL teams.

The page is organized into three sections: DRM, Urban, and Land. These services and tools have been curated by the corresponding global teams. Please note that there is an overlapping of themes across the sections. For example, various services/tools related to climate analysis are present in all sections.

There are over 80 services and tools in the database that can be easily navigated through search and filter functions below. 

Please find in this link useful additional resources that includes mainly guidance notes.

Contacts

The focal points are: Zoe Trohanis (DRM; ztrohanis@worldbank.org); Mark Roberts (mroberts1@worldbank.org) & Nancy Lozano Gracia (nlozano@worldbank.org) (Urban); and Mika-Petteri Torhonen (mtorhonen@worldbank.org) (Land).

Cities for Jobs & Growth Diagnostic

This assessment evaluates urban economic dynamism at the national level, identifying constraints and solutions to unlock job creation and growth, with outputs supporting urban project preparation.

Time required for delivery: 1-3 months depending on agreed scope

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City CO2 Emissions Profile generator

This Excel tool generates an 8-page PDF emissions profile for selected cities, displaying sector-based emissions over time and comparisons with similar cities, based on 2015 data.

Time required for delivery: Immediate

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City Expansion Tracker

The City Expansion Tracker is the most up-to-date measure of urbanization status and rates of change for cities or portfolios of cities where urbanization is largely informal and local statistics vary.

Time Required for delivery: 1 month

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City Future Scan

The City Future Scan focuses on a city’s future development through the lens of climate change.

Time Required for delivery: 2-3 weeks

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City Neighborhood Scan

The City Neighborhood Scan uses very high-resolution (VHR) satellite imagery time series to understand the landcover characteristics and hazard exposure on a neighborhood level.

Time Required for delivery: 2-3 weeks

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City Scan

The City Scan is a rapid geospatial assessment of the critical resilience challenges that cities face using the best publicly available global datasets and open-source tools.

Time Required for delivery: 2-3 weeks

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CollabData

CollabData is a digital platform that captures community needs, enhances public consultations, and supports project prioritization and spatially informed investment decisions with powerful visualizations.

Time required for delivery: 1 month (depending on data availability)

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