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).

Spatial Data Layers Viewer for risk communication

The Spatial Data Layers Viewer provides an interactive web platform for the audience to engage more deeply with both hazard and non-hazard data, so that they can gain a deeper understanding of the city’s resilience & climate challenges.

Time Required for delivery: 2-3 weeks

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Spatial Network Analysis for School Infrastructure

The Spatial Network Analysis provides critical insight for school infrastructure investment planning as a tool to understand the relation between the school network capacity and student needs.

Time Required for delivery: 5-6 months (depending data available, country context)

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SuitAbility Tool

SuitAbility is a web app that helps identify optimal investment locations in cities by mapping access to services, assessing disaster risks, and supporting land suitability assessments for urban planning.

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

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Urban Climate Risk Analysis

This analysis examines the historical, current, and future conditions of hazard and climate scenarios for selected cities under various shared socioeconomic pathways. It covers a wide range of hazards and provides recommendations for enhancing urban resilience.

Time Required for delivery: 1 month

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Urban Performance Tool

This tool assesses a city's current and future growth through multiple scenarios, integrating investment, policies, and regulations, while evaluating sustainability progress using SDG-linked indicators.

Time required for delivery: 3 months (depending on data availability of qualified firms, internal WB trainings on the tool ongoing with GAP Fund)

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Urban Regional Analysis

The Urban Regional Analysis situates cities in the context of the subnational region they are located in and sheds light on the regional dynamics.

Time Required for delivery: 2-3 weeks

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