A brief historic and geographic overview can be viewed for each municipality by clicking on the name of the city.
Administrative boundaries for each city were acquired from the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), a research unit within Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information network (CIESIN). All sets of district boundaries were checked against Landsat imagery in order to detect any noticeable errors and were edited in order to improve their alignment with natural features such as coastlines or major rivers. ESRI Shapefile for each city - presented in a single ZIPed file can be downloaded from the table below. To download a set of district boundary, click on the arrow next to the name of the city and Save the ZIP file to disk.
The Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper-Plus (ETM) data were selected as the basis for image analysis and land cover classification. T1 and T2 Land Cover columns contain the results of the unsupervised classification of the Landsat images circa 1990 and 2000. The dates listed are the dates of the Landsat scenes used, and are linked to the resulting Land Cover maps, in an ERDAS Imagine format (.img and .rrd) presented in a single ZIPed file. Each Land Cover map has two classes - urban and non-urban.
AB CD E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z
City Name | GIS Data Download |
T1 Date | T2 Date |
Accra | March 6, 1985 | February 4, 2000 | |
Addis Ababa | January 21, 1986 | December 5, 2000 | |
Ahvaz | May 24, 1989 | May 22, 2000 | |
Akashi | May 31, 1989 | October 15, 2001 | |
Alexandria | September 11, 1984 | December 2, 1999 | |
Algiers | June 21, 1987 | February 25, 2000 | |
Anqing | July 15, 1989 | December 10, 1999 | |
Ansan | May 17, 1989 | September 23, 2001 | |
Astrakhan | August 8, 1989 | August 20, 1999 | |
Aswan | November 15, 1986 | September 10, 2000 | |
Bacolod | December 21, 1992 | September 22, 2000 | |
Baku | July 31, 1988 | August 15, 1999 | |
Bamako | November 14, 1986 | October 25, 1999 | |
Bandung | July 28, 1991 | May 12, 2001 | |
Bangkok | October 25, 1994 | January 8, 2002 | |
Banjul | February 9, 1986 | November 6, 2000 | |
Beijing | December 25, 1988 | July 1, 1999 | |
Budapest | November 11, 1990 | April 21, 2000 | |
Buenos Aires | April 13, 1987 | December 20, 2000 | |
Cairo | September 20, 1984 | November 11, 2000 | |
Caracas | May 14, 1991 | November 4, 1989 | |
Casablanca | January, 1987 | January 20, 2001 | |
Castellon de la Plana | April 20, 1992 | August 8, 2000 | |
Cebu | June 29, 1992 | December 26, 2002 | |
Changzhi | July 6, 1987 | December 22, 1999 | |
Chicago | June 30, 1989 | September 11, 2001 | |
Chinju | August 28, 1991 | May 8, 2000 | |
Chonan | May 2, 1992 | May 8, 2000 | |
Cincinnati | June 6, 1988 | August 16, 1999 | |
Coimbatore | November 21, 1989 | November 9, 1999 | |
Dhaka | November 4, 1989 | November 24, 1999 | |
Fukuoka | May 15, 1993 | May 13, 2001 | |
Gorgan | July 16, 1987 | July 30, 2001 | |
Guadalajara | March 7, 1990 | November 3, 1999 | |
Guanzhou | October 13, 1990 | September 14, 2000 | |
Guaruja | June 22, 1993 | April 20, 2002 | |
Guatemala City | February 12, 1993 | January 23, 2000 | |
Harare | May 19, 1989 | September 30, 2000 | |
Ho Chi Minh City | January 16, 1989 | December 22, 1999 | |
Hong Kong | November 20, 1989 | December 31, 2001 | |
Houston | December 8, 1990 | October 6, 1999 | |
Hyderabad | November 21, 1989 | October 29, 2001 | |
Ibadan | December 18, 1984 | February 6, 2000 | |
Ilheus | September 11, 1986 | May 23, 2001 | |
Ipoh | April 23, 1990 | September 20, 2001 | |
Istanbul | June 5, 1987 | July 2, 2000 | |
Jaipur | October 9, 1989 | September 13, 2000 | |
Jalna | October 18, 1989 | October 24 2000 | |
Jequie | August 22, 1988 | April 12, 2001 | |
Johannesburg | April 7, 1991 | April 23, 2000 | |
Kampala | January 19, 1995 | November 27, 2001 | |
Kanpur | November 21, 1989 | November 11, 2000 | |
Kigali | June 20, 1984 | July 8, 1999 | |
Kingston | March 12, 1991 | January 13, 2002 | |
Kolkota | November 14, 1990 | November 17, 2000 | |
Kuala Lumpur | June 15, 1989 | September 20, 2001 | |
Kuwait City | June 15, 1989 | September 20, 2001 | |
Le Mans | May 13, 1992 | August 13, 1999 | |
Leipzig | July 7, 1989 | September 13, 1999 | |
Leshan | July 10,1990 | June 14, 2001 | |
London | May 28, 1989 | June 19, 2000 | |
Los Angeles | June 28, 1989 | May 1, 2000 | |
Madrid | May 25, 1989 | August 22, 2000 | |
Malatya | August 31, 1990 | July 17, 2000 | |
Marrakech | January 6, 1987 | February 3, 2000 | |
Medan | June 13, 1989 | February 22, 2001 | |
Metro Manila | April 2, 1993 | April 3, 2002 | |
Mexico City | March 7, 1989 | March 21, 2000 | |
Milano | August 31, 1989 | June 12, 2001 | |
Minneapolis | September 22, 1992 | July 5, 2001 | |
Modesto | July 20, 1992 | July 18, 2000 | |
Montevideo | March 19, 1989 | December 6, 2000 | |
Moscow | October 8, 1991 | October 14, 2002 | |
Mumbai | November 9, 1992 | October 25, 2001 | |
Ndola | June 2, 1989 | May 13, 2002 | |
Oktyabrsky | May 29, 1986 | September 19, 2001 | |
Ouagadougou | November 18, 1986 | July 14, 2001 | |
Palembang | April 15, 1989 | July 13, 2001 | |
Palermo | June 4, 1987 | May 1, 2001 | |
Paris | May 9, 1987 | August 24, 2000 | |
Philadelphia | June 28, 1988 | September 23, 1999 | |
Pittsburgh | October 5, 1987 | September 12, 1999 | |
Port Sudan | June 13, 1984 | June 4, 2001 | |
Pretoria | April 7, 1991 | April 23, 2000 | |
Pune | December 4, 1992 | November 14, 1999 | |
Pusan | August 31, 1989 | February 27, 2000 | |
Rajshahi | November 11, 1989 | November 17, 2000 | |
Ribeirao Preto | September 27, 1988 | March 23, 2001 | |
Saidpur | November 14, 1990 | November 20, 2001 | |
San Salvador | January 12, 1990 | October 28, 1999 | |
Sana'a | September 20, 1989 | May 13, 2000 | |
Santiago | March 17, 1989 | March 31, 2000 | |
Sao Paulo | September 12, 1988 | June 17, 2000 | |
Seoul | May 17, 1989 | September 23, 2001 | |
Shanghai | August 11, 1989 | July 3, 2001 | |
Sheffield | May 18, 1992 | September 11, 2002 | |
Shimkent | October 26, 1989 | September 14, 2000 | |
Singapore | April 17, 1990 | November 11, 2002 | |
Songkhla | June 1, 1990 | April 20, 2001 | |
Springfield | September 28, 1989 | September 8, 2002 | |
St. Catharine's | June 12, 1992 | September 12, 1999 | |
Sydney | July 25, 1993 | May 7, 2002 | |
Tacoma | September 22, 1990 | September 25, 2000 | |
Tebessa | March 5, 1987 | June 7, 2001 | |
Tehran | September 19, 1988 | July 18, 2000 | |
Tel Aviv-Jaffa | August 14, 1987 | May 21, 2000 | |
Thessaloniki | July 19, 1987 | May 30, 2001 | |
Tijuana | April 2, 1989 | April 24, 2000 | |
Tokyo | May 21, 1987 | September 24, 2001 | |
Ulan Bator | August 30, 1989 | August 31, 2001 | |
Valledupar | December 30, 1989 | October 4, 2001 | |
Victoria | May 10, 1991 | July 13, 2000 | |
Vijayawada | November 10, 1990 | October 28, 2000 | |
Warsaw | May 25, 1992 | August 17, 2002 | |
Wien | September 10, 1991 | May 24, 2001 | |
Yerevan | August 31, 1989 | August 13, 2000 | |
Yiyang | July 2, 1994 | September 10, 1999 | |
Yulin | October 30, 1991 | October 30, 2000 | |
Zhengzhou | May 14, 1988 | May 10, 2001 | |
Zugdidi | August 16, 1987 | July 10, 2000 |