A range of indicators for a selection of cities from the New York City Global City database. Dataset includes the following: Geography City Area (km2) Metro Area (km2) People City Population (millions) Metro Population (millions) Foreign Born Annual Population Growth Economy GDP Per Capita (thousands $, PPP rates, per resident) Primary Industry Secondary Industry Share of Global 500 Companies (%) Unemployment Rate Poverty Rate Transportation Public Transportation Mass Transit Commuters Major Airports Major Ports Education Students Enrolled in Higher Education Percent of Population with...

The data is taken from a face-to-face survey of 1,490 residents of Greater London, undertaken in early 2010 by BMG Research on behalf of the GLA. The questions explore areas of Mayoral policy and priority including policing and safety, the environment, transport, the Olympics and london life. The data is available by demographic group, including gender, age, ethnicity and social class....

The London Assembly Health and Public Services Committee has published a report into the availability of information about public toilets in London. This package provides supporting information from the investigation. The tables below summarise the information collected by the Assembly for each London Borough. View the blog about the new format from Victoria Borwick, Chair of the Health and Public Services Committee.

OpenStreetMap (openstreetmap.org) is a global collaborative mapping project, which offers maps and map data released with an open license, encouraging free re-use and re-distribution. The data is created by a large community of volunteers who use a variety of simple on-the-ground surveying techniques, and wiki-syle editing tools to collaborate as they create the maps, in a process which is open...