Table 1.
Population and urban environment characteristics of 44,698 study neighborhoods in 276 Latin American cities with recorded flood events from 2000–2018, overall and by country. Results presented as number (N) and percent or mean (standard deviation).
| Total | Argentina | Brazil | Central Americaa | Chile | Colombia | Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood level | |||||||
| N of neighborhoods | 44,698 | 2,002 | 3,660 | 4,929 | 1,824 | 2,907 | 29,376 |
| Population densityb | 8.1 (11.0) | 8.7 (9.8) | 6.3 (7.1) | 11.1 (24.8) | 5.9 (5.0) | 12.9 (11.9) | 7.5 (6.9) |
| Educational attainment (% primary school or less) | 86.3 (13.6) | 89.4 (7.9) | 67.9 (11.8) | 73.9 (22.0) | 88.9 (9.5) | 88.7 (14.5) | 90.5 (8.0) |
| Intersection densityc | 150 (172) | 81 (43) | 89 (57) | 101 (112) | 135 (101) | 251 (544) | 162 (100) |
| Greenness (NDVI)d | 0.47 (0.20) | 0.46 (0.20) | 0.57 (0.19) | 0.60 (0.19) | 0.46 (0.22) | 0.57 (0.20) | 0.42 (0.18) |
| Distance from city center (km) | 12.7 (13.8) | 21.2 (19.2) | 14.9 (14.5) | 11.8 (8.1) | 9.2 (12.0) | 9.7 (12.4) | 12.5 (14.1) |
| N (%) of coastal neighborhoods | 2,244 (5.0%) | 149 (7.4%) | 592 (16.2%) | 160 (3.2%) | 358 (19.6%) | 182 (6.3%) | 803 (2.7%) |
| Altitude (meters) | 1,063 (921) | 134 (287) | 409 (369) | 1,409 (675) | 218 (429) | 1,163 (992) | 1,253 (943) |
| Slope (degrees) | 4.4 (3.8) | 2.8 (2.0) | 5.2 (3.4) | 7.0 (5.3) | 5.0 (4.4) | 6.0 (5.7) | 3.8 (3.0) |
| City level | |||||||
| N of cities | 276 | 21 | 124 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 81 |
| City population (thousands) | 721 (2,036) | 1,023 (3,078) | 715 (2,021) | 1,130 (1,018) | 228 (158) | 759 (1,479) | 711 (2,168) |
| GDP per capita (USD $1000s) | 15.5 (11.3) | 17.4 (7.2) | 15.2 (8.1) | 16.9 (7.4) | 21.2 (18.3) | 10.3 (3.8) | 16.1 (15.5) |
| Population densityb | 7.1 (3.8) | 5.6 (1.3) | 6.1 (2.1) | 7.5 (2.7) | 7.0 (1.4) | 15.7 (5.1) | 5.9 (1.5) |
| Education (% primary school or less) | 74.1 (10.0) | 79.6 (2.8) | 65.6 (6.1) | 86.6 (6.1) | 89.5 (2.5) | 83.9 (3.7) | 78.2 (7.0) |
| Intersection densityc | 92.3 (25.3) | 85.1 (16.3) | 84.4(19.2) | 60.5 (23.7) | 125.1 (15.1) | 117.6 (31.1) | 92.9 (23.4) |
| Greenness (NDVI) | 0.56 (0.12) | 0.52 (0.11) | 0.60 (0.06) | 0.69 (0.06) | 0.42 (0.20) | 0.63 (0.07) | 0.50 (0.14) |
a
Central America grouping includes urban neighborhoods in Costa Rica (N=1 city), Guatemala (N=1), and Panama (N=3)
b
Thousands of residents per square kilometer
c
Street intersections per square kilometer
d
Median normalized vegetation index within the neighborhood or city