This readme file was generated on 2025-02-10 by Akanksha Patil GENERAL INFORMATION Title of Dataset: Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative (UEI) Household Survey and Geospatial Analysis Data Authors Name: Charles Downs Institution: NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management Role: Study leader Email: charles.downs@gmail.com Name: Tsigereda Tafesse Institution: NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management Role: Study Ethiopia Coordinator Email: tsigereda3@yahoo.com Name: Shlomo Angel ORCID: 0000-0002-8478-015X Institution: Marron Institute, New York University Role: Principal Investigator NYU Email: sa55@nyu.edu Name: Suman Kumar Institution: Urban Observatory, Valectus LLC, Navi Mumbai, India Role: Mapping specialist Email: ksuman@mes.ac.in Name: Getachhew Tafesse Institution: Amistad LLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Role: Household Survey Contactor Email: togetachew@gmail.com Name: Fekeremariam Tadesse Institution: Amistad LLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Role: Household Survey Coordinator Email: fekeremariam@gmail.com Name: Patrick Lamson-Hall Institution: NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management Role: Advisor Email: plamsonhall@gmail.com Year of data collection: 2024 (household survey data), 2013-2022 (city geographic boundaries), 2013-2014 (city urban expansion plan) Geographic location of data collection: Ethiopia Funding source: Project Title: Evaluate the impact of the Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative Funder: Good Ventures Foundation/Open Philanthropy Award links: https://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/new-york-university-ethiopia-urban-expansion-initiative-follow-up/ https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/new-york-university-ethiopia-urban-expansion-initiative-follow-up/ *** SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Recommended citation for this dataset: Downs, C., Tafesse, T., Angel, S., Kumar, S., Tafesse, G., Tadesse, F., & Lamson-Hall, P. (2025). Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative (UEI) Household Survey and Geospatial Analysis Data [Data set]. New York University. https://doi.org/10.58153/xwvc0-mse16 Links to related resources: Downs, C., Tafesse, T., Angel, S., Kumar, S., Tafesse, G., Tadesse, F., & Lamson-Hall, P. (2025). Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative (UEI) Evaluation Final Report. New York University. https://doi.org/10.58153/5pm1g-s9e12 *** DATA & FILE OVERVIEW There are two kinds of data represented here: survey data and attachments. File List: Survey data: ethiopia_UEI_survey.xlsx Household survey data (4000 rows, 188 columns) and look-up table ethiopia_UEI_survey.csv Household survey data (4000 rows, 188 columns) ethiopia_UEI_lookup_tables.csv Copy of the lookup table included in the Excel version of the survey data ethiopia_UEI_survey_data_dictionary.csv Data dictionary ethiopia_UEI_PPI_Question_Scoring.csv Weights for PPI question scoring (CSV version) Ethiopia UEI - PPI Question Scoring.xlsx Weights for PPI question scoring (Excel version) Geospatial analysis in preparation for the household survey: Attachment 5 - UEI Geospatial Analysis Methodology.pdf Methodology to evaluate the impact of new arterial roads on urban expansion using geospatial analysis in 18 cities, later narrowing to 8 cities for household surveys based on analysis and security considerations. Attachment 7 - Maps - City Geographic Boundaries - 2013 and 2022 Growth map of 18 cities. * Adama * Adigrat * Arba * Axum * Bahir * Bishoftu * Debre * Dessie * Dilla * Gondar * Hawassa * Hossana * Jimma * Mekele * Nekemte * Shashemene * Shire * Wolaita Attachment 8 - Maps - City Urban Expansion Plans, produced 2013 to 2014 Expansion plan arterial grid road of 18 cities. Attachment 9 - Maps - City Structure Plans Structural plan of 7 cities. * Dessie.png * Dilla.png * Gondar.png * Hossana.png * Jimma.png * Nekemte.png * Wolaita Sodo.png Attachment 10 - Maps - City Expansion Area Arterial Roads with Impact and Control Areas Maps of 18 cities with arterial grid and impact of control areas. Attachment 11 - UEI Evaluation Photos Google Earth images of 7 cities: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1E6BXRWp41xvlsz49aeGWcgo4TSDTVl4&ll=9.72136983326576%2C38.313505172729485&z=7 * Adama photos (folder) * Bahir Dar photos (folder) * Bishoftu photos (folder) * Gondar photos (folder) * Hawassa photos (folder) * Hossana photos (folder) * Mekelle Photos (folder) UEI Evaluation City Photos.kml kml file for Google Earth images of 7 cities Household Survey: Attachment 4 - UEI Evaluation Household Survey Questionnaire.pdf Household Survey Questionnaire Attachment 6 - UEI Household Survey Methdology.pdf Methodology to evaluate the impact of new arterial roads on economic and health conditions in Ethiopian cities under the Urban Expansion Initiative (UEI).