GHSL Built-Up Surface (1975-2030)

GHSL Built-Up Surface (1975-2030)

MH Subset Needed

Global Human Settlement Layer providing built-up surface area at 10m resolution from 1975-2030 in 5-year intervals. Maharashtra subset reveals 50 years of urbanization patterns across Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, and tier-2/3 cities.

Build an urbanization trend analyzer for Maharashtra tracking built-up surface expansion from 1975 to present.
Maharashtra subset not yet extracted. This is a global dataset that contains data covering Maharashtra. A regional subset can be extracted by filtering on geographic coordinates or administrative boundaries.
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Quick Start

import rasterio
# Download from https://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
print('GHSL Built-up Surface: https://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/')
print('Multi-temporal built-up surface data (1975-2030)')
Modality
raster-imagery
Size
~15 GB (global per epoch), ~200 MB (MH subset)
License
Format
GeoTIFF
Language
en
Update Frequency
biennial
Organization
European Commission JRC
Category
geospatial-gis

Schema

FieldTypeDescription
built_up_fractionfloatFraction of built-up surface per pixel (0-1)
yearintReference epoch year

Build With This

Create an urban sprawl predictor for Maharashtra cities using multi-decadal built-up surface trends
Develop an agricultural land loss tracker showing how much farmland Maharashtra loses to urbanization annually
Build a smart city baseline generator measuring current built-up density for Maharashtra smart city candidates

AI Use Cases

Urban expansion time-series analysisSlum and informal settlement detectionSmart city planningLand use change modelingInfrastructure gap identification
Last verified: 2026-03-07