unhabitat.urban.open_spaces
Retrieve the share of urban built-up area allocated to open public spaces (parks, plazas) and streets (SDG indicator 11.7.1). Covers 621 cities as of the 2020 measurement year. Returns percentage of open public space, street space, and combined open-and-street share, plus the population count wit...
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What unhabitat.urban.open_spaces does on Apibase
AI agents call unhabitat.urban.open_spaces to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
city | string | — | Filter by city name (partial match, e.g. "Nairobi", "Lagos", "Mumbai"). Case-insensitive. |
limit | integer | — | Maximum number of cities to return (1–100, default 50). |
region | string | — | Filter by UN-Habitat region (partial match). Regions include "Sub-Saharan Africa", "Northern America and Europe", "Eastern and South-Eastern Asia", "Central and |
country | string | — | Filter by country name (partial match, e.g. "Kenya", "United States", "Brazil"). Case-insensitive. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why unhabitat.urban.open_spaces is rated Low
Retrieves urban sustainability data with no side effects or write capabilities.
From the tool's definition Retrieve the share of urban built-up area allocated to open public spaces
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The rule that runs unhabitat.urban.open_spaces safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For unhabitat.urban.open_spaces, this is the rule to start with:
unhabitat.urban.open_spaces is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every unhabitat.urban.open_spaces call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about unhabitat.urban.open_spaces
Retrieve the share of urban built-up area allocated to open public spaces (parks, plazas) and streets (SDG indicator 11.7.1). Covers 621 cities as of the 2020 measurement year. Returns percentage of open public space, street space, and combined open-and-street share, plus the population count with access to open public space. Filter by country, city, or UN region. Useful for green space equity, climate resilience, and liveability analysis. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
unhabitat.urban.open_spaces accepts 4 parameters: city, limit, region, country. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for unhabitat.urban.open_spaces: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
unhabitat.urban.open_spaces is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the unhabitat.urban.open_spaces rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for unhabitat.urban.open_spaces. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
unhabitat.urban.open_spaces is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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