Cadastral plots dataset: Availability of passive climatization strategies in Barcelona's residential buildings

This dataset contains information on 61.781 cadastral plots in Barcelona (Spain). The information was derived from alphanumeric and vector public open databases through operations in Microsoft Excel and in the open-source software Quantum GIS. The dataset describes typological and constructive features of the residential buildings contained in the plots, useful to assess the availability of passive climatization strategies to face extreme heat conditions. To this end, residential plots are classified according to three characteristics: the cross-ventilation potential of housing units within the buildings, the compactness of the urban fabric surrounding the plot, and the presence of thermal insulation in the buildings' envelope. Additionally, plots are also categorized according to their proximity to public parks, libraries or sports centres within the local network of climate havens. This dataset, combined with the cadastral plots vector dataset available at the Spanish Cadastre's website, is useful to quantify, locate and visualize the conditions of adaptive capacity to extreme heat of residential buildings in Barcelona. It can also be combined with other social, economic or climatic indicators to assess the overall urban heat vulnerability of the city. This dataset can be used by city planners, researchers and citizens to increase awareness on climate adaptation of cities, and to develop more comfort-oriented building retrofitting strategies. Moreover, the method used to generate the dataset can be transferred to any other city in Spain and adapted to other European contexts.