Open Data to Promote the Economic and Commercial Development of the Housing Sector: The Case of Spain
Data is the starting point for generating information and knowledge in the decision-making process. Open data, which is information disclosed free of charge through open licenses and reusable formats, has great potential for value creation. Therefore, the objective of this research is to evaluate Sp...
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| author | Ricardo Curto-Rodríguez Rafael Marcos-Sánchez Alicia Zaragoza-Benzal Daniel Ferrández |
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| description | Data is the starting point for generating information and knowledge in the decision-making process. Open data, which is information disclosed free of charge through open licenses and reusable formats, has great potential for value creation. Therefore, the objective of this research is to evaluate Spanish autonomous communities’ open data initiatives in a category of information of vital importance: housing. The methodology employed was a population analysis of datasets labeled as housing, followed by a necessary data cleansing process due to the identification of various errors, which reduced the number of labeled datasets from 1000 to 599. Only 12 of the 17 autonomous communities provided this type of information. The analysis of the results reveals that autonomous communities’ approaches to open data initiatives are highly heterogeneous and that the supply is irregular, with the Basque Country accounting for 70% of the datasets considered in the research. The creation of an indicator that equally assesses the existence of information and file formats (breadth and reusability) continues to identify the Basque Country as the undisputed leader, with Catalonia and Cantabria in second and third place, the only autonomous communities to exceed 50 points out of a possible 100. The study concludes by highlighting that the lack of uniformity in the formulation and implementation of open data policies will limit the use of information and, consequently, its value. Therefore, a series of recommendations is issued in this regard. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-db77dcea2b9547df9c75a6682d280e5d2025-07-25T13:38:10ZengMDPI AGUrban Science2413-88512025-07-019727710.3390/urbansci9070277Open Data to Promote the Economic and Commercial Development of the Housing Sector: The Case of SpainRicardo Curto-Rodríguez0Rafael Marcos-Sánchez1Alicia Zaragoza-Benzal2Daniel Ferrández3Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Oviedo, 33066 Oviedo, SpainFacultad de Educación, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), 26006 Logroño, SpainDepartamento de Tecnología de la Edificación, E.T.S. de Edificación de Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avda. Juan de Herrera, 6, 28040 Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Tecnología de la Edificación, E.T.S. de Edificación de Madrid, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avda. Juan de Herrera, 6, 28040 Madrid, SpainData is the starting point for generating information and knowledge in the decision-making process. Open data, which is information disclosed free of charge through open licenses and reusable formats, has great potential for value creation. Therefore, the objective of this research is to evaluate Spanish autonomous communities’ open data initiatives in a category of information of vital importance: housing. The methodology employed was a population analysis of datasets labeled as housing, followed by a necessary data cleansing process due to the identification of various errors, which reduced the number of labeled datasets from 1000 to 599. Only 12 of the 17 autonomous communities provided this type of information. The analysis of the results reveals that autonomous communities’ approaches to open data initiatives are highly heterogeneous and that the supply is irregular, with the Basque Country accounting for 70% of the datasets considered in the research. The creation of an indicator that equally assesses the existence of information and file formats (breadth and reusability) continues to identify the Basque Country as the undisputed leader, with Catalonia and Cantabria in second and third place, the only autonomous communities to exceed 50 points out of a possible 100. The study concludes by highlighting that the lack of uniformity in the formulation and implementation of open data policies will limit the use of information and, consequently, its value. Therefore, a series of recommendations is issued in this regard.https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/9/7/277Spainautonomous communitiespublic policyopen datavalue creationreuse |
| spellingShingle | Ricardo Curto-Rodríguez Rafael Marcos-Sánchez Alicia Zaragoza-Benzal Daniel Ferrández Open Data to Promote the Economic and Commercial Development of the Housing Sector: The Case of Spain Urban Science Spain autonomous communities public policy open data value creation reuse |
| title | Open Data to Promote the Economic and Commercial Development of the Housing Sector: The Case of Spain |
| title_full | Open Data to Promote the Economic and Commercial Development of the Housing Sector: The Case of Spain |
| title_fullStr | Open Data to Promote the Economic and Commercial Development of the Housing Sector: The Case of Spain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Open Data to Promote the Economic and Commercial Development of the Housing Sector: The Case of Spain |
| title_short | Open Data to Promote the Economic and Commercial Development of the Housing Sector: The Case of Spain |
| title_sort | open data to promote the economic and commercial development of the housing sector the case of spain |
| topic | Spain autonomous communities public policy open data value creation reuse |
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