Project description
Optimising urban planning through satellite data
An estimated 70 % of Europe and 78 % of North Africa’s populations reside in cities. While climate change, inequalities, and conflict drive masses to urban areas, evidence-based decisions for urban development are lacking. This leads to deteriorating liveability. In this context, the EU-funded UDENE project seeks to reverse this trend. Harnessing Earth Observation (EO) data from Copernicus satellites, it aims to create a virtual laboratory for urban planners. Through the incorporation of multi-dimensional models and a comprehensive EO data cube, UDENE facilitates evidence-based decision-making to support UN Sustainable Development Goals. The project’s outcomes include exploration and match-making tools, promoting Copernicus International Partners, and advancing European excellence in EO technology to drive impactful urban development initiatives.
Objective
Urbanization is increasing globally, with almost all cities growing in population This growth is more prominent in Europe and North Africa, where 70% and 78% of people, respectively, live in cities. Climate change, inequalities and conflict drive huge populations to cities, in search of a better life. However, urban development is not generally guided by evidence-based informed decisions, especially in emerging countries. As a result, liveability in cities worsen. The UDENE Project aims to use large amounts of Earth Observation (EO) data from Copernicus satellites and local sources to support evidence-based decision making for urban development, especially in international partner countries. To support the UN Sustainable Development Goal 11 of making cities safe, resilient, and sustainable, the project will essentially create a virtual laboratory for urban planners and visionaries to test their development ideas. Multi-dimensional models of urban areas across time and across countries will be used to support urban planners in exploring natural occurrences of similar development ideas, concepts, or projects in similar urban areas (natural experiments). The wealth of EO data in fast accessible Data Cube format provides a great search space for exploring natural experiments, by exploiting greater value-add of causal analysis. Project outcomes will be embodied by an exploration tool for natural experiments and a match-making tool which will leverage the exploration tool by linking the existing EO product, process, or service offerings. Project activities include cooperations for data acquisition and partnership building that will be facilitated by Open (FSTP) Calls. We are confident that our evidence-based approach for urban development as powered by vast EO data will complement the existing EO product or service offers and expand the European excellence in EO technology utilization with urban development applications that have high economic and societal impact.
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HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
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HORIZON.2.4.10 - Space, including Earth Observation
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20152 Milano
Italy
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