- Sustainable Cities
What green do you need? How residents of less well-off urban areas see their environment
Urban green can improve the quality of life of people living in cities, particularly those in less affluent neighbourhoods. To better …
Schwarz, N. 6 min
- Urban Infrastructure
Gated communities and how they affect life quality
Gated communities are becoming more common, and they can really change how people live. The quality of life in a place depends on things like how safe it is, how nice the environment is, and what services are available. Gated communities can improve these things by creating nice, safe spaces with good services, especially in places that didn't hav…
Leticia Owusu 4 min
- Sustainable Cities
Dealing with the challenges of modern urbanization
Over the last few decades, increasing numbers of people have moved to urban areas. This trend is far from new. In 1990, 43% (2.3 billion) of the world’s population lived in urban areas; by 2015 this had grown to 54% (4 billion). And it continues to increase. The United Nations predicts that, by 2050, the share of urban population will reach 66%.
A…3 min
- Sustainable Cities
Five new concepts of what cities should be
In another article, we described some of the challenges of modern urbanization. Urbanization is a phenomenon that often leads to prosperity, productivity and a better quality of life for many. It also often brings with it urban sprawl, environmental degradation, poor living conditions and severe problems of accessibility. Addressing such challenge…
3 min
- Sustainable Cities
How GIS technology can help to keep growing cities sustainable
Continued and increasing urbanization worldwide makes it ever more complicated to keep urban development sustainable. This is a serious task for urban planners and managers. To this end, modern GIS (Geographic Information System) technology has a lot to offer in terms of solution support. A GIS is an information system that integrates, stores, edi…
3 min
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- Artificial Intelligence
- Big Geodata
- Climate Change
- Digital Twins
- Disaster Risk
- Earth Resources
- Energy Transition
- Food Security
- Geohealth
- Land Administration Systems
- Mineral Exploration
- Natural Resources Management
- Planning Support Systems
- Remote Sensing
- Spatial Data Science
- Sustainable Cities
- UAV
- Urban Infrastructure
- Water Resources
Themes
Geo-information
Earth Observation
Resource Security
Urban Futures
Climate & Energy
Disaster Resilience
GeoAI
Topics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Big Geodata
- Climate Change
- Digital Twins
- Disaster Risk
- Earth Resources
- Energy Transition
- Food Security
- Geohealth
- Land Administration Systems
- Mineral Exploration
- Natural Resources Management
- Planning Support Systems
- Remote Sensing
- Spatial Data Science
- Sustainable Cities
- UAV
- Urban Infrastructure
- Water Resources