Koeva, M.N.

Keeping things cool with digital twins

Digital twin (DT) technlogy has proven to be powerful in addressing the Urban Heat Island effect and promoting climate-resilient citie…

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How deep learning and remote sensing can combine to promote 3D city modelling for digital twins

Urban research is very interested in automatically reconstructing the structure and the roofs of buildings. Understanding these struct…

New routes to affordable land administration

According to estimates, 70% of the world’s population cannot access a legal land administration system. This often makes it hard to determine which land belongs to whom. It also causes problems in vital areas such as productive farming, urban planning, and sustainable development. That’s why the UN incorporated the formal registration of property …

Innovations for land rights mapping

Land rights mapping, or cadastral mapping, is key to addressing Sustainable Development Goals number 1 set by the United Nations. Of this first goal, target 1.4 refers to equal rights and access to economic resources. This also can be referred to as ‘land tenure for all’.
Global estimates indicate that around 70% of the world has not been mapped i…

How can digital twins help the world?

Digital twins can be useful in many ways; they can help to solve many societal challenges and problems, especially when there is a str…

How can digital twins help us to build sustainable cities?

Building a city digital twin: needs and challenges

Digital twins (DTs) can be used to manage a city’s infrastructures (e.g. roads, transportation and public services, smarter energy grids and water networks). They can also support city planners in making informed decisions, and provide up-to-date data for simulations and resource allocation. 
However, city digital twins are highly complex models. …

3 examples of successful city digital twin applications