RT Journal Article
T1 Copernicus for urban resilience in Europe
A1 Chrysoulakis, Nektarios
A1 Ludlow, David
A1 Mitraka, Zina
A1 Somarakis, Giorgos
A1 Khan, Zaheer
A1 Lauwaet, Dirk
A1 Hooyberghs, Hans
A1 Feliu, Efrén
A1 Navarro, Daniel
A1 Feigenwinter, Christian
A1 Holsten, Anne
A1 Soukup, Tomas
A1 Dohr, Mario
A1 Marconcini, Mattia
A1 Holt Andersen, Birgitte
AB The urban community faces a significant obstacle in effectively utilising Earth Observation (EO) intelligence, particularly the Copernicus EO program of the European Union, to address the multifaceted aspects of urban sustainability and bolster urban resilience in the face of climate change challenges. In this context, here we present the efforts of the CURE project, which received funding under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework Programme, to leverage the Copernicus Core Services (CCS) in supporting urban resilience. CURE provides spatially disaggregated environmental intelligence at a local scale, demonstrating that CCS can facilitate urban planning and management strategies to improve the resilience of cities. With a strong emphasis on stakeholder engagement, CURE has identified eleven cross-cutting applications between CCS that correspond to the major dimensions of urban sustainability and align with user needs. These applications have been integrated into a cloud-based platform known as DIAS (Data and Information Access Services), which is capable of delivering reliable, usable and relevant intelligence to support the development of downstream services towards enhancing resilience planning of cities throughout Europe.
SN 2045-2322
YR 2023
FD 2023-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3873
UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3873
LA eng
NO Chrysoulakis , N , Ludlow , D , Mitraka , Z , Somarakis , G , Khan , Z , Lauwaet , D , Hooyberghs , H , Feliu , E , Navarro , D , Feigenwinter , C , Holsten , A , Soukup , T , Dohr , M , Marconcini , M & Holt Andersen , B 2023 , ' Copernicus for urban resilience in Europe ' , Scientific Reports , vol. 13 , no. 1 , 16251 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43371-9
NO Publisher Copyright: © 2023, Springer Nature Limited.
NO Here, we focus on the contribution of the CURE (Copernicus for Urban Resilience in Europe) project towards fostering innovation in the field of urban resilience. CURE is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework Programme and exploits Copernicus space infrastructure to monitor the physical organisation of urban areas, which is central to urban resilience planning. Copernicus is the E U Earth Observation (EO) programme that provides accurate, timely and easily accessible information to improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change and ensure civil security. Research on spatial pattern detection enables intra-urban analysis across scales, where EO data provide critical intermediate links for building, block, neighbourhood, city and regional scales. By using EO to integrate research across scales, CURE can help to bridge knowledge and solutions that are currently isolated in local planning, regional assessment, national policy and international negotiations. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Framework Programme (Grant Agreement No 870337, project CURE).
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RD 26 jul 2024