The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) project produces global spatial information about the human presence on the planet over time. This in the form of built-up maps, population...
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Digital Europa Thesaurus
urban infrastructure
Less than half of the European rivers and streams are in good ecological health due to the multiple pressures from society.
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For decades, Kozani has played a central role in Greece’s electricity supply through its local lignite power plant, which is the largest in the country and produces 40%...
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences and Bauhaus Earth are bringing together world-renowned practitioners and thinkers on crucial dimensions of the built environment.
Tools provided by the European Commission
Urban Data Platform plus
Urban Data Platform Plus ( UDP plus) is a joint initiative of...
Since the advent of the openly accessible Sentinel satellite data as part of the Copernicus programme of the European Commission and ESA, massive amounts of satellite data have brought disruptive changes...
Nearly all children living in cities, towns and suburbs could reach a primary school by bicycle, and over 50% of the EU population could cycle – instead...
In future cities, we will need to optimise the distribution and use of public space to ensure that it is safe, accessible and inclusive for all. Provision of services could be...
The recently adopted Degree of Urbanisation allows a consistent definition and comparison of urbanisation at a global scale. Based on this new definition, the world is already much more urbanised than previously...