Towards an Integrated Urban Monitoring in

Europe

Jaume Fons-Esteve (UAB, ETC/SIA)

Naples, 26 October 2011

EPER

emissions

Natura 2000,

EUNISCBI

biodiversity

Covenant of

Mayor

(CO2 emissions)

NOISE

Airbase

Air qualityUrban Atlas

Land use

ESPON

Land use, socio-

economic

Urban

Ecosystem

Europe

Environment

Urban Audit

Socioeconomic,

environmental

Key

urban

data

Perception

survey

Quality of life

UMZ

Urban land use

Urban data sets

available for

different spatial

levels

Urban

waste water

EVDAB

Vulnerabilty to

hazard and

climate change

Bathing water

directive

Corine Land Cover

National,

regional

statistics

Socio-economic

economic

Soil sealing

interface urban-

rural wider

hinterland

Waterbase

Ground- and

surface water

EMEP

Air quality

Need of data integration

History + Discipline + Technology

Satellite imagesStatistics & census

Discrete data

Fixed reporting units

Continuous spatial

information?

Delineation of urban areas: Madrid

Why this initiative?

• Complexity

– Multidisciplinary approach

– Integrated

• Geographic

• Scales

• Thematic

• Not enough information/tools

• Fragmented picture

• Is it possible to make better use of what already

exist?

Who is involved?

• European Environment Agency (initator)

• European Environment Agency 's

European Topic centre for Spatial

Information and Analysis

• DG Environment

• DG Regional Policy

• DG Mobility and Transport

• DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal

Opportunities

• European Environment Agency (initator)

• Ambiente Italia

• Netherlands Environmental Assessment

Agency

• ICLEI

• EUROCITIES

• METREX

• CEMROpportunities

• DG Joint Research Centre (Ispra)

• EUROSTAT

• GMES

• ESPON

• CEMR

• IUCN

• Danube delta National Institute

Towards an integrated monitoring

Data

Continuity

Synchronism

New technologies

Policy questions

Urban system

Urban metabolism

Urban patterns

Quality of life

Outcomes

• Sharing methodologies

• Interchange of data

• Evaluation of indicators

• Cooperation in reports

• Near real time data• Near real time data

Thanks for your attention

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