About 54% of world population nowadays lives in urban areas and this percentage is expected to increase up to 66% by 2050. Therefore, it is crucial to manage this social and cultural change by collecting, integrating and sharing reliable and open spatial information concerning the urban environments where we leave in. The present availability of huge archives of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data collected since 1992 by ESA, in conjunction with the available Earth-Observation (EO) optical data, represents a unique possibility to derive valuable information for the understanding of the ongoing urban processes. In this framework, the three-year project financed by the Italian Ministry of Instruction, Research and University, entitled "URBAN GEOmatics for bulk information generation, data assessment and technology awareness" may play a role for the assessment and the development of new replicable methodologies for the study of soil consumption and mobility in urban zones. The paper aims to present some preliminary results achieved during the project, clarifying how the new emerging technologies for managing big EO data are proficient for the investigation of urban processes.

THE "URBAN GEOMATICS FOR BULK INFORMATION GENERATION, DATA ASSESSMENT AND TECHNOLOGY AWARENESS" PROJECT: DETECTION, REPRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE URBAN SCENARIO CHANGES

Bordogna, G;Brovelli, M;Carrara, P;Munafo, M
2018-01-01

Abstract

About 54% of world population nowadays lives in urban areas and this percentage is expected to increase up to 66% by 2050. Therefore, it is crucial to manage this social and cultural change by collecting, integrating and sharing reliable and open spatial information concerning the urban environments where we leave in. The present availability of huge archives of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data collected since 1992 by ESA, in conjunction with the available Earth-Observation (EO) optical data, represents a unique possibility to derive valuable information for the understanding of the ongoing urban processes. In this framework, the three-year project financed by the Italian Ministry of Instruction, Research and University, entitled "URBAN GEOmatics for bulk information generation, data assessment and technology awareness" may play a role for the assessment and the development of new replicable methodologies for the study of soil consumption and mobility in urban zones. The paper aims to present some preliminary results achieved during the project, clarifying how the new emerging technologies for managing big EO data are proficient for the investigation of urban processes.
2018
IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
9781538671504
Urban areas; InSAR; soil consumption
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