1. Towards an Integrated
Urban Monitoring in
Europe
Jaume Fons-Esteve (UAB, ETC/SIA)
Naples, 26 October 2011

2. Urban data sets Covenant of
Mayor
available for UMZ Urban Atlas
(CO2 emissions)
Airbase
Air quality
different spatial Urban land use Land use
Urban Audit
levels Natura 2000, Urban
Socioeconomic,
environmental
NOISE
EUNIS Ecosystem
Europe CBI
Bathing water
Key Environment biodiversity
Urban
Perception
directive
urban EVDAB
survey
waste water
Quality of life
ESPON data Vulnerabilty to
hazard and EPER
Land use, socio- climate change emissions
economic
Soil sealing
Corine Land Cover Waterbase
Ground- and
interface urban- surface water
National,
rural wider
regional
statistics
Socio-economic EMEP
hinterland
Air quality

3. Need of data integration
History + Discipline + Technology
Statistics & census Satellite images
Discrete data Continuous spatial
Fixed reporting units ? information

4. Delineation of urban areas: Madrid

5. 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?

6. Who is involved?
• European Environment Agency (initator) • European Environment Agency (initator)
• European Environment Agency 's • Ambiente Italia
European Topic centre for Spatial • Netherlands Environmental Assessment
Information and Analysis Agency
• DG Environment • ICLEI
• DG Regional Policy • EUROCITIES
• DG Mobility and Transport • METREX
• DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal • CEMR
Opportunities • IUCN
• DG Joint Research Centre (Ispra) • Danube delta National Institute
• EUROSTAT
• GMES
• ESPON

7. Towards an integrated monitoring
Continuity
Synchronism
Data New technologies
Policy Urban
questions system
Urban metabolism
Urban patterns
Quality of life

8. Outcomes
• Sharing methodologies
• Interchange of data
• Evaluation of indicators
• Cooperation in reports
• Near real time data

9. http://iume.ew.eea.europa.eu
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