Open data for development (OD4D) node - Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

The Open Data Middle East and North Africa (ODMENA) network placed emphasis on the role of open data in achieving Sustainable Development Goals in the MENA region. From these goals, four themes emerge: Data Skills, Urban Development, Gender, and Policy. ODMENA has contributed to an emerging data ecosystem in the region through working with partners to build and strengthen open data creation and use. The report outlines projects, main objectives and research findings from projects under each node theme. This includes research and planning that guided project design and development. Sample maps and infographic outputs drawn from data are also presented

Using web GIS to promote stakeholder understanding of scientific results in sustainable urban development: A case study in Bergen, Norway

This paper highlights the importance of improving stakeholder understanding of environmental factors such as air quality and the urban heat island effect to achieve sustainable development goals. While accurate spatial and temporal environmental data are critical for sustainable solutions, the challenge lies in translating complex environmental information for non-specialists. To solve this problem, we propose using web GIS storytelling as a powerful tool for communicating and disseminating information about the environment. This paper aims to show example of implementation of a web-based geographic information system (GIS) on our case study in Bergen, Norway. This platform “Web GIS Bergen, air quality and thermal comfort” was created as an open portal. This document explains the components of the platform, their rationale, and implementation, which includes important steps. They involve the collection of relevant environmental data, including modeling results and remote sensing data. Futhermore, the design and interface of the platform has been carefully considered to provide a user-friendly experience based on interactive maps and storytelling. Combining data visualization and storytelling, the platform promotes a comprehensive understanding of complex environmental data, including “invisible killers” such as air pollution and the urban heat island effect, which significantly affect sustainable development. The strategic integration of this web-based GIS platform in Bergen can serve as an attractive model for other urban areas looking for practical tools for sustainable development, engaging stakeholders for a healthier and more sustainable urban future

PENERAPAN TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT KOTA SURABAYA MENUJU GREEN DAN SUSTAINABLE CITY

Sustainable urban development requires serious attention to the relationship between urban transportation and green open spaces. The concept of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) has emerged as a practical approach to integrating these aspects. Surabaya faces challenges in addressing transportation issues while maintaining the sustainability of green open spaces. This research uses the TOD concept to study the relationship between urban transportation and green open spaces in Surabaya. A qualitative research approach is employed, supported by available secondary data. The research analysis results indicate that the TOD concept can enhance the relationship between urban transportation and green open spaces. Reducing the use of private vehicles can help mitigate adverse environmental impacts and improve access to green open spaces through better integrating public transport with the local environment. Critical elements in ensuring the sustainability of green open spaces include community involvement. Stakeholder involvement is crucial in designing and implementing the TOD concept to achieve the goals of sustainable urban development in Surabaya. ABSTRAK Pembangunan kota berkelanjutan memerlukan perhatian serius terhadap hubungan antara transportasi perkotaan dan ruang terbuka hijau. Konsep Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) telah muncul sebagai pendekatan yang efektif untuk mengintegrasikan hal tersebut. Kota Surabaya menghadapi tantangan dalam mengatasi masalah transportasi dan menjaga keberlanjutan ruang terbuka hijau. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk melakukan kajian dengan menggunakan konsep TOD, hubungan antara transportasi perkotaan dan ruang terbuka hijau di Surabaya. Penelitian kualitatif dilakukan dengan ditunjang oleh data sekunder yang tersedia. Hasil analisis penelitian memperlihatkan bahwa gagasan TOD dapat meningkatkan hubungan antara transportasi perkotaan dan kawasan terbuka hijau. Pengurangan penggunaan kendaraan pribadi dapat membantu mengurangi dampak negatif terhadap lingkungan dan meningkatkan aksesibilitas ke ruang terbuka hijau, melalui integrasi angkutan umum yang lebih baik dengan lingkungan setempat. Elemen kunci dalam memastikan kelangsungan kawasan terbuka hijau adalah keterlibatan masyarakat. Dalam upaya pemenuhan tujuan pembangunan kota berkelanjutan di Surabaya, dibutuhkan keterlibatan para pemangku kepentingan dalam perancangan dan implementasi konsep TOD

Neighbourhood Modelling for Urban Sustainability Assessment

[EN] Climate change is becoming a dominant concern for advanced countries. The Paris Agreement sets out a global framework whose implementation relates to all human activities and is commonly guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), which set the scene for sustainable development performance configuring all climate action related policies. Fast control of CO2 emissions necessarily involves cities since they are responsible for 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. SDG 11 (Sustainable cities and communities) is clearly involved in the deployment of SDG 13 (Climate Action). European Sustainability policies are financially guided by the European Green Deal for a climate neutral urban environment. In turn, a common framework for urban policy impact assessment must be based on architectural design tools, such as building certification, and common data repositories for standard digital building models. Many Neighbourhood Sustainability Assessment (NSA) tools have been developed but the growing availability of open data repositories for cities, together with big-data sources (provided through Internet of Things repositories), allow accurate neighbourhood simulations, or in other words, digital twins of neighbourhoods. These digital twins are excellent tools for policy impact assessment. After a careful analysis of current scientific literature, this paper provides a generic approach for a simple neighbourhood model developed from building physical parameters which meets relevant assessment requirements, while simultaneously being updated (and tested) against real open data repositories, and how this assessment is related to building certification tools. The proposal is validated by real data on energy consumption and on its application to the Benicalap neighbourhood in Valencia (Spain).This research was co-funded by the European Commission through the H2020 project "Green Cities for Climate and Water Resilience, Sustainable Economic Growth, Healthy Citizens and Environments (GROW GREEN)" Grant Agreement: 730283.Orozco-Messana, J.; Iborra Lucas, M.; Calabuig-Moreno, R. (2021). Neighbourhood Modelling for Urban Sustainability Assessment. Sustainability. 13(9):1-10. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094654S11013

QGIS AND OPEN DATA CUBE APPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL CLIMATE ZONES ANALYSIS LEVERAGING PRISMA HYPERSPECTRAL SATELLITE DATA

Climate change poses a significant threat to humans and biodiversity, impacting various aspects of livelihoods, infrastructure, and ecosystems. Understanding climate change and its interaction with the environment is crucial for achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Local Climate Zones (LCZ) play a key role in comprehending climate change by categorizing urban areas also based on their thermal characteristics. This study presents prototype open-source software tools developed to integrate ground and satellite data for LCZ analysis in the Metropolitan City of Milan (Northern Italy). These tools consist of a QGIS plugin to access and preprocess ground-based meteorological sensor data and a client-server platform, based on the Open Data Cube and Docker technologies, for the exploitation of multispectral and hyperspectral satellite data in LCZ mapping and analysis. The tools’ architecture, data retrieval methods, and analysis capabilities are described in detail. The QGIS plugin facilitates the access and preprocessing of ground-based sensor data within the user-friendly QGIS environment. The platform enables seamless ground-sensor and satellite data management and analysis, using Jupyter Notebooks as an interface to support programmatic operations on the data. The proposed tools provide a framework for studying climate change and its local impacts on urban environments, with the potential of empowering users to effectively analyze and mitigate its effects

Sustainable green systems strategy for the district of Eastlake-Garfield

tableOfContents: Executive summary -- Correspondence to scope of work -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Green systems challenges in the Eastlake-Garfield District -- 1.2. Profile of the "Reinvent Phoenix" grant -- 1.3. Sustainable green systems research -- 1.4. Objectives of the strategy study -- Chapter 2. Research design and data sources -- Chapter 3. Strategy inputs -- 3.1. Summary of the current state assessment -- 3.2. Summary of the vision for green systems in Eastlake-Garfield -- 3.3. Theory of change -- Chapter 4. Sustainable green systems strategy for the Eastlake-Garfield District -- 4.1. Linking sustainable green systems goals to interventions and investment options -- 4.2. Streets intervention -- 4.3. Buildings and sites intervention -- 4.4. Open space intervention -- 4.5. Details on implementation tools -- 4.6. Synthesis-action plan for sustainable green systems in Eastlake-Garfield -- Chapter 5. Discussion and conclusions -- 5.1. Strengths of the current transition strategy -- 5.2. Testing strategy, interventions, investments -- 5.3. Coordination across strategies -- 5.4. Anticipating the next set of interventions, investments, and implementation tools -- 5.5. Crafting the next 5-year plan -- ReferencesReport submitted to the City of Phoenix Planning and Development Department by the ASU-SOS Team for the project grant 'Reinvent Phoenix--Cultivating Equity, Engagement, Economic Development and Design Excellence with Transit-Oriented Development', funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD

Frontiers of policy and governance research in a smart city and artificial intelligence: an advanced review based on natural language processing

This study presents an advanced review of policy and governance research in the context of smart cities and artificial intelligence (AI). With cities playing a crucial role in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, it is vital to understand the opportunities and challenges that arise from the applications of smart technologies and AI in promoting urban sustainability. Using the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) method based on a three-layer Bayesian algorithm model, we conducted a systematic review of approximately 3700 papers from Scopus. Our analysis revealed prominent topics such as “service transformation,” “community participation,” and “sustainable development goals.” We also identified emerging concerns, including “open user data,” “ethics and risk management,” and “data privacy management.” These findings provide valuable insights into the current progress and frontiers of policy and governance research in the field, informing future research directions and decision-making processes

Lighting the World: the first application of an open source, spatial electrification tool (OnSSET) on Sub-Saharan Africa

In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Agenda 2030, which comprises a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by 169 targets. 'Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030' is the seventh goal (SDG7). While access to energy refers to more than electricity, the latter is the central focus of this work. According to the World Bank's 2015 Global Tracking Framework, roughly 15% of the world's population (or 1.1 billion people) lack access to electricity, and many more rely on poor quality electricity services. The majority of those without access (87%) reside in rural areas. This paper presents results of a geographic information systems approach coupled with open access data. We present least-cost electrification strategies on a country-by-country basis for Sub-Saharan Africa. The electrification options include grid extension, mini-grid and stand-alone systems for rural, peri-urban, and urban contexts across the economy. At low levels of electricity demand there is a strong penetration of standalone technologies. However, higher electricity demand levels move the favourable electrification option from stand-alone systems to mini grid and to grid extensions

Sustainable green systems strategy for the district of Midtown

tableOfContents: Executive summary -- Correspondence to scope of work -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Green systems challenges in the Midtown District -- 1.2. Profile of the "Reinvent Phoenix" grant -- 1.3. Sustainable green systems research -- 1.4. Sustainable green systems research in the Midtown District -- Chapter 2. Research design and data sources -- Chapter 3. Strategy inputs -- 3.1. Summary of the current state assessment -- 3.2. Summary of the vision for green systems in Midtown -- 3.3. Theory of change -- Chapter 4. Sustainable green systems strategy for the Midtown District -- 4.1. Linking sustainable green systems goals to interventions and investment options -- 4.2. Streets intervention -- 4.3. Buildings and sites intervention -- 4.4. Open space intervention -- 4.5. Details on implementation tools -- 4.6. Synthesis-action plan for sustainable green systems in Midtown -- Chapter 5. Discussion and conclusions -- 5.1. Strengths of the current transition strategy -- 5.2. Testing strategy, interventions, investments -- 5.3. Coordination across strategies -- 5.4. Anticipating the next set of interventions, investments, and implementation tools -- 5.5. Crafting the next 5-year plan -- Referencesabstract: The transition strategy in this report is a set of coordinated interventions necessary to create sustainable green systems in the Midtown District. Sustainable green systems strive for fully functional stormwater, biodiversity, and resource management practices, as well as sustainable levels of thermal comfort, energy efficiency, and access to green space. The assessment of green systems indicates concern for high temperatures, low vegetation, and insufficient stormwater management. This strategy is based on achieving four specific goals of sustainable green systems, derived from sustainability and livability principles (HUD, 2009). Goal 1. Reduce stormwater loads and harvest water onsite; Goal 2. Reduce potable water consumption; Goal 3. Reduce daytime temperatures; Goal 4. Increase green systems benefits to health, mobility, and the economyReport submitted to the City of Phoenix Planning and Development Department by the ASU-SOS Team for the project grant 'Reinvent Phoenix--Cultivating Equity, Engagement, Economic Development and Design Excellence with Transit-Oriented Development', funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD

Technology pillars for digital transformation of cities based on open software architecture for end2end data streaming

The goal of the paper is to expose the pillars of urban digital infrastructure and their role in the development of smart and data driven applications in the e2e model. Today, no one contests the need for a general-purpose infrastructure in the city that improves the quality of life with respect to various types of socio-economic activity of residents. However, the digital aspect of fostering this kind of activity is linked to a very dynamic and ubiquitous element of technology, and the quality and stability of solutions based on advanced technology is a key parameter of the quality of life and development that a city should provide to its residents. This pace of technology development means that our environment (including cities) are subject to a process of continuous digital transformation. Starting from examples of such transformation and top-trends in technology development, we focus on transformation pillars that can ensure sustainable growth of innovation supply in a city. We give three examples of platforms designed for City of Poznan. We conclude that a key factor benefiting this multidimensional transformation process is the provision of an open, data-transmission and processing infrastructure with the support of which all smart city stakeholders can pursue their social, scientific, economic, or political goals in a sustainable manner