EO4SD Posts

EO4SD Urban Project successfully concluded in April this year, after 4 years of excellent collaboration with World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and…

As the ESA EO4SD-Urban project is coming to a close in early 2020, a consultative Workshop on the lessons learned from the activity has been…

Located along the north coast of Senegal, the unique geographical position of Saint-Louis, at the mouth of the Senegal river, exposes the city to major…

The EO4SD-Urban project supported the World Bank technical assistance project Urban Planning Study – Impact & Effectiveness of Urban Planning on City Spatial Development in…

The second Resilience Planning Workshop organised by the World Bank City Resilience Program (CRP) and the EC funded RECIDE program was taking place from 8th…

The European Space Agency project “Earth Observation for Sustainable Development” for Urban Development (EO4SD-Urban) is collaborating with the World Bank/GEF “Global Platform for Sustainable Cities”…

The importance of public space is highlighted in international agendas, and diverse organizations started piloting the role of urban planning and public spaces in cities.…

This webinar has been postponed. The new date and time as well as an updated registration link will be announced here in due time. The…

Register now! This webinar provides a brief explanation of all currently generated products in the EO4SD Urban portfolio. Users are given an overview of the…

Register now! Global geo-spatial data freely available on the internet are often used for decision making without considering their limitations due to poor accuracy and…

Register now! The webinar answers the questions: How can I generate information from satellite imagery? What is GIS? How can it be used? Recommended a-priori…

Register now! The webinar answers the questions: What is remote sensing? What is a satellite and how does it work? Which kind of sensor systems…

Register now! The webinar will present some of the major challenges in urban development and planning in developing countries and the potential for the application…

The EO4SD-Urban in Phase 1 of its implementation (2016-2017) had the pleasure to collaborate with two dynamic and interesting projects from the World Bank (WB)…

Register now! The webinar will present some of the major challenges in urban development and planning in developing countries and the potential for the application…

GAF AG, GISAT and SIRS from the EO4SD Urban Consortium attended the World Bank Land & Poverty Conference 2018 and showed the results of the…

One of the most pressing development challenges in today’s world of rapid urbanization is how to respond to the unmet demand for basic infrastructure services,…

In line with the Millennium Development Goals, Indian Prime Minister Modi launched three major urban development initiatives in June 2015 which are handled by the…

In August 2017, the EO4SD-Urban Consortium was able to provide fast and valuable support to the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, which faced intense flooding. These…

The EO4SD-Urban Consortium successfully finalized Phase 1 of the project at the end of September 2017. So far, more than 200 products have been generated…