TY - JOUR
T1 - Space for urban planning
T2 - 71st International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2020
AU - Artiaga, Ernest
AU - Banatao, Julie Ann
AU - Baud, Léo
AU - Brockman, Bjoern
AU - Cadiou, Hervé
AU - Chadde, Nikhitha
AU - Dong, Fei
AU - Eustice, Makiah
AU - Fan, Jinhua
AU - German, Nicolas
AU - Nazarious, Miracle Israel
AU - Kirkland, Julia
AU - Kozawska, Aleksandra
AU - Kumar, Tanumi
AU - Li, Min
AU - Li, Yinan
AU - Nguyen, Thi Hien
AU - Nir, Nicole
AU - Paternostro, Simone
AU - Renic, Ante
AU - Rong, Guozhi
AU - Schimer, Anthony
AU - Sferle, Daciana Valeria
AU - Tobiassen, Jonas
AU - Wang, Meng
AU - Wang, Yan
AU - Ye, Jianfeng
AU - Yi, Wei
AU - Zhao, Chen
AU - Zhou, Zhichao
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - During the summer of 2019, a team of thirty professionals and students with different backgrounds and nationalities worked on this project at the International Space University (ISU). The project aimed to study, identify, and analyze the feasibility of introducing space technologies and related spin-offs to support local or national authorities in defining new strategies and processes for urban planning and development. This is a multidimensional topic that involves multiple actors, from policy makers to engineers and citizens. Urban planning and development is becoming an issue worldwide as projections estimate that more than 70 percent of the world's population will live in cities by 2050, and to date there are already more than 40 megacities. This not only impacts the pollution and congestion within cities, but also affects the surrounding areas. For example, agricultural land will need to increase production to meet the rising demands of cities. This can cause the degradation of land, pristine environments, and ecosystems, and a depletion of natural resources. A broad range of solutions are explored that could help local and national leaders to prepare cities for the challenges of the future by employing space applications and technologies to address the problems caused by urbanization. Due to the high complexity of the problems identified, a few specific challenge areas are focused on that are central to the United Nations' (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the 2030 agenda. These include the utilization of land and its resources, energy consumption, effective transportation networks, and access to clean water. 19 realistic as well as visionary space technology and space application solutions are proposed and are considered against social, economic, and environmental factors in addition to the SDGs. From these solutions, 12 recommendations are set out for urban planners to achieve a more sustainable future for our global cities and society.
AB - During the summer of 2019, a team of thirty professionals and students with different backgrounds and nationalities worked on this project at the International Space University (ISU). The project aimed to study, identify, and analyze the feasibility of introducing space technologies and related spin-offs to support local or national authorities in defining new strategies and processes for urban planning and development. This is a multidimensional topic that involves multiple actors, from policy makers to engineers and citizens. Urban planning and development is becoming an issue worldwide as projections estimate that more than 70 percent of the world's population will live in cities by 2050, and to date there are already more than 40 megacities. This not only impacts the pollution and congestion within cities, but also affects the surrounding areas. For example, agricultural land will need to increase production to meet the rising demands of cities. This can cause the degradation of land, pristine environments, and ecosystems, and a depletion of natural resources. A broad range of solutions are explored that could help local and national leaders to prepare cities for the challenges of the future by employing space applications and technologies to address the problems caused by urbanization. Due to the high complexity of the problems identified, a few specific challenge areas are focused on that are central to the United Nations' (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the 2030 agenda. These include the utilization of land and its resources, energy consumption, effective transportation networks, and access to clean water. 19 realistic as well as visionary space technology and space application solutions are proposed and are considered against social, economic, and environmental factors in addition to the SDGs. From these solutions, 12 recommendations are set out for urban planners to achieve a more sustainable future for our global cities and society.
KW - Smart cities
KW - Space applications
KW - Space technologies
KW - Sustainable development goals
KW - Sustainable urban development
KW - Urban planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100917946&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85100917946
VL - 2020-October
JO - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
JF - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
SN - 0074-1795
M1 - 58357
Y2 - 12 October 2020 through 14 October 2020
ER -
