GET has successfully implemented the development of the “Open Environmental Data Portal” for the Municipality of Piraeus.
Climate change is an indisputable global phenomenon. Large cities contribute significantly to climate change, as urban activities are major sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The concentration of large numbers of people in urban centers reduces vegetation and green spaces, thus increasing the risks associated with heat and floods. The effects of climate change on urban environments have a negative impact on citizens’ health, water availability and quality, energy consumption and infrastructure degradation. The Municipality of Piraeus, the second largest Municipality of the Attica Region with the largest port in the country, proceeded to the creation and operation of a “Pilot Mechanism of Information, Prevention, Management and Awareness, for the risks arising from climate change in the Urban environment of Piraeus”, as well as Ports are important economic actors – locally, nationally and internationally – that are vulnerable to future climate change.
The purpose of this service was to support the Mechanism for decision-making regarding actions, measures, future tools and the implementation of the Adaptation Plan for the project “Pilot Mechanism, Information, Prevention, Management and Awareness of Climate Risk in the Urban Environment” Piraeus “.
The object of the service was the development of web cartographic applications and open-source software that support the studies and the dissemination of data and results produced by the “pilot mechanism”, as well as online tools for consulting the public, agencies and experts.
The provided service is a combination of three solutions from GET’s portfolio for the Smart City Observatory and more specifically includes:
- Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GeoICT), repository of digital geospatial data related to climate change
- Environmental Monitoring System using near real-time SENTINEL 2 and LANDSAT satellite data (GET EO Environmental Monitoring).
- Information Portal (GETOpen DATA) for informing and raising public awareness on the issue of climate change which provides the possibility of mobile access for informing the citizens and which will be available soon.