SusCity – Urban data driven models for creative and resourceful urban transitions

Main Research Area: Sustainable Cities
Principal Investigator: Manuel António Cerqueira Costa Matos, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto (INESC Porto/FE/UP)
Funding: National FCT Project (MITP-TB/CS/0026/2013)

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2015-2018

Abstract

This project is focused on developing and integrating new tools and services to increase urban resource efficiency with minimum environmental impacts while contributing to promote economic development and preserving the actual levels of reliability. Dispersion of agents producing data at urban level (city council, utilities, state agencies and institutes, corporations) lead to mixed results in applying indicators in different environments and sometimes with little gain in urban performance, namely in terms of sustainability. This project aims at advancing the science of urban systems modeling and data representation supported by urban “big data” collection and processing, with the double objective of enabling and demonstrating a suite of new services that explore economic opportunities associated with the transition to sustainable urban systems.

IS4 tasks: | Information services | Data processing platform | Smart building solutions |