Imagine a digital dashboard for a city that works like a weather app, but for smog and noise. It tracks exactly where pollution is coming from in real-time, especially around ports and airports. This helps city leaders pick the best spots for planting trees or changing traffic lights to make the air cleaner for everyone.
Cities struggle to reduce transport emissions because they lack real-time, integrated data on air and noise pollution. This leads to inefficient policy decisions and failure to meet EU Green Deal targets.
The Net4Cities Studio, consisting of a web-based real-time mapping interface and a policy decision support tool for traffic and nature-based solutions.
If you are a technology provider dealing with fragmented urban data — this project developed the Net4Cities Studio that integrates traffic counts and sensor data into a single hub. This allows you to offer cities a ready-made tool for real-time pollution mapping and policy guidance.
If you are a hub operator dealing with strict new EU emission directives — this project expanded monitoring infrastructure across 11 cities. You can use these evidence-based tools to implement dynamic traffic management and reduce your environmental footprint.
If you are a consultant dealing with the need for nature-based solutions in city design — this project developed a support tool for policy decisions. It provides specific recommendations for integrating green infrastructure to lower noise and air pollution.
Based on available project data, there is no specific pricing or cost information provided for the tools developed.
Yes, the project is designed to provide a roadmap for greater uptake in European cities by offering transferrable, evidence-based support strategies.
Based on available project data, specific IP and licensing terms are not mentioned, though the project focuses on maximizing transferability and exploitation.
The project expands monitoring infrastructure to conform with upcoming directives and supports the realization of the zero-pollution vision by 2050.
The project period runs from 2024-01-01 to 2027-12-31, suggesting full availability toward the end of 2027.
The consortium is well-balanced for technology transfer, featuring 18 partners from 11 countries. With a 22% industry ratio (4 companies, including 3 SMEs), there is a clear bridge between the 13 research and university entities and the commercial market, ensuring that the monitoring tools are grounded in practical urban needs.
Contact GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung for technical inquiries regarding the data hub.
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