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Cities and buildings for better lives.

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  • 24 FEBRUARY 2023
JRC portfolio 7: Cities and buildings

 

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The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) project aims to produce and analyse global built-up surface, population density and human settlement thematic maps to understand human presence on Planet Earth.

The Urban Data Platform is a joint initiative of the DG JRC and DG Regional and Urban Policy. It provides an access point to exchange information on...

Activities on this topic

The European Commission set out a long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas over the next two decades. It identifies a number of areas of action towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas and communities by 2040.

Retrofitting existing buildings to make them seismically resistant and at the same time energy efficient may be unaffordable for many.That's why...

A creative and interdisciplinary initiative that connects the European Green Deal to our living spaces and experiences.

Today in the world millions of shipping containers constantly travel and cross national borders. Cargo containers are considered as a weak link in the...