Accessible EO-based Urban Development Monitoring in Kenya
The GDA AID Urban Sustainability activity is supporting the “Integrated Urban Data Platform – Application for Urban Centres in Kenya” project.
Description
The “Integrated Urban Data Platform” is a project led by the African Development Bank AfDB) Urban and Municipal Development Fund (UMDF). The GDA Urban Sustainability consortium are supporting this project, by using Earth Observation (EO) technology to enhance urban resilience and promote sustainable development.
In the rapidly urbanising landscapes of Africa, accurate and comprehensive urban data is often scarce. This lack of data particularly hampers adequate urban planning of numerous towns and cities in Kenya, including Nairobi the capital, hindering informed policymaking and investment decisions in these urban regions. To address these issues, the Urban Sustainability consortium introduced an ‘urban data demonstration package’ for the Kenyan Government. This package includes several products: Settlement Extent and Change Data, Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), 2D/3D Building Footprints, Transport Network Data and Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Data.
You can read more about this Case Study here: A High-Tech Peek at Kenya’s Urban Future Through Earth Observation