ETMS Environmental indicators

Roger Milego (roger.milego@uab.cat)

Prague, Project meeting 5-7 March 2014

ETMS ENV-02 – Air Pollution

• Number of average days where PM10 concentrations exceeds 50 µg/m3

• Number of average days where SO2 concentrations exceeds 125 µg/m3

• Number of average days where O3 concentrations exceeds 120 µg/m3

Three indicators

...by Urban Audit Core Cities or LUZ

ETMS ENV-02 – Air PollutionRaw data

ETMS ENV-02 – Air PollutionFinal data

ETMS ENV-02 – Air PollutionMetadata...

ETMS ENV-02 – Air PollutionSample...

ETMS ENV-03 – Degree of soil sealing

• Soil sealing 2006 (m2 and %)• Soil sealing 2009 (m2 and %)• Change in soil sealing 2006-2009 (% with respect to 2006 / %

with respect to LAU2 total area)

Different indicators

...by LAU2

Soil sealing or imperviousness?

Pending: add 2 countries, minor correction in metadata

ETMS ENV-03 – Degree of soil sealingGIS analysis

Source data• Soil sealing raster data 100m (2006)• Soil sealing raster data 100m (2009)• Changes in soil sealing 2006-2009 100m raster.• LAU2 (2008)

GIS processing• Calculation of absolute figures of soil sealing• Zonal statistics (area of soil sealing by LAU2)• Tabular calculations (Percentage rates)

ETMS ENV-03 – Degree of soil sealingRaw data

ETMS ENV-03 – Degree of soil sealingFinal data

ETMS ENV-03 – Degree of soil sealingMetadata

ETMS ENV-04 – Landscape fragmentation

• Major anthropogenic fragmentation• Major and minor anthropogenic fragmentation• Anthropogenic and natural fragmentation

Different indicators

...by NUTS X (mixture of NUTS 2&3)

Possibility: calculate indexes by other territorial units

ETMS ENV-04 – Landscape fragmentationRaw data

ETMS ENV-04 – Landscape fragmentationFinal data

ETMS ENV-04 – Landscape fragmentationMetadata

ETMS ENV-04 – Landscape fragmentationSample map

Reminder: ETMS Indicators Documentation

For each indicator, a single folder in Alfresco

Metadata is mandatory

https://etcsdi.uab.cat/alfresco/

http://www.alfresco.com/help/34/community/ecmexplorerhelp/

Tutorial:

Reminder: ETMS Indicators Documentation

Indicator sample in Alfresco:

ETMS SustainabilityIt should include four general aspects:

• TESTING• DOCUMENTATION• MAINTENANCE• BUSINESS PLAN

ETMS SustainabilityTESTINGA procedure for testing the system should be defined once it is draft running. A testing report should be produced after each test.

Testing should ensure three aspects:- Technology, i.e. ETMS web platform- Thematics, i.e. indicator updates…- Policy relevance, i.e. new policy debates…

The sustainability document will define how often testing should be undertaken. (6 months? Yearly?)

ETMS SustainabilityDOCUMENTATIONThe Sustainability Report should explain how all the documentation is safely stored (Alfresco) and which is the structure of the different documents.

ETMS SustainabilityMAINTENANCEIt should carefully define:- Software maintenance- Database updates- Indicator revision- Documentation system updates- Monitoring reports production and difusion

ETMS SustainabilityBUSINESS PLANETMS Further possibilities- Services and products derived from the

system- Mobile apps?- Newsletter?- Regular publications?- Events organisation?

ETMS SustainabilityExpected contributions (tentative)

GISAT: webtool documentation and maintenanceMCRIT: webpage documentation and maintenanceNORDREGIO&SF: policy relevance & indicator update protocols.UNIGE: database documentation and maintenance

In general: comments to the document once drafted!

Thank you for your attention!

Roger Milego (roger.milego@uab.cat)

Stockholm, Project meeting 8-9 October 2013