Introduction to Degree of Urbanisation method
- Creators
- Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Description
Accessing
To access the course, please, use the following link: https://academy.europa.eu/courses/the-degree-of-urbanisation/
About
The Degree of Urbanisation is a method to delineate cities, towns, suburbs and rural areas for international statistical comparison. It has been adopted by the 51st Statistical Commission of the United Nations. This training provides the necessary background to apply independently the Degree of Urbanisation method. We offer a multi-level learning experience across the various aspects of the Degree of Urbanisation, to help understanding what it is and how it can be applied to your own data. Applications include Sustainable Development Goals monitoring and breakdown by urbanisation class, disaster risk management, environmental and climate investigations, demography, development and cooperation.
Learning objectives
With easy-to-use tools developed at the European Commission´s Joint Research Centre, using this Knowledge Resource, you will learn how to:
- Map population on a territory of interest with a population grid,
- Classify grid cells based on population size and density, and grid cells contiguity by Degree of Urbanisation,
- Transfer this classification to small administrative or census subdivisions of a territory,
- Create shareable maps of territorial analytics linked with settlements and their sustainability levels.
You will understand the importance and the benefits of using a worldwide common definition of urban, suburban and rural areas - the Degree of Urbanisation, and how such classification could serve policy-making towards Sustainable Development Goals.
Offered by
This content is offered by the European Commission. The European Commission is the European Union's politically independent executive arm. It is alone responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, and it implements the decisions of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.
Related materials
This resource is associated with the Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements. If you want to learn more about it, please, check the EO Toolkit portal (https://eotoolkit.unhabitat.org/), a place where you will find use cases, learning material, and many other tools and resources related to the Sustainable Development Goal 11 and New Urban Agenda.