The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) project produces new global spatial information, evidence-based analytics and knowledge describing the human presence on Earth. It operates in a fully open and free data and methods access policy. The knowledge generated with the GHSL is supporting the...

The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) project produces new global spatial information, evidence-based analytics and knowledge describing the human presence on Earth. It operates in a fully open and free data and methods access policy. The knowledge generated with the GHSL is supporting the...

The increasing number of disasters threatening human safety has raised the attention of international community on the disaster management cycle (prevention, preparedness, response, recovery). Lessons learned during the last decade have shown that geo-information availability and processing can...

In this report, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) expands its exploration of complex disaster risks that transcend national borders and introduce novel challenges to the European Union. Taking stock of previous JRC flagship reports on understanding risks (Science for Disaster Risk Management Book...

In this report, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) expands its exploration of complex disaster risks that transcend national borders and introduce novel challenges to the European Union. Taking stock of previous JRC flagship reports on understanding risks (Science for Disaster Risk Management Book...

This report summarizes the scope, the discussion and main outcomes of the 7th Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC) Annual Seminar, held at the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) - Brussels on the 21st November 2023.

Giga is a joint initiative between United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Telecommunication Union to map schools and educational facilities worldwide, along with the quality of their connection to the internet. In this report, the authors demonstrate the use of the Degree...

Giga is a joint initiative between United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Telecommunication Union to map schools and educational facilities worldwide, along with the quality of their connection to the internet. In this report, the authors demonstrate the use of the Degree...

The JRC Data Policy requires that JRC Data be managed following the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) Principles. This paper is a deliverable of the JRC Data Strategy in its call to publish Guidelines to support and enhance the FAIRness of JRC data. The paper provides a...

This document describes the assessment of global terrain data and a procedure to combine terrain data with newly available human settlement data. The aim is to quantify settlements in low-lying coastal zones and in topographically rugged terrain. For terrain data we use the Shuttle Radar...