Decarbonising cities and the role of remote sensing for planning, developing, and monitoring low carbon precincts

35th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment

地球科学;生态环境科学

Bunning, J.M.^1

Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute (CUSP), Fremantle, Australia^1

关键词: Carbon emissions;    City greenhouse gas emissions;    Decarbonisation;    Local authorities;    Remedial actions;    Satellite measurements;    Satellite technology;    Space technologies;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/17/1/012009/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/17/1/012009

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Although space technologies are extremely useful to environmental researchers, the contribution that they make in monitoring city greenhouse gas emissions is limited to measuring those emissions. Standing alone, satellite technology is incapable of advancing the goal of decarbonisation. This goal will be achieved only if municipalities find local methodologies that reduce carbon emissions. Once these methodologies are implemented, the satellite measurements can demonstrate if remedial actions are succeeding. This paper is based on current work done jointly with municipalities to ascertain where, within urban systems, emissions originate and how they can ultimately be reduced. It both presents remote sensing as helpful to decarbonising precincts and discusses the impact of certain carbon mitigating strategies. Considerable potential exists for the use of satellite measurements and remote sensing to assist local authorities in planning, mapping, modelling, and developing low carbon infrastructure. The challenge is converting satellite-derived data into the kind of information that allows precinct communities, together with other stakeholders, to make decisions that result in low carbon outcomes at the precinct scale.