Digital Earth _ A sustainable Earth

8th International Symposium of the Digital Earth

地球科学;计算机科学

Mahavir^1

Department of Environmental Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, 4-B, I. P. Estate, New Delhi 110002, India^1

关键词: Ecological footprint;    Economic considerations;    Environmental information systems;    Geospatial technology;    Investment decisions;    National spatial data infrastructures;    Poverty reduction;    Urban information system;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012117/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012117

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

All life, particularly human, cannot be sustainable, unless complimented with shelter, poverty reduction, provision of basic infrastructure and services, equal opportunities and social justice. Yet, in the context of cities, it is believed that they can accommodate more and more people, endlessly, regardless to their carrying capacity and increasing ecological footprint. The 'inclusion', for bringing more and more people in the purview of development is often limited to social and economic inclusion rather than spatial and ecological inclusion. Economic investment decisions are also not always supported with spatial planning decisions. Most planning for a sustainable Earth, be at a level of rural settlement, city, region, national or Global, fail on the capacity and capability fronts. In India, for example, out of some 8,000 towns and cities, Master Plans exist for only about 1,800. A chapter on sustainability or environment is neither statutorily compulsory nor a norm for these Master Plans. Geospatial technologies including Remote Sensing, GIS, Indian National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), Indian National Urban Information Systems (NUIS), Indian Environmental Information System (ENVIS), and Indian National GIS (NGIS), etc. have potential to map, analyse, visualize and take sustainable developmental decisions based on participatory social, economic and social inclusion. Sustainable Earth, at all scales, is a logical and natural outcome of a digitally mapped, conceived and planned Earth. Digital Earth, in fact, itself offers a platform to dovetail the ecological, social and economic considerations in transforming it into a sustainable Earth.