Ecological Planning Toolkit - Rome
An advanced spatial analytics platform designed to democratise climate resiliency planning. Sourced from multi-temporal satellite observations and open municipal registries, the system maps and evaluates 23 key indicators across Rome to guide targeted urban greening, cooling infrastructures, and ecological connectivity.
Spatial Analysis & Environmental Framework
Mapped within Rome's coordinate reference system (UTM Zone 33N, EPSG:32633), the toolkit aggregates environmental indicators across the 15 administrative municipalities to resolve urban heat, canopy deficits, and exposure stress.
Quantifies district surface shares allocated to public parks, formal gardens, open plazas, water bodies, and public drinking fountains.
Measures active photosynthetic green biomass and vegetation vigor using Sentinel-2 and Landsat surface reflectance mosaics.
Evaluates summer radiometric surface heat, tracking the district surface proportion exposed to thermal stress exceeding 34°C.
Calculates localized microclimatic thermal anomalies, pinpointing intense heat island hotspots operating at +1.5°C above the baseline mean.
Assesses atmospheric exceedance shares beyond safety guidelines for NO2 (>25 µg/m³), PM10 (>20 µg/m³), and PM2.5 (>10 µg/m³).
Models road and rail transport noise decay (CNOSSOS-EU framework) to identify urban zones suffering from elevated noise (>55 dBA).
Analyzes biomass annual carbon sequestration shortfalls and identifies priority areas with tree canopy density below 30%.
Examines district population distributions and downscaled sectoral emissions exceeding the 25 tCO2e/ha/yr gross hotspot threshold.
Utilizes ESA WorldCover 10m land cover models to compare sealed structural surfaces against permeable, unbuilt land reserves.