Monitoring of green corridor and residents’ quality of life

CONTEXT

Placing nature at the center
of urban development

Urban vegetation is a key element in enhancing the quality of life for urban residents and maintaining ecological balance. Serving as a vital component of the urban landscape and ecosystem, it is instrumental in ecological processes such as biodiversity conservation, air purification, carbon sequestration, and water management.

Furthermore, urban vegetation contributes significantly to the promotion of human health and both individual and collective well-being. It facilitates thermal comfort, regulates pollutants, fosters social cohesion, provides recreational spaces, and boosts tourism.

Nevertheless, municipalities often lack comprehensive information about their vegetal heritage and its impact on population well-being, particularly concerning thermal comfort. Addressing this information gap, TerraNIS developed Langdia several years ago (ex Greencity), with the aim of tackling the ecological transition challenge in cities and overcoming this barrier.

OUR SOLUTION

Landia, an urban
vegetation observatory

Our solution, Landia Urban Vegetation, enables municipalities to analyze, monitor, and manage urban vegetation cover. We generate vegetation maps from satellite images and present them through an online observatory for municipalities. This tool aims to provide an overview of a territory’s vegetation, allowing assessment of its level of vegetalization at various scales, as well as monitoring and evaluating measures implemented on the ground (such as “tree” plans, “canopy” plans). Landia also serves as a decision support tool, enabling the targeting of priority action areas through a range of thematic indicators.

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INDICATORS

Some examples of indicators
for your municipality

57%

VEGETATED AREA

23%

CANOPY INDEX

16%

PUBLIC VEGETATED SPACE

677

AREA OF VEGETATED SPACES PER INHABITANT

67%

ACCESSIBILITY TO A PUBLIC GREEN SPACE

USE CASE

TerraNIS supports Val-de-Marne in its “50,000 Trees Plan”

Planting 50,000 trees by 2028 is the ambitious challenge that the Val-de-Marne department has taken on to fight against climate change and its effects. To carry out this project, TerraNIS supported Val-de-Marne by carrying out an initial mapping of tree cover in the area. In this way, the department has an initial inventory of its vegetation at the start of the “50,000 Trees Plan”. By carrying out new maps during the project, the department will then be able to monitor the evolution of the share of tree area permitted thanks to this initiative.

USE CASE

Mapping the canopy and green roofs of the city of Paris

In 2023, TerraNIS supported the city of Paris to map the vegetation of its territory. A reproducible production method was developed in partnership with the community and the CNES in order to be able to monitor the evolution of the plant cover. This repository of vegetated surfaces as well as vegetation indices allows the city to monitor the actions implemented on the ground as part of its Canopy Plan. Another part of this study also concerned the mapping of green roofs throughout the city.

USE CASE

Mapping of green spaces in Iberostar group hotels in Mallorca

As part of a global approach to sustainable development, the Iberostar group has set the goal of obtaining 25% green spaces within its hotels. This project aims to make the hotel environment healthier and more pleasant, but also to improve the health of all the ecosystems located around the hotels. To meet the needs raised by Iberostar, TerraNIS has implemented a vegetation monitoring method on the island of Majorca, where 17 hotels of the group are located, using Pléiades archive images at 50cm resolution.

SERVICES

Discover our other services for
managing your territories

Urban vegetation, heat islands, soil artificialization, agroecological infrastructures: discover all our services for managing your territories!

ANALYSIS OF URBAN CLIMATOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION OF HEAT ISLANDS

MAPPING, ANALYSIS, AND MONITORING OF LAND SEALING

MAPPING, MONITORING, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF
NATURAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND FOREST SPACES

MAPPING OF FOREST AREAS AND
BURNED AREAS FOLLOWING FIRES

CONTACT

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