DLR-research report titled “Urban Science with a View from Space” published

DLR-research report titled “Urban Science with a View from Space” published

October 8, 2025

The largest migration movement that mankind has ever experienced is in full swing. Across the globe, the population flow is moving from the countryside to the cities. This and many other factors cause our cities to grow, restructure, force them to adapt and much more. Earth observation with data from space is particularly suitable for observing, analyzing and, in the best case, better understanding these processes.

 

Here at EORC and at DLR this transformation has been a focus of our research for two decades now. We have continuously reported – see e.g. here: https://remote-sensing.org/studies-on-global-urbanization/

 

In a new DLR-research report entitled ‘Urban Science with a View from Space – Dynamics, Dimensions, Patterns, Effects, Adaptation, Ethics’, Hannes Taubenböck compiled 24 studies on different urban research questions. The idea was to create a larger, more coherent scientific picture of the processes of global urbanization than is possible in individual studies. The report has been published yesterday and is now openly accessible: https://doi.org/10.57676/75k5-re54  

 

 

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