La jornada Aprenem del Glòria al delta: mapes de risc d’inundació i component marinaes, organitzat per Interfase y Taula del Llobregat realitzarà la tarda del 23 de setembre de 2021, de 16:30 a 19:00. Continue reading “Jornada: Aprenem del Glòria al delta del Llobregat, 23 setembre 2021”
Author: Interfase
57% of Barcelona residents are exposed to excess noise
A new report – published by Barcelona’s Public Health Agency with contributions from INTERFASE and UAB researchers – found that 57% of the city’s residents are exposed to noise levels that are harmful to health as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO). Continue reading “57% of Barcelona residents are exposed to excess noise”
Reflections on the translation of the work of J.K. Gibson-Graham
On 15 October 2020, Antonia Casellas gave an online talk on translating the work of the Feminist Economic Geographer duo J.K. Gibson-Graham. Continue reading “Reflections on the translation of the work of J.K. Gibson-Graham”
Children of ’92 – the impact of the Barcelona Olympics 25 years on
Antònia Casellas is featured in an RTVE documentary on the 25th of anniversary of the Olympic Games held in Barcelona in 1992. Continue reading “Children of ’92 – the impact of the Barcelona Olympics 25 years on”
Noise activities
Interfase-UAB, inside the ETC/ACM consortium, is responsible for the provision of support to EEA, the Member States and the EEA member countries on the environmental noise field: mainly supporting the collection and quality checking of noise data, assessing it and disseminating the main figures at European and country level.
The Environmental Noise Directive (END) entered into force in 2002, and based on the information compiled since that date, the first noise assessment report at EU level was developed and published together with the EEA, in December 2014. Continue reading “Noise activities”
Copernicus Land: improving the road network within Functional Urban Areas
The European Copernicus programme, previously known as Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) is an EU-wide programme that aims to support policymakers, business, and citizens with improved environmental information. Copernicus integrates satellite and in-situ data with modeling to provide user-focused information services.
UAB is leading the Copernicus task EEA/IDM/15/010 under the ETC-ULS consortium including partners from Luxembourg (Space4Environment) and Hungary (FÖMI).
The aim and name of the task is to “Assess the completeness, up to datedness and accessibility to existing road network databases within a selection of Functional Urban Areas of Urban Atlas 2012.” Continue reading “Copernicus Land: improving the road network within Functional Urban Areas”