{"id":191252,"date":"2018-12-11T15:21:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T23:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&p=191252"},"modified":"2021-08-06T11:09:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T18:09:44","slug":"building-a-safer-smarter-and-more-resilient-europe","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/building-a-safer-smarter-and-more-resilient-europe","title":{"rendered":"Building a Safer, Smarter, and More Resilient Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":651,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10952],"tags":[282722,277932,294582],"arcwatch_issues":[224242],"class_list":["post-191252","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geodesign-summit","tag-delft","tag-geodesign-summit-europe","tag-the-netherlands","arcwatch_issues-august-2014","arcwatch_sections-the-headlines"],"acf":{"short_description":"This summit will focus on how geodesign can play a pivotal role in making European communities smarter, safer, and more resilient.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Center","content":"Geodesign Summit Europe<\/strong>\r\nWhen:<\/strong>\u00a0September 11\u201312, 2014\r\nWhere:<\/strong>\u00a0Delft, the Netherlands","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":168012,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"What better place to be in September than the historic city of Delft, the Netherlands? Famous for its canals and blue pottery, Delft is also a place steeped in the study of technology and engineering, as it is home to universities that specialize in those fields. One of the city's most famous residents was Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the lens maker whose improvements to the microscope revolutionized the instrument and allowed him to be the first to observe and then describe single-celled organisms.\r\n\r\nWhat better place, then, to hold the second annual Geodesign Summit Europe. It's an event that brings together an international group of archaeologists, historians, designers, planners, policy makers, geospatial scientists, information technologists, and even artists, seeking to make some discoveries of their own.\r\n\r\nA place of learning since 1842, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) will cohost this year's summit with VU University of Amsterdam, Geodan, and Esri.\r\n

What Is Geodesign?<\/h3>\r\nGeodesign is an iterative planning and design method. It combines input from stakeholders with geospatial modeling, impact simulations, and real-time feedback to help them create holistic designs and make smarter decisions."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":168022,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"This year's gathering will focus on several major themes that include using geodesign to create a safer world in the light of extreme weather and chronic stressors; build smarter, more adaptive, and sustainable communities<\/a>; preserve what makes places special and unique; and finally, actively improve the quality of life for people while protecting the environment.\r\n\r\nThe presummit events on September 10 will include workshops on Esri CityEngine, disaster planning, and geodesign.\r\n\r\nGeodesign Summit Europe will be held in the TU Delft Department of Architecture building.\r\n\r\nThe keynote speaker will be Peter Head, founder of\u00a0The Ecological Sequestration Trust<\/a>\u00a0and one of\u00a0Time<\/em>magazine's 30 global eco-heroes. He will speak about his groundbreaking work to integrate social, ecological, and economic systems into one global model to create what he calls a \"collaborative consciousness\" that will help inform local decisions to create a sustainable planet.\r\n\r\nThe lineup of speakers is still growing but also includes\r\n