Abstract

Mega-events imply several city transformations at different scales that could be challenging to be identified and documented. The impacts of such events like Universal Exhibitions are difficult to be identified and tracked in space and over a long period of time. This paper discusses the use of open-source geospatial technologies as innovative tools in support of urban planning and management of digital cities, analysing in particular the case of an international exhibition in the urban landscape. A GIS-based approach is used to design a spatially enabled database, which is essential for implementing advanced analytics in modern smart cities. The pilot project proposes the design and implementation of such georeferenced database for monitoring the urban transformations of the area used for Expo 2015 Milano (Italy). The potential of GIS environment in the consultation process, which allows to obtain different interactive views and to make selections and queries of the data, is explored. The paper also discusses the possibility of publishing such prototype on a shared platform, allowing a larger non-technical audience to follow the urban evolution of the area in a diachronic perspective.

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Title
A FREE AND OPEN-ACCESS GIS FOR THE DOCUMENTATION AND MONITORING OF URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE AREA OF THE EXPO 2015 EXHIBITION IN MILAN
Author
Gentile, M 1 ; Gaspari, F 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Tornatore, V 1 ; Migliaccio, F 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy; Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy 
Pages
67-74
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
ISSN
16821750
e-ISSN
21949034
Source type
Conference Paper
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2828392513
Copyright
© 2023. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.