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On February 16th and 17th the teams of our Polish partner INnCREASE and of the Institute of Urban and Regional Development dedicated to CREST project met the representatives of Kołobrzeg…
On the 3rd of November, one of our CREST partners, IRMiR, had the opportunity to visit in person our lead partner Augmentcity AS, in Alesund, Norway. Experts in tourism say…
On July 16th and 17th 2022, CREST was presented at the second edition of the annual “Tremplin Futurs-ACT 2022″, an event organized by the Futurs-ACT regional research network. This extensive…
On the 28th and 29th of June 2022, the CREST project partners got the chance to get together in person at installations of Augmentcity AS, in Alesund, Norway. The workshop and project…
Rising sea levels because of global warming have immediate effects on metropolitan environments, including their infrastructure, basic services, and standard of living. As a result, given that climate change has…
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CREST – Climate resilient coastal urban infrastructures through digital twinning
Saturday 22nd April we celebrate the 53rd #EarthDay 🌍, started in 1970, a global annual event to support environmental protection (www.earthday.org). ![]()
At CREST we are facing the issue of rapid #urbanization and #resilience building. At present there are about 4.4 billion urban residents in te entire world. The @unitednations says that of these 4.4. billion, 3.4 billion people live in “less developed countries”.![]()
It is expected that over 2 billion people will live in cities in "under developed regions" by the year 2050, with Asia and Africa accounting for about 90% of this rise. This implies that an additional 2 billion urban residents will need housing, essential services, and #climatechange resistance. ![]()
Currently, 1 billion urban residents reside in so-called informal settlements. Informal settlements are exempt from formal property ownership, land use, and building rules and regulations. Governmental organizations are unable or unwilling to cooperate with them due to their illegality. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) refers to these settlements as lacking risk-reducing infrastructure and resilience-related services.![]()
In many informal communities, the risk of flooding and landslides is particularly severe because of climate change. The majority of the increase in urban population throughout the world will be accommodated in informal settlements in the absence of more effective regulations. Building climate change resilience in these settlements is urgently needed because of the projected increase in urban population by 2050.![]()
Projects like CREST are vital to better understand problems and present solutions which can help in major issues like rapid urbanization in developed countries. CREST tests and offers solutions to controlled demo sites in Europe, however, lessons learned can be applied elsewhere. The more projects like CREST the merrier
🌍We have already seen the differences between Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. In this post we will be focusing on virtual reality and its uses in real life. ![]()
It can be used in many things that you probably have never imagined. #automotive🚘industry? Yes, car companies have been using #VR for years for design and engineering reviews. #healthcare😷? Yes, in treatments and for teaching future health professionals > #retail, #tourism, #realestate #art and #design, #education, among many many others. ![]()
Do you wish to know more about #virtualreality & #augmentedreality? Please visite the following article 👉![]()
virtualspeech.com/blog/vr-applications
🤝The 16th and 17th February our Polish partners 🇵🇱 INnCREASE team and the Insitute of Urban and Regional Development team dedicated to CREST project met the representatives of Kołobrzeg council. ![]()
👉"The research phase moves ahead to the piloting stage. A very first visitation in Kołobrzeg is just behind us. Vibrancy and vulnerability intertwines each other, wintertime storms and strong gales reveal possible challenges. The diagnosis of the main threats, both environmental and social, are crucial for field research programming. The join research team of the InnCrease and the Institute of Urban and Regional Development will soon begin further field Research on urban resilience in Polish coastal area of Baltic Sea. » said Bartlomiej Sroka of inncrease.eu