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Debate referring Spanish medium sized cities from those sciences related to the study of the territory, within an European and world context, have increased in complexity and diversity throughout the XXIst century. Matters such as size, rank or classification have given up their leadership in favour of quality of life, economic survival or the boost of territorial competitiveness in a highly globalized world. The objective of this research is to identify and characterize the most influential and current approaches and topics regarding future development of those cities. By means of using bibliometric indicators it is determined its relative importance, which results interesting in the decision making process related to strategic regional and urgan planning and political agenda of those cities. In order to do that, a review of the most relevant investigations thereon in recent years has done. Prevailing approach is linked to development, in which outstand topics linked to participative and economic dimension of sustainability, such as scale, networking, economy, innovation or stakeholders. ; El debate en torno a las ciudades medias españolas desde las ciencias afines al estudio del territorio, dentro de un contexto europeo y mundial, ha aumentado su grado de complejidad y diversidad a lo largo del s. XXI. Las cuestiones en torno a su tamaño, rango o clasificación han cedido protagonismo en favor de aspectos relacionados con la calidad de vida, la supervivencia económica o el impulso de su competitividad territorial en un mundo más globalizado. El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar y caracterizar los enfoques y temáticas actuales más influyentes para el futuro desarrollo de estas ciudades. Mediante el uso de indicadores bibliométricos se determina su importancia relativa, lo que resulta de interés en los procesos de toma de decisiones relacionados con la planificación estratégica y la agenda política de estas ciudades. Para ello, se lleva a cabo una revisión de las investigaciones más relevantes al respecto ...

The proposed regulation on European data governance will foster the availability of data for use by increasing trust in data intermediaries and strengthening data-sharing mechanisms across the EU, Policy Cloud, Cyberwatching, DUET, and URBANITE invite big data and cloud solutions providers and policymakers from industrial, commercial and public realities to an expert briefing on the perceived scope of the Data Governance Act, the implications for cybersecurity and GDPR, and the practical ramifications for public and business administrations "We are defining today a truly European approach to data sharing. Our new regulation will enable trust and facilitate the flow of data across sectors and Member States while putting all those who generate data in the driving seat. With the ever-growing role of industrial data in our economy, Europe needs an open yet sovereign Single Market for data. Flanked by the right investments and key infrastructures, our regulation will help Europe become the world's number one data continent." Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton. 25 November 2020. Agenda: 1.The Data Governance Act and Data-Driven Policy Making: Impact and Practical Implementations Introduction – Marieke Willems (Trust-IT & Policy Cloud) 2.Introduction to the DGA and the Policy Cloud Legal and Ethical Framework for Data-Driven Policymaking - Alberto Bettiol & Martim Taborda (ICTLegal Consulting & Policy Cloud) 3.The DGA and the Cybersecurity/Privacy Implications for Policymakers, Public Administrations, R&I Projects, and SMEs - Paolo Balboni (ICT Legal Consulting & Cyberwatching) 4. Practical Implications of the DGA for Data-Sharing in Urban Policy Making Digital Urban Twins DUET- Pavel Kogut (21cConsultancy) URBANITE - Sergio Campos (Tecnalia) 5. Round Table discussion, lead by Marieke Willems This is the slidedeck used for the webinar, held on 16 February 2021.

The European Union (EU) has assigned municipal governments a key role in the transformations needed to achieve its climate and energy objectives. One of the main initiatives of the EU has been the &ldquo ; The Covenant of Mayors&rdquo ; launched in 2008, with impacts beyond Europe due to integration with the &ldquo ; Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy&rdquo ; . This research focuses on local measures to adapt to climate change, verifying their differences between themselves, and aims to identify and characterize patterns in the different adaptation strategies examined. Further aims are (i) the collection of good practices, framed in the Mayors Adapt initiative, managing multidimensional data from the context and from its adaptation proposals ; (ii) the classification of strategies in profiles and patterns using artificial neural networks based on the previous variables ; (iii) the characterization and comparison of such profiles. The results substantiate the existence of several well-differentiated approaches, connected with their geographical context, vulnerability and politics. These results provide valuable information for its interpretation and for the planning of climate change adaptation actions, highlighting the value of the creation of networks of institutional collaboration targeted at each strategic framework.

GENESYS : a candidate for an Artemis cross-domain architecture for embedded systems. Eds. Roman Obermaisser, Herman Kopetz., 99 - 133 ; It is the objective of this book to give an overview of the cross-domain architecture for embedded systems that has been developed in the context of the European FP 7 research project GENESYS (GENeric Embedded SYStem FP7-213322) from January 2008 to June 2009. GENESYS is a candidate for the ARTEMIS European Reference Architecture for embedded systems. ARTEMIS is a European joint technology initiative (JTI) that bundles the efforts of European players from industry, academia and governments in the domain of embedded systems in order to develop a cross-domain approach to Embedded System Design. Such a cross-domain approach is needed to support the coming Internet of Things, to take full advantage of the economies of scale of the semiconductor industry and to improve the productivity of the human resources. GENESYS is a platform architecture that provides a minimal set of core services at the waist and a plurality of optional service that are predominantly implemented as self-contained system components. Choosing a suitable set of these system components that implement optional services, augmented by application specific components, can generate domain-specific instantiations of the architectures.

The proposed regulation on European data governance will foster the availability of data for use by increasing trust in data intermediaries and strengthening data-sharing mechanisms across the EU, Policy Cloud , Cyberwatching , DUET , and URBANITE invite big data and cloud solutions providers and policymakers from industrial, commercial and public realities to an expert briefing on the perceived scope of the Data Governance Act, the implications for cybersecurity and GDPR, and the practical ramifications for public and business administrations "We are defining today a truly European approach to data sharing. Our new regulation will enable trust and facilitate the flow of data across sectors and Member States while putting all those who generate data in the driving seat. With the ever-growing role of industrial data in our economy, Europe needs an open yet sovereign Single Market for data. Flanked by the right investments and key infrastructures, our regulation will help Europe become the world's number one data continent." Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton. 25 November 2020. Agenda: 1.The Data Governance Act and Data-Driven Policy Making: Impact and Practical Implementations Introduction – Marieke Willems (Trust-IT & Policy Cloud) 2.Introduction to the DGA and the Policy Cloud Legal and Ethical Framework for Data-Driven Policymaking - Alberto Bettiol & Martim Taborda (ICTLegal Consulting & Policy Cloud) 3.The DGA and the Cybersecurity/Privacy Implications for Policymakers, Public Administrations, R&I Projects, and SMEs - Paolo Balboni (ICT Legal Consulting & Cyberwatching) 4. Practical Implications of the DGA for Data-Sharing in Urban Policy Making Digital Urban Twins DUET- Pavel Kogut (21cConsultancy) URBANITE - Sergio Campos (Tecnalia) 5. Round Table discussion, lead by Marieke Willems This is the slidedeck used for the webinar, held on 16 February 2021.

In the current call for a greater human health and well-being as a sustainable development goal, to encourage active commuting to and from school (ACS) seems to be a key factor. Research focusing on the analysis of the association between environmental factors and ACS in children and adolescents has reported limited and inconclusive evidence, so more knowledge is needed about it. The main aim of this study is to examine the association between different built environmental factors of both school neighbourhood and home-school route with ACS of children and adolescents belonging to urban areas. The ACS level was evaluated using a self-reported questionnaire. Built environment variables (i.e., density of residents, street connectivity and mixed land use) within a school catchment area and home-school route characteristics (i.e., distance and pedestrian route directness—PRD) were measured using a geographic information system (GIS) and examined together with ACS levels. Subsequently, the association between environmental factors and ACS was analysed by binary logistic regression. Several cut-off points of the route measures were explored using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. In addition, the PRD was further studied regarding different thresholds. The results showed that 70.5% of the participants were active and there were significant associations between most environmental factors and ACS. Most participants walked to school when routes were short (distance variable in children: OR = 0.980; p = 0.038; and adolescents: OR = 0.866; p < 0.001) and partially direct (PRD variable in children: OR = 11.334; p < 0.001; and adolescents: OR = 3.513; p < 0.001), the latter specially for children. Mixed land uses (OR = 2.037; p < 0.001) and a high density of street intersections (OR = 1.640; p < 0.001) clearly encouraged adolescents walking and slightly discouraged children walking (OR = 0.657, p = 0.010; and OR = 0.692, p = 0.025, respectively). The assessment of ACS together with the environmental factors using GIS separately for children and adolescents can inform future friendly and sustainable communities. ; Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness DEP2016-75598-R ; European Union (EU) DEP2016-75598-R ; University of Granada, Plan Propio de Investigacion 2016 (Excellence actions: Unit of Excellence on Exercise and Health -UCEES-) ; Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Conocimiento, Investigacion y Universidades, European Regional Development Fund SOMM17/6107/UGR

The session showcases examples of Smart Government initiatives across Europe that integrate AI, Digital Twins and Big Data solutions. A focus lies on co-creating services with the use of the 3 aforementioned technologies. The the three panel members are: Mr. Lieven Raes Smart City expert at Information Flanders, Belgium, Ms. Leire Orue-Echevarria Arrieta Coloud Technologies expert at TECNALIA R&I, Spain, and Iskra Yovkova from the Municipality of Sofia who leads Policy Cloud's use case of urban policy making through analysis of crowdsourced data.

Featured Application: The methodology developed in this research has direct application in understanding European initiatives and policies for adaptation to climate change through the identification of differentiated strategic adaptation frameworks. ; The European Union (EU) has assigned municipal governments a key role in the transformations needed to achieve its climate and energy objectives. One of the main initiatives of the EU has been the "The Covenant of Mayors", launched in 2008, with impacts beyond Europe due to integration with the "Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy". This research focuses on local measures to adapt to climate change, verifying their differences between themselves, and aims to identify and characterize patterns in the different adaptation strategies examined. Further aims are (i) the collection of good practices, framed in the Mayors Adapt initiative, managing multidimensional data from the context and from its adaptation proposals; (ii) the classification of strategies in profiles and patterns using artificial neural networks based on the previous variables; (iii) the characterization and comparison of such profiles. The results substantiate the existence of several well-differentiated approaches, connected with their geographical context, vulnerability and politics. These results provide valuable information for its interpretation and for the planning of climate change adaptation actions, highlighting the value of the creation of networks of institutional collaboration targeted at each strategic framework. ; This research was funded by Consejería de Economía, Innovación, Ciencia y Empleo, Andalusian Regional Government (Spain) grant number P12-RNM-1514. And The APC was funded by University of Granada (Spain).

This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness and the European Regional Development Fund [grant no. DEP2016-75598-R, MINECO/FEDER, UE]. Additionally, this study takes place thanks to the funding from the University of Granada Plan Propio de Investigacion 2016 -Excellence actions: Unit of Excellence on Exercise and Health (UCEES) -and the Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Conocimiento, Investigacion y Universidades, European Regional Development Fund [grant no. SOMM17/6107/UGR]. The funding body had no role in the study design or collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data or in writing the manuscript. ; Background Literature focusing on youth has reported limited evidence and non-conclusive associations between neighborhood walkability measures and active commuting to and from school (ACS). Moreover, there is a lack of studies evaluating both macro- and micro-scale environmental factors of the neighborhood when ACS is analyzed. Likewise, most studies on built environment attributes and ACS focus on urban areas, whereas there is a lack of studies analyzing rural residential locations. Moreover, the relationship between built environment attributes and ACS may differ in children and adolescents. Hence, this study aimed to develop walkability indexes in relation to ACS for urban and rural children and adolescents, including both macro- and micro-scale school-neighborhood factors. Methods A cross-sectional study of 4593 participants from Spain with a mean age of 12.2 (SD 3.6) years was carried out. Macro-scale environmental factors were evaluated using geographic information system data, and micro-scale factors were measured using observational procedures. Socio-demographic characteristics and ACS were assessed with a questionnaire. Several linear regression models were conducted, including all the possible combinations of six or less built environment factors in order to find the best walkability index. Results Analyses showed that intersection density, number of four-way intersections, and residential density were positively related to ACS in urban participants, but negatively in rural participants. In rural children, positive streetscape characteristics, number of regulated crossings, traffic calming features, traffic lanes, and parking street buffers were also negatively related to ACS. In urban participants, other different factors were positively related to ACS: number of regulated crossings, positive streetscape characteristics, or crossing quality. Land use mix acted as a positive predictor only in urban adolescents. Distance to the school was a negative predictor on all the walkability indexes. However, aesthetic and social characteristics were not included in any of the indexes. Conclusions Interventions focusing on improving built environments to increase ACS behavior need to have a better understanding of the walkability components that are specifically relevant to urban or rural samples. ; Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness ; European Union (EU) DEP2016-75598-R ; University of Granada Plan Propio de Investigacion 2016 -Excellence actions: Unit of Excellence on Exercise and Health (UCEES) ; Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Conocimiento, Investigacion y Universidades, European Regional Development Fund SOMM17/6107/UGR

The advances in autonomous technologies and microelectronics have increased the use of Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in more critical applications, such as forest fire monitoring and fighting. In addition, implementing surveillance methods that provide rich information about the fires is considered a great tool for Emergency Response Teams (ERT). From this aspect and in collaboration with Telefónica Digital España, Dronitec S.L, and Divisek Systems, this paper presents a fire monitoring system based on perception algorithms, implemented on a UAV, to perform surveillance tasks allowing the monitoring of a specific area, in which several algorithms have been implemented to perform the tasks of autonomous take-off/landing, trajectory planning, and fire monitoring. This UAV is equipped with RGB and thermal cameras, temperature sensors, and communication modules in order to provide full information about the fire and the UAV itself, sending these data to the ground station in real time. The presented work is validated by performing several flights in a real environment, and the obtained results show the efficiency and the robustness of the proposed system, against different weather conditions. ; This work is supported by the Comunidad de Madrid Government through the Industrial Doctorates Grants (Grant No. IND2017/TIC-7834).