Knowledge Products

The GPSC hosts a digital library featuring practical tools, reports, and case studies. Explore curated resources across thematic areas, filtering by topic or region to find the insights required to advance urban sustainability.

Featured Resources

Planning

The Making of Sustainable Cities: GEF-6 Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot (SC-IAP) – Insights and Lessons

A decade of lessons from the GEF-6 Sustainable Cities Program and its impact on future urban development.

Report

Climate

Climate Change Infrastructure Project Screening Framework (for Mitigation and Adaptation)

This tool helps catalyzing the next generation of investments in cities for climate-smart, greener, more resilient, and inclusive urbanization.

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Knowledge Resources
Explore the GPSC’s constantly growing library of knowledge resources, curated from cities across the world.
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DataX

Toward Developing a Mobility and Gender Index

Limited sex‑disaggregated data hinders gender‑inclusive mobility; the World Bank’s Mobility and Gender Index develops a framework to resolve this.

Calculating Indicators From Global Geospatial Data Sets for Benchmarking and Tracking Change in the Urban Environment

The note explains how to use spatial data with local boundaries to calculate urban indicators across multiple environmental themes.

Primer on Urban Form and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Urban form strongly shapes emissions; compact, connected, climate‑responsive cities reduce energy use, transport demand, and infrastructure needs.

The Value of Using Notation Keys in City Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories: Learning From Absent Data

The note explains how notation keys help complete GHG inventories when emissions data are missing, unclear, or unquantifiable.

The Value of Using Notation Keys in City Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories: Learning From Absent Data

The text explains why notation keys are essential for complete GHG inventories when emissions data is missing or uncertain.

Understanding the Impact of Earth Observation for Sustainable Urban Development

The evaluation reviews EO’s contributions to sustainable urban development, assesses EO4SD‑Urban impacts, and offers evidence‑based recommendations.

Analyzing the Spatial Patterns of the Elderly's Daily Activities

Traditional planning overlooks diverse needs in ageing cities, requiring data‑driven spatial strategies to support health, accessibility and active aging.

Geospatial data and Spatial planning [Resources]

The City Academy introduces satellite data applications, sharing ESA‑supported case studies to raise awareness of geospatial tools for urban planning.

EO4SD-Urban Project: Lima City Report

GPSC provides Lima with ESA‑supported imagery through EO4SD‑Urban, offering geospatial products that improve analysis and understanding of urban expansion.

EO4SD-Urban Project: Saint-Louis City Report

GPSC provides Saint Louis with ESA‑supported urban imagery through EO4SD‑Urban, offering geospatial products that improve understanding of urban expansion.