1. Copernicus Urban Atlas: an update
Hugo Poelman
European Commission
DG Regional and Urban Policy
Analysis Unit 1

2. Overview Evolution of the Urban Atlas product Current planning
Additional data and analysis opportunities

3. Urban Atlas land use/land cover data
Copernicus Land component product
Combining satellite imagery, imperviousness and road network data
Focus on urban land use classes
Minimum mapping unit in urban areas 0.25 ha
First project with reference year 2006
EU-27
305 FUAs: covering cities with more than 100,000 inh.

5. Urban Atlas 2012 vs. 2006 Second project: reference year 2012
EU-28 + EFTA countries
Covering all FUAs (v. 2011)
More thematic detail in non-urban land use classes
Change layer for all FUAs produced in 2006
Additional layer on street trees (linear green along streets in an urban environment)

7. Current Urban Atlas project
Reference year 2012
FUAs in Western Balkans and Turkey
EU-28 and EFTA: revised and new FUAs
Forthcoming reference year 2018
Including change layer
High-resolution building height layer for capital cities

8. Data availability and additional data
All Urban Atlas 2006 and 2012 datasets on
Population estimates for individual Urban Atlas polygons 2012
Downscaled from 1 sqkm grid and/or sub-LAU2 census data 2011
Ancillary data: land use types (Urban Atlas) and location of built-up areas (JRC European Settlement Map ESM)

9. Analysis opportunities
Change analysis, e.g. changes in land consumption, including per capita
Forthcoming time series
Accessibility and proximity analysis
Proximity of green urban areas
Urban public transport services
Inclusion of building height
Enhanced estimates of population distribution
Analysis of spatial patterns of cities

10. Working paper
Data updated since Copernicus Urban Atlas has been completed (March 2017)

11. Working paper:
Analysis extended to more cities: update of the paper is planned for 2017, including map viewer

12. References
Copernicus Urban Atlas:
Mapping population density in Functional Urban Areas:
Access to urban public transport:
Proximity of green urban areas: