Geodesy and geoinformatics for sustainable development in Jordan

Marco SCAIONI (docente coordinatore), Luigi BARAZZETTI, Branka Cuca

Geo4D was aimed to modernise geodesy education in Jordan: the country faces many challenges in its development toward a socio-economically and environmentally sustainable society (e.g., lack of energy and land/water resources, insufficient infrastructure, serious traffic problems in urban areas), that need technical support from a well-functioning mapping infrastructure and geodesy education.
The project consortium involved 3 EU universities, 3 Jordanian universities and 3 stakeholder organizations from both public and private sectors. The project allowed to create 3 new geodesy laboratories with state-of-the-art geodetic equipment and to develop a set of learning and training schemes and tools, including: new curricula and master programs in geodesy/geoinformatics, intensive training courses, web-based e-learning platforms and new Problem-Based Learning (PBL) pedagogy to foster active learning.

DABC role

The project involved research teams from DABC and DICA Departments.
Activities performed by DABC:
• coordination of the Polimi Task Force and contribution to other project activities;
• organisation of a retraining event for the staff of the Jordanian universities participating in the project on the theme “Engineering Applications of Geomatics”.

Partners

Royal Institute of Technology (coordinator), University of Leon, Hashemite University, Yarmouk University, Al-Balqa Applied University, Modern Survey Office, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR)

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