Start
15/10/2017
End
14/10/2020
Status
Completed
Geo4D
Website's ProjectStart
15/10/2017
End
14/10/2020
Status
Completed
Geo4D
Website's ProjectGeodesy and geoinformatics for sustainable development in Jordan
Marco Scaioni (Principal Investigator), 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.
Contribution to SDGs: 4, 11
DABC Activities
The project involved research groups from the DABC and DICA departments. Activities carried out by DABC: • Coordination of the Polimi Operational Unit and contribution to other project activities; • Organization of a retraining event for staff from Jordanian universities participating in the project on the topic of “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)