Development of a Geo-Portal for e-Land Use Information Management

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a Geo-Portal for e-Land Use Information Management in the context of the e-City Platform. Our work has been conducted as a contribution to the work package WP 4 “e-Land Use Information Management” of the project INTELCITIES which addresses the EU policy objective of the “Knowledge Society” by 2010 in the context of cities by developing an integrated citywide information system continuously accessible to all (planners, developers, politicians, designers, engineers, transport and utility service providers and individual citizens) that will enable more inclusive decision-making and support more sustainable life-styles. First our paper is broadly concerned with monitoring urban regeneration in eastern Germany. We then discuss the importance of Geo-Portals for the process of monitoring urban regeneration. Finally we present the concept and the implementation of the Geo- Portal for e-Land Use Information Management in Dresden City Region as the “Demonstrator Dresden”.