Synergy between Gmes and Regional Innovation Strategies: Very High Resolution Images for Local Planning and Monitoring

In the European strategy for a sustainable territory management, the European Commission (EC) gives great relevance to the active participation of the final Users, with the purpose of gathering their specific requirements in the definition processes and in the qualification of the services. Starting from the results obtained by GSE LAND project, funded by ESA within GMES initiatives and by its successor GEOLAND2 project, financed by EC within the FP7 Programme, Regione Puglia supported a regional project aimed to provide EO value added products and services in the fields of environmental monitoring and urban planning. This paper describes the operational case of the construction of the new General Urban Plans for a local Municipality. Keywords: Urban planning, land monitoring, very high resolution remote sensing.