Context SCALABLE is an ADEME-funded research project involving the LESSEM laboratory (INRAE Grenoble), the STEEP team at Inria Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Énergie Environnement, the TerriFlux company and the Parc Naturel Régional de Chartreuse for all members of the “alpine region” inter-territorial food project. SCALABLE focuses on biomass of agricultural origin (BOA),…
Keywords : Satellite images, urban sprawl, Python, OpenStreetMap Required Level : BAC + 4 Context Inria is a computer science and mathematics research institute. The STEEP team has developed the urban-sprawl open-source platform for calculating and analyzing indices linked to urban sprawl. These spatialized indices measure accessibility, dispersion and land-use mix. The…
Socio-scientific background Faced with the need to reduce the environmental footprint of our societies, several non-exclusive strategies can be envisaged. The spectrum ranges from individual action (more virtuous consumption) to government intervention and corporate responsibility. A recent report by Carbone 4 highlights the fact that individual action is actions are…
Environmental context and socio-technical lock The environmental pressures exerted by human activities on the environment are leading to profound changes in the latter. Their impact on human and non-human life is already being felt and is growing.A number of studies, notably those by [Rockström2009] and [Steffen2015], attempt to quantify the…
Background and general issues In order to adapt to ongoing global changes, in particular climate change (see [IPC18]) or biodiversity loss [IPB19], the United Nations (UN) [UN18] has drawn up a list of 17 sustainable development goals, including goal 12: “Establish sustainable consumption and production patterns”. To achieve this goal,…
Les sociétés modernes sont caractérisés par un très haut niveau d’interconnexions globales entre de nombreux secteurs d’activité économique. Ces interconnexions généralisées sont porteuses de risques d’instabilité intrinsèques, dits systémiques. Causes Les interconnexions mentionnées sont assez complexes. Le World Economic Forum produit annuellement un document d’évaluation de perception de ces risques…
Description du projet La question des limites de la croissance de nos sociétés modernes a été soulevée à grande échelle pour la première fois tant dans le milieu scientifique que dans le grand public par la publication du « rapport Meadows » (Limits to Growth, Universe Books, 1972), il y…
Changes in land use and land cover are one of the main drivers of global change. As such, they are frequently modelled in the environmental sciences in order to assess their impact on ecosystems or their contribution to climate change, and to inform public decision-makers in regional planning about the…
Description The question of the limits to growth in our modern societies was first raised on a large scale by both the scientific community and the general public with the publication of the “Meadows Report” (Limits to Growth, Universe Books, 1972), over forty years ago. This question focuses on the…
