Prof. Luís Bettencourt maps urban growth in places like the Galápagos Islands to improve sustainable development.

This past summer, University of Chicago scholars took a step toward figuring out what such a solution might look like. UChicago’s Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, which produces ways to foster and support sustainable urban development, sent a research team to map the islands’ capital city of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno.

The UChicago team measured the shape and quality of the buildings using a combination of drone and satellite imagery, which they then converted into 3-D topographical models. They also created a detailed street-view map by strapping a GoPro camera to a bicycle helmet, enabling them to cover parts of the town that were inaccessible to cars.

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