Cities are key contributors to the climate system alteration and theurban environment is, in turn, significantly affected by the climate change effects,such as the increasing occurrences of extreme weather events, which compromisecitizens’ life quality and health status. Nevertheless, cities are also economicand innovation hubs and have the potential of leading the needed green transitionby implementing effective mitigation and adaptation strategies. The high heterogeneityof the urban environment requires the implementation of site-specific andtargeted actions that need to be supported through fine-grain data collection of themost significant environmental parameters such as air temperature and pollutantsconcentration. Recent advances in sensor technology and data communicationcapability allow to conceive the active participation of citizens in the urban environmentalmonitoring process,moving the analysis to a human-centered approach:citizens become, at the same time, vectors of data and target of data-processingthat could be used also for boosting the required behavioral change of individualsand increasing resiliency of territories and communities. Wearables are alreadyimplemented for the smart management of the healthcare sector and their usagecan be easily extended in the coming future for a better management of othersectors involving citizens’ everyday life.
Application of Crowd Sensing for Sustainable Management of Smart Cities
Myriam Caratu'
2022-01-01
Abstract
Cities are key contributors to the climate system alteration and theurban environment is, in turn, significantly affected by the climate change effects,such as the increasing occurrences of extreme weather events, which compromisecitizens’ life quality and health status. Nevertheless, cities are also economicand innovation hubs and have the potential of leading the needed green transitionby implementing effective mitigation and adaptation strategies. The high heterogeneityof the urban environment requires the implementation of site-specific andtargeted actions that need to be supported through fine-grain data collection of themost significant environmental parameters such as air temperature and pollutantsconcentration. Recent advances in sensor technology and data communicationcapability allow to conceive the active participation of citizens in the urban environmentalmonitoring process,moving the analysis to a human-centered approach:citizens become, at the same time, vectors of data and target of data-processingthat could be used also for boosting the required behavioral change of individualsand increasing resiliency of territories and communities. Wearables are alreadyimplemented for the smart management of the healthcare sector and their usagecan be easily extended in the coming future for a better management of othersectors involving citizens’ everyday life.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
