Mobile technologies and services for environmental monitoring: The Citi-Sense-MOB approach

Castell, Núria; Kobernus, Mike; Liu, Hai Ying; Schneider, Philipp; Lahoz, W. A.; Berre, Arne J.; Noll, Josef

doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2014.08.002

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“…Communities have been focal points since early attempts to address urban issues using nature-based solutions [21,22,24]. Over the past decade there has been a rapid increase in the number of Citizen Science initiatives which offers an attractive solution for on-going monitoring [134][135][136], and the engagement and empowerment of communities to lead urban green actions. A participatory planning process is critical in identifying and mainstreaming nature-based solutions in towns and cities.…”

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“…A participatory planning process is critical in identifying and mainstreaming nature-based solutions in towns and cities. Based on previous participatory planning exercises [13,136], mobile phone-based data collection tools [136] and new modelling tools to improve analysis and visualization [13] of the benefits of urban greening is critical to support stakeholders in decision making. This therefore creates the need for a visualisaton tool to support the optimisation of nature based urban design and retrofitting actions.…”

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Characterisation of Nature-Based Solutions for the Built Environment

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Nature has provided humankind with food, fuel, and shelter throughout evolutionary history. However, in contemporary cities, many natural landscapes have become degraded and replaced with impermeable hard surfaces (e.g., roads, paving, car parks and buildings). The reversal of this trend is dynamic, complex and still in its infancy. There are many facets of urban greening initiatives involving multiple benefits, sensitivities and limitations. The aim of this paper is to develop a characterisation method of nature based solutions for designing and retrofitting in the built environment, and to facilitate knowledge transfer between disciplines and for design optimisation. Based on a review of the literature across disciplines, key characteristics could be organised into four groups: policy and community initiatives, multiple benefits assessment, topology, and design options. Challenges and opportunities for developing a characterisation framework to improve the use of nature based solutions in the built environment are discussed.

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Characterisation of Nature-Based Solutions for the Built Environment

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“…For example, an air quality analysis project in Copenhagen, Denmark (Common Scents) used mobile monitors to collect real-time data across the entire city, which showed that the use of crowdsourcing for environmental monitoring and public health decision-making is feasible (Boulos et al, 2011). In addition, the CITI-SENSE project in Oslo, Norway was designed to provide real-time resources for citizens from the use of portable sensors and mobile applications (Castell et al, 2015).…”

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Characteristics and applications of small, portable gaseous air pollution monitors

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Salmond

Vanos

2017

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a b s t r a c tBackground: Traditional approaches for measuring air quality based on fixed measurements are inadequate for personal exposure monitoring. To combat this issue, the use of small, portable gas-sensing air pollution monitoring technologies is increasing, with researchers and individuals employing portable and mobile methods to obtain more spatially and temporally representative air pollution data. However, many commercially available options are built for various applications and based on different technologies, assumptions, and limitations. A review of the monitor characteristics of small, gaseous monitors is missing from current scientific literature. Purpose: A state-of-the-art review of small, portable monitors that measure ambient gaseous outdoor pollutants was developed to address broad trends during the last 5e10 years, and to help future experimenters interested in studying gaseous air pollutants choose monitors appropriate for their application and sampling needs. Methods: Trends in small, portable gaseous air pollution monitor uses and technologies were first identified and discussed in a review of literature. Next, searches of online databases were performed for articles containing specific information related to performance, characteristics, and use of such monitors that measure one or more of three criteria gaseous air pollutants: ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide. All data were summarized into reference tables for comparison between applications, physical features, sensing capabilities, and costs of the devices. Results: Recent portable monitoring trends are strongly related to associated applications and audiences. Fundamental research requires monitors with the best individual performance, and thus the highest cost technology. Monitor networking favors real-time capabilities and moderate cost for greater reproduction. Citizen science and crowdsourcing applications allow for lower-cost components; however important strengths and limitations for each application must be addressed or acknowledged for the given use.

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“…Citizen science projects are often focused on collecting multi-year and regional-scale data [9,10] primarily to estimate species distributions [9,[11][12][13]. Citizen science volunteered geographic information projects gather a diverse set of data on both website and mobile application platforms [14][15][16] to accomplish various tasks, ranging from mapping wheel chair accessibility locations [17] to monitoring environmental health in a city [18]. Further, citizen science research represents a low cost approach for gathering large spatial scale data, enabling more data collection than what could feasibly be accomplished by a scientist with equivalent monetary and time budgets [9,11,13].…”

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Obstacles and Opportunities of Using a Mobile App for Marine Mammal Research

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Stelle

Szabo

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IJGI

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Abstract:This study investigates the use of a mobile application, Whale mAPP, as a citizen science tool for collecting marine mammal sighting data. In just over three months, 1261 marine mammal sightings were observed and recorded by 39 citizen scientists in Southeast Alaska. The resulting data, along with a preliminary and post-Whale mAPP questionnaires, were used to evaluate the tool's scientific, educational, and engagement feasibility. A comparison of Whale mAPP Steller sea lion distribution data to a scientific dataset were comparable (91% overlap) given a high enough sample size (n = 73) and dense spatial coverage. In addition, after using Whale mAPP for two weeks, citizen scientists improved their marine mammal identification skills and self-initiated further learning, representing preliminary steps in developing an engaging citizen science project. While the app experienced high initial enthusiasm, maintaining prolonged commitment represents one of the fundamental challenges for this project. Increasing participation with targeted recruitment and sustained communication will help combat the limitations of sample size and spatial coverage. Overall, this study emphasizes the importance of early evaluation of the educational and scientific outcomes of a citizen science project, so that limitations are recognized and reduced.

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Mobile technologies and services for environmental monitoring: The Citi-Sense-MOB approach

Cited by 137 publications

References 13 publications

Characterisation of Nature-Based Solutions for the Built Environment

Characterisation of Nature-Based Solutions for the Built Environment

Characteristics and applications of small, portable gaseous air pollution monitors

Obstacles and Opportunities of Using a Mobile App for Marine Mammal Research

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