Smarter ecosystems for smarter cities? A review of trends, technologies, and turning points for smart urban forestry

Nitoslawski, Sophie A.; Galle, Nadine J.; Bosch, Cecil Konijnendijk van den; Steenberg, James W.N.

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2019.101770

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“…These smart technologies include remote sensing technology (i.e., Hyperspectral imagery, LiDAR) that enables us to map and assess species and individual trees by integrating with machine learning, and google earth engine is a cloud-based application that can monitor and map land use land cover and the vegetation changes in a global scale. Nowadays, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) help through surveying, fertilizer spraying, and seedling, and detecting disasters (fires, infestation, or windbreak) in forested areas (Nitoslawski et al, 2019;Gabrys, 2020). Smart technologies such as wireless sensors and Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) microchip have been employed to collect information about vegetation and to share the information through web-based platforms (Luvisi and Lorenzinin, 2014;Alsamhi et al, 2019).…”

Section: Ict and Iot Trends And Technologies In Urban Forestry And Urmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Chicago (USA) uses sensors and cloud-based analytics to measure the performance of the various green pilot areas to designing feature green areas. Treescount initiatives in New York (USA) used VGI over 2,300 within a year for tree inventory, including measurement and identification of every single tree, and recording damages on the trunk (Nitoslawski et al, 2019). All this information provides opportunities to monitor and assess forest composition, structure, mitigation, and detect heavily damage trees.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Towards Green Smart Cities: Importance of Urban Forestry and Urban Vegetation

Ucar

Akay

Bilici

2020

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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Abstract. More than half of the total world’s population lives in urban areas, and it is expected that 66% of all them will live in urban areas by 2050. The population growth and continuing urbanization in the world cause many social, economic, technical, and organizational problems related to transportation, businesses, communication networks, services, and utilities that can risk the cities’ economic and environmental sustainability. Recently, a smart city concept has been developed to provide a solution to improve citizens’ quality of life in urban areas with the adoption of smart and digital technologies and infrastructure for energy, water, mobility, buildings, and government. The smart city concept considers “zero vision” that refers to the use of smart city technologies, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Internet of Things (IoT) tools, to minimize negative impacts (i.e., zero traffic accident, zero CO2 emission, zero waste, zero crime) in the cities. However, the research in this zero-vision approach mainly focused on transportation and energy. Urban forestry and urban vegetated areas in the cities inherently provide benefits such as reducing air pollution, urban heat island effects, and flood risk and increasing the water quality, aesthetic value, and value of the property that improve citizens’ quality of life. The smart city concept switched towards to sustainable smart city concept that takes into account the services provided by urban forestry and urban vegetation. In this study, the shifts in the smart city concept towards the sustainable smart city, the role of the urban forestry and urban vegetation in this shift was presented. Also, ICTs and IoT tools specifically designed for monitoring, assessing, and managing urban forestry and urban vegetation was reviewed.

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Section: Ict and Iot Trends And Technologies In Urban Forestry And Urmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ict and Iot Trends And Technologies In Urban Forestry And Urmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Green Smart Cities: Importance of Urban Forestry and Urban Vegetation

Ucar

Akay

Bilici

2020

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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“…Traditionally cookies are made starting from ingredients such as sugar, wheat flour and fat (Jan et al, 2018). The substitution of wheat flour in order to obtain improved technological characteristics has been reported by other authors (Aquino, Móes, Leão, Figueiredo, & Castro, 2010;Capriles, Coelho, Matias, & Arêas, 2006;Kopper et al, 2009;Zhao, Liu, Bai, & Wang, 2019).…”

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confidence: 96%

Physical-chemical and sensory evaluation of cookie made with potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) and beet (Beta Vulgaris L.) Mixed flour

Clímaco

Sousa

Seccadio

et al. 2020

RSD

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This study aimed to develop a cookie from the mixed flour derived from dehydrated pulp of beet and potatoes, by drying in a tray dryer and assessing their physical-chemical and sensory characteristics. Three formulations were prepared: Standard (0%), Type I (10%) and Type II (20%). The percentage correspond to the mixed flour added to the basic formulation. The data of the flour drying process showed a moisture loss of the potatoes and beet around 83.5 and 86.2%, respectively. The Type I and II cookies had an average chemical composition respective 0.3 to 0.7% moisture, 70% carbohydrates for both, 5 and 7% protein, 22 and 20% fat and 2% minerals for both, with an average calorific value of 505 and 491 kcal x 100 g-1. All formulations showed satisfactory acceptance through sensory analysis, and there was no statistical difference between the types of cookie for all attributes. The model Midilli describes the drying kinetics with a good parameter of fit. So, this product is very promising, taking into account the range of additional nutrients from the raw materials (mainly minerals), calorific value similar to those found on Brazilian market and consumer acceptance, besides the possibility of use as a coloring agent.

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“…A smart city is an urban area in which technological advancements and, particularly, digital technologies and information and communication technology (ICT) are used to enhance systemic capabilities aiming to enhance competitiveness, effectiveness, quality of life, and sustainability, and to address city challenges [6]- [8]. Certain authors argue that ICT still have to address all city sustainability dimensions, such as urban environment and ecology concerns, which are critical for urban resilience [9]- [11]. Nonetheless, it is worth mentioning that there have been large variations in defining smart cities and a lot of contention around the concept.…”

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From Culture to Smart Culture. How Digital Transformations Enhance Citizens’ Well-Being Through Better Cultural Accessibility and Inclusion

Fanea-Ivanovici

Pană

2020

IEEE Access

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The aim of the paper at hand is to discuss how digital transformations can improve citizens' well-being in terms of cultural consumption possibilities. Culture is traditionally inextricably connected to the life of a city. So far the digital revolution has improved virtually all areas of activity within cities, such as communication, transportation, distribution, healthcare, finance, education, and business. On a similar note, it is high time for culture to follow the same trend in order for citizens to benefit from improved cultural accessibility and inclusion. Without the latter, the cultural experience would be less accessible and/or more costly. First, we showcase local initiatives regarding cultural technology. We then analyze the main initiatives in terms of public policy aimed at improving accessibility and inclusion for memory institutions (galleries, libraries, archives and museums), as well as their implications. Further, we present the main achievements in terms of cultural digitization using as reference the European Digital Library, Europeana. We conclude by highlighting the main benefits and challenges of developing smart culture, with a focus on citizens' well-being.

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Smarter ecosystems for smarter cities? A review of trends, technologies, and turning points for smart urban forestry

Cited by 165 publications

References 92 publications

Towards Green Smart Cities: Importance of Urban Forestry and Urban Vegetation

Towards Green Smart Cities: Importance of Urban Forestry and Urban Vegetation

Physical-chemical and sensory evaluation of cookie made with potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) and beet (Beta Vulgaris L.) Mixed flour

From Culture to Smart Culture. How Digital Transformations Enhance Citizens’ Well-Being Through Better Cultural Accessibility and Inclusion

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