Authors:
Ellie D'Hondt
and
Matthias Stevens
Affiliation:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Keyword(s):
Pollution, Citizen science, Sustainability, Participatory sensing, Geo-localisation, Tagging, Mobile phones.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Energy and Economy
;
Energy-Aware Systems and Technologies
;
Green Communications Architectures and Frameworks
;
Green Computing Models, Methodologies and Paradigms
;
Greener Systems Planning and Design
;
Hardware
;
Hardware Design, Fabrication Techniques
;
Sensor Networks
;
Sustainable Computing and Communications
Abstract:
We propose a particular approach by which computer science can aid on the technological side of sustainable development, which at the same time contributes to raising people’s awareness of the issues at hand. In particular we develop a so-called community memory for urban environmental measurement surveys, focusing on noise, microclimate and atmospheric pollution. Our goal is to gather data both in a quantitative way, using participatory mobile sensing, and in a qualitative way, by social tagging. In this way we provide a method for environmental monitoring which is complementary to current modelling approaches.