The Internet of Audio Things (IoAuT) is an emerging research field positioned at the
intersection of the Internet of Things, sound and music computing, artificial intelligence, and …

The urban environmental planning, a fundamental dynamic process for cities' sustainability,
could benefit from the soundscape approach, dealing with the perception of the acoustic …

An alternative method is proposed for the assessment of the noise environment, on the basis
of a crowdsourcing approach. For this purpose, a smartphone application and a spatial data …

A large body of evidence indicates that urbanization profoundly affects ecological
communities, but the extent to which patterns are generalizable across regions, such as in …

Noise pollution in urban environments is becoming increasingly common and it has
potential to negatively impact people's health and decrease overall productivity. In order to …

Abstract According to the European Commission,“a Smart City is a city seeking to address
public issues via ICT-based solutions on the basis of a multi-stakeholder, municipally based …

Smartphones have become ubiquitous not only as communication devices but also as smart
devices for majority of the population. The small form-factor of smartphones together with a …

Presently, large cities have significant problems with noise pollution due to human activity.
Transportation, economic activities, and leisure activities have an important impact on noise …

(1) Background: Transition to smart cities involves many actions in different fields of activity,
such as economy, environment, energy, government, education, living and health, safety …

To reduce environmental noise pollution and to safeguard people's well-being, it is urgently
necessary to move towards sustainable urban development and reconcile demographic and …