The rise of low-cost sensing for managing air pollution in cities
Ever growing populations in cities are associated with a major increase in road vehicles and
air pollution. The overall high levels of urban air pollution have been shown to be of a …
air pollution. The overall high levels of urban air pollution have been shown to be of a …
Car free cities: Pathway to healthy urban living
Background Many cities across the world are beginning to shift their mobility solution away
from the private cars and towards more environmentally friendly and citizen-focused means …
from the private cars and towards more environmentally friendly and citizen-focused means …
Sonyc: A system for monitoring, analyzing, and mitigating urban noise pollution
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COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM | FEBRUARY 2019 | VOL. 62 | NO. 2 contributed articles …
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM | FEBRUARY 2019 | VOL. 62 | NO. 2 contributed articles …
A novel user authentication and key agreement scheme for heterogeneous ad hoc wireless sensor networks, based on the Internet of Things notion
The idea of the Internet of Things (IOT) notion is that everything within the global network is
accessible and interconnected. As such Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) play a vital role in …
accessible and interconnected. As such Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) play a vital role in …
Urban and transport planning, environmental exposures and health-new concepts, methods and tools to improve health in cities
MJ Nieuwenhuijsen - Environmental health, 2016 - Springer
Background The majority of people live in cities and urbanization is continuing worldwide.
Cities have long been known to be society's predominant engine of innovation and wealth …
Cities have long been known to be society's predominant engine of innovation and wealth …
The health impacts of traffic-related exposures in urban areas: Understanding real effects, underlying driving forces and co-producing future directions
The world is currently witnessing its largest surge of urban growth in human history; a trend
that draws attention to the need to understand and address health impacts of urban living …
that draws attention to the need to understand and address health impacts of urban living …
The implementation of low-cost urban acoustic monitoring devices
The urban sound environment of New York City (NYC) can be, amongst other things: loud,
intrusive, exciting and dynamic. As indicated by the large majority of noise complaints …
intrusive, exciting and dynamic. As indicated by the large majority of noise complaints …
Review of wireless acoustic sensor networks for environmental noise monitoring in smart cities
Nowadays, more than half of the world's population lives in urban areas. Since this
proportion is expected to keep rising, the sustainable development of cities is of paramount …
proportion is expected to keep rising, the sustainable development of cities is of paramount …
[HTML][HTML] Assessing personal noise exposure and its relationship with mental health in Bei**g based on individuals' space-time behavior
Background Most prior studies adopted a static residence-based approach in the
assessment of noise exposure, which may lead to biased exposure estimates and …
assessment of noise exposure, which may lead to biased exposure estimates and …
Participatory quantitative health impact assessment of urban and transport planning in cities: A review and research needs
Introduction Urban and transport planning have large impacts on public health, but these are
generally not explicitly considered and/or quantified, partly because there are no …
generally not explicitly considered and/or quantified, partly because there are no …