02544nas a2200373 4500008004100000022001400041245008200055210006900137260000900206300001300215490000700228520142000235100001701655700001901672700002201691700002201713700001501735700002001750700002001770700001901790700002101809700002101830700001901851700002101870700001601891700002601907700002001933700002401953700001701977700001701994700002002011700002702031856011202058 2015 eng d a1932-620300aParticipatory Patterns in an International Air Quality Monitoring Initiative.0 aParticipatory Patterns in an International Air Quality Monitorin c2015 ae01367630 v103 a
The issue of sustainability is at the top of the political and societal agenda, being considered of extreme importance and urgency. Human individual action impacts the environment both locally (e.g., local air/water quality, noise disturbance) and globally (e.g., climate change, resource use). Urban environments represent a crucial example, with an increasing realization that the most effective way of producing a change is involving the citizens themselves in monitoring campaigns (a citizen science bottom-up approach). This is possible by developing novel technologies and IT infrastructures enabling large citizen participation. Here, in the wider framework of one of the first such projects, we show results from an international competition where citizens were involved in mobile air pollution monitoring using low cost sensing devices, combined with a web-based game to monitor perceived levels of pollution. Measures of shift in perceptions over the course of the campaign are provided, together with insights into participatory patterns emerging from this study. Interesting effects related to inertia and to direct involvement in measurement activities rather than indirect information exposure are also highlighted, indicating that direct involvement can enhance learning and environmental awareness. In the future, this could result in better adoption of policies towards decreasing pollution.
1 aSirbu, Alina1 aBecker, Martin1 aCaminiti, Saverio1 aDe Baets, Bernard1 aElen, Bart1 aFrancis, Louise1 aGravino, Pietro1 aHotho, Andreas1 aIngarra, Stefano1 aLoreto, Vittorio1 aMolino, Andrea1 aMueller, Juergen1 aPeters, Jan1 aRicchiuti, Ferdinando1 aSaracino, Fabio1 aServedio, Vito, D P1 aStumme, Gerd1 aTheunis, Jan1 aTria, Francesca1 aVan den Bossche, Joris uhttps://kdd.isti.cnr.it/publications/participatory-patterns-international-air-quality-monitoring-initiative02195nas a2200289 4500008004100000022001400041245005900055210005800114260000900172300001100181490000600192520133700198100001901535700002201554700002101576700002001597700002001617700002801637700001901665700002101684700002101705700002601726700002401752700001701776700002001793856009201813 2013 eng d a1932-620300aAwareness and learning in participatory noise sensing.0 aAwareness and learning in participatory noise sensing c2013 ae816380 v83 aThe development of ICT infrastructures has facilitated the emergence of new paradigms for looking at society and the environment over the last few years. Participatory environmental sensing, i.e. directly involving citizens in environmental monitoring, is one example, which is hoped to encourage learning and enhance awareness of environmental issues. In this paper, an analysis of the behaviour of individuals involved in noise sensing is presented. Citizens have been involved in noise measuring activities through the WideNoise smartphone application. This application has been designed to record both objective (noise samples) and subjective (opinions, feelings) data. The application has been open to be used freely by anyone and has been widely employed worldwide. In addition, several test cases have been organised in European countries. Based on the information submitted by users, an analysis of emerging awareness and learning is performed. The data show that changes in the way the environment is perceived after repeated usage of the application do appear. Specifically, users learn how to recognise different noise levels they are exposed to. Additionally, the subjective data collected indicate an increased user involvement in time and a categorisation effect between pleasant and less pleasant environments.
1 aBecker, Martin1 aCaminiti, Saverio1 aFiorella, Donato1 aFrancis, Louise1 aGravino, Pietro1 aHaklay, Mordechai, Muki1 aHotho, Andreas1 aLoreto, Vittorio1 aMueller, Juergen1 aRicchiuti, Ferdinando1 aServedio, Vito, D P1 aSirbu, Alina1 aTria, Francesca uhttps://kdd.isti.cnr.it/publications/awareness-and-learning-participatory-noise-sensing