Review of urban computing in air quality management as smart city service: An integrated IoT, AI, and cloud technology perspective

A Kaginalkar, S Kumar, P Gargava, D Niyogi - Urban Climate, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities foster economic growth. However, growing cities also contribute to air pollution and
climate change. The paper provides a perspective regarding the opportunity available in …

The role of urban environments in promoting active and healthy aging: A systematic scoping review of citizen science approaches

GER Wood, J Pykett, P Daw, S Agyapong-Badu… - Journal of Urban …, 2022 - Springer
Promoting active and healthy aging in urban spaces requires environments with diverse,
age-friendly characteristics. This scoping review investigated the associations between …

Citizen science project characteristics: Connection to participants' gains in knowledge and skills

M Peter, T Diekötter, K Kremer, T Höffler - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Biodiversity is being lost rapidly and its conservation is thus one of the most
urgent tasks today. For biodiversity conservation to be successful, the public needs to gain …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding citizens' action for nature: The profile, motivations and experiences of Dutch nature volunteers

W Ganzevoort, RJG Van Den Born - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Active citizens are a crucial foundation of nature conservation, with a long history of
commitment to natural history, conservation work, education and outreach. There is a strong …

Organic micropollutants measured in roof-harvested rainwater from rural and urban environmental justice communities in Arizona

N Villagómez-Márquez, L Abrell, T Foley… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to global water scarcity and population growth, multiple solutions are needed to
conserve and collect water, especially in arid and semi-arid regions of the planet. As the …

[HTML][HTML] Standardizing the assessment of citizen scientists' motivations: A motivational goal-based approach

L Levontin, Z Gilad, B Shuster… - Citizen …, 2022 - theoryandpractice …
Understanding volunteers' motivations to participate in Citizen Science (CS) projects is
essential for these projects' effective management and success. Many studies have …

Patterns of contamination and burden of lead and arsenic in rooftop harvested rainwater collected in Arizona environmental justice communities

K Palawat, RA Root, LI Cortez, T Foley… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
As climate change exacerbates water scarcity, rainwater harvesting for household irrigation
and gardening becomes an increasingly common practice. However, the use and quality of …

Toward environmental justice in civic science: Youth performance and experience measuring air pollution using moss as a bio-indicator in industrial-adjacent …

MM Derrien, C Zuidema, S Jovan, A Bidwell… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article reports on an interdisciplinary evaluation of the pilot phase of a community-
driven civic science project. The project investigates the distribution of heavy metals in air …

Challenges, strategies, and impacts of doing citizen science with marginalised and indigenous communities: reflections from project coordinators.

P Benyei, A Skarlatidou, D Argyriou, R Hall, I Theilade… - 2023 - digital.csic.es
Citizen science is growing and increasingly realizing its potential in terms of benefiting
science and society. However, there are significant barriers to engaging participants in non …

Enhancing engagement of citizen scientists to monitor precipitation phase

MM Arienzo, M Collins, KS Jennings - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Recent literature has highlighted how citizen science approaches can engage volunteers,
expand scientific literacy, and accomplish targeted research objectives. However, there is …