Fighting Earth's degradation and safeguarding the environment are subjects of topical
interest and sources of hot debate in today's society. According to the United Nations, there …

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 …

Environmental Noise Pollution, Second Edition, addresses the key debates surrounding
environmental noise pollution, its modelling and mitigation using examples from across the …

Mobile devices equipped with rich sensors, such as smartphones, watches, or vehicles,
have been pervasively used all around the world. Their high penetration and powerful …

Smartphones have become the most pervasive devices in people's lives and are clearly
transforming the way we live and perceive technology. Today's smartphones benefit from …

The deterioration in air quality is a challenging problem worldwide. There is a need to raise
awareness among the people and support informed decision making. Over the years, citizen …

Monitoring efficiently urban microclimates is necessary for rendering cities resilient against
climate change impacts. Aiming to retrieve data of high spatial resolution, mobile monitoring …

Participatory urban planning is considered an important aspect of developing local
democracy. Recently, the use of mobile technologies to engage with citizens has gained …

This paper reports on experimental tests undertaken to assess the capability of noise
monitoring applications to be utilized as an alternative low cost solution to traditional noise …

Participatory sensing is a powerful paradigm that takes advantage of smartphones to collect
and analyze data beyond the scale of what was previously possible. Given that participatory …