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Citizen Science, Air Quality, and the Internet of Things

Citizen Science, Air Quality, and the Internet of Things
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Author(s): Ilze Black (Queen Mary University of London, UK)and Graham White (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 32
Source title: Internet of Things and Advanced Application in Healthcare
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Catarina I. Reis (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal)and Marisa da Silva Maximiano (Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1820-4.ch005

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the emergence of the Internet of Things, using a case study of a citizen science initiative, focusing in particular on issues involved in measuring air quality. The core of the citizen science initiative was formed by a world-wide network of early adaptors of the Internet of Things who, motivated by public health issues, set out to create widely available tools for air quality measuring. With these tools, they established a global, citizen-led, air quality measurement network. Besides highlighting a number of social and technological issues which are involve any such enterprise, this chapter engages with the discourse surrounding the use of IoT in collective sensing projects. Two questions are salient here. Firstly, can IoT technology be used in a citizen science context to monitor air quality? And secondly, does the construction of these devices lead to a successful mobilisation around issues of air quality?

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