Mazumdar, S., Wrigley, S.N., Ireson, N. et al. (1 more author) (2018) Harnessing location-based services for effective citizen observatories. International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research, 13. pp. 101-108. ISSN 1725-0463
Abstract
The essence of a city is its citizens and communities. A city’s infrastructure and associated services play a vital role in citizens' day-to-day living and their overall quality of life. Traditionally, services are deployed in a top-down approach where authorities, councils and public bodies take a reactive approach to address community needs and concerns. In this paper, we propose our ‘Citizen Observatory’ approach to enable citizens to take a proactive role in the management of their local communities and environment by supporting their engagement in the decision-making process. We discuss how to empower citizens and communities to engage with and assist authorities to establish a more informed understanding of residents’ needs and the status of their local environments. Through the WeSenseIt project, we employ a location-based crowdsourcing and communication strategy to develop a resilient, efficient and collaborative information ecosystem for decision-making in urban and rural areas.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non commercial Works 3.0 License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. |
Keywords: | Citizen Observatories; Geofencing; Crowdsourcing |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EUROPEAN COMMISSION - HORIZON 2020 688082 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2018 09:32 |
Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2018 09:32 |
Published Version: | http://ijsdir.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php/ijsdir/ar... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Publication Office of the European Union |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.2902/1725-0463.2018.13.art10 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131585 |