Microsensing Networks for Sustainable Cities

This book explores the microsensing technologies and systems now available to monitor the quality of air and water within the urban environment and examines their role in the creation of sustainable cities against the background of the challenges posed by rapid urbanization. The opening section addr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lambrechts, Johannes (Author), Sinha, Saurabh (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation, 18
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Microsensing Networks for Sustainable Cities: Pollution as a Key Driving Factor
  • Population Growth in Developing Countries and Smart City Fundamentals. The Internet-of-Things and Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Modelling of Air and Water Pollution Sources
  • Harvesting Energy from Ambient Sources: Wind Energy, Hydropower, Radiation and Mechanical Deformation
  • The Sub-Systems of an Energy Harvesting Device: Focus on RFID Fundamentals
  • Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
  • Ubiquitous Computing: Distributing Mobile Computing to Build a Global Network of Things
  • Designing and Planning for Sustainable Urbanism with Focus on Developing Countries
  • Tools and Facilitators towards Successful Planning for Sustainable Cities
  • Case Studies: Developing Countries Committed to an Ecologically Aware Future.