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Authors:
Bernd Resch
Alexander Zipf
Philipp Breuss-Schneeweis
Euro Beinat
Marc Boher
Keywords: live city, pervasive sensor networks, urban services, real-time information services
Abstract:
Contrary to projections, which stated that the wide-spread distribution of high-speed Internet connections would render geographical distance irrelevant, cities have recently become the centre of interest in academic research. However, especially real-time monitoring of urban processes is widely unexplored. We present the concept of a Live City, in which the city is regarded as an actuated near real-time control system creating a feedback loop between the citizens, environmental monitoring systems, the city management and ubiquitous information services. Basically, there are four main barriers towards the implementation of the Live City: methodological issues, technical/technological problems, privacy and legislative questions, and quantification of economic opportunities. In this paper, we discuss those challenges and point out potential future research pathways towards the realisation of a Live City.
Pages: 28 to 34
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012
Publication date: January 30, 2012
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-393X
ISBN: 978-1-61208-178-6
Location: Valencia, Spain
Dates: from January 30, 2012 to February 4, 2012