The role of advanced sensing in smart cities
| dc.contributor.author | Hancke, Gerhard P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | De Carvalho e Silva, Bruno J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hancke, Gerhardus P. (Jr.) | |
| dc.contributor.email | gerhard.hancke@up.ac.za | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-24T11:38:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-24T11:38:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-12-27 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In a world where resources are scarce and urban areas consume the vast majority of these resources, it is vital to make cities greener and more sustainable. Advanced systems to improve and automate processes within a city will play a leading role in smart cities. From smart design of buildings, which capture rain water for later use, to intelligent control systems, which can monitor infrastructures autonomously, the possible improvements enabled by sensing technologies are immense. Ubiquitous sensing poses numerous challenges, which are of a technological or social nature. This paper presents an overview of the state of the art with regards to sensing in smart cities. Topics include sensing applications in smart cities, sensing platforms and technical challenges associated with these technologies. In an effort to provide a holistic view of how sensing technologies play a role in smart cities, a range of applications and technical challenges associated with these applications are discussed. As some of these applications and technologies belong to different disciplines, the material presented in this paper attempts to bridge these to provide a broad overview, which can be of help to researchers and developers in understanding how advanced sensing can play a role in smart cities. | en |
| dc.description.librarian | am2013 | en |
| dc.description.librarian | ai2013 | en |
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| dc.description.sponsorship | The research was made possible via the support from our industry partners: Eskom, Tracker, Telkom, Unisys, Tellumat, EMC and Alvarion; and the Technology and Human Resources for Industry Program (THRIP) managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF), financed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), South Africa. | en |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hancke, GP, De Carvallo e Silva, B & Hankce, GP, Jr 2013, 'The role of advanced sensing in smart cities', Sensors, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 393-425. | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1424-8220 | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.3390/s130100393 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21535 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Molecular Diversity Preservation International | en |
| dc.rights | © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). | en |
| dc.subject | Advanced sensing | en |
| dc.subject | Smart cities | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Sustainable architecture | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Sustainable buildings | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Smart materials in architecture | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Intelligent buildings | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Sensor networks | en |
| dc.title | The role of advanced sensing in smart cities | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |