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Green Bear - A LoRaWAN-based Human-in-the-Loop case-study for sustainable cities

André Rodrigues , Oscar David Torres Sanchez , José Marcelo Fernandes , Jorge Sá Silva , Fernando Boavida , Jorge Eduardo Rivadeneira , Afonso Viana de Lemos , Duarte Raposo

ISLA — Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia

Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Volume 87, 12 2022, pp. 101701–101701

Citizens are a crucial factor in the sustainability of the cities because they are one of the pillars for balancing their environment. Smart city projects can offer citizens an opportunity to understand how they contribute to their city’s sustainability. Furthermore, an interactive smart city system can create synergies that benefit both the citizens and the city itself. This paper presents the Green Bear smart city platform, an IoT Human-in-the-Loop system that uses LoRaWAN nodes to gather information on city green spaces, bike lanes, and recycling depots. A user-centered mobile application that allows for active user participation, feedback, and incentivization is used to close the loop with humans. This system allows citizens to evaluate their participation in aspects that improve the city’s sustainability through a gamification scheme, obtaining points for different activities in the city’s public spaces and personal activities to improve their quality of life. This solution is being implemented in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. After an overview of the system, the paper describes each main system module. The Green Bear prototype was subject to functional and technological assessment, and the results are presented and discussed.

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#LoRaWAN #Human-in-the-loop #Smart cities #sustainable cities #citizen participation #Internet of Things #Gamification #mobile application #green spaces #bicycle lanes #user incentives #Coimbra #Sustainability #Smart city #Computer science #Architectural engineering #Scheme (mathematics)

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Publication Type Journal article

Publication Year 2022

Journal / Conference / Work Pervasive and Mobile Computing

ISSN 1574-1192

Volume / Issue Vol. 87

Pagination pp. 101701–101701

Quartile (SCImago) Q1

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