Insight Report: Building a data-driven approach to environmental action

Cities are on the frontline of battling many of the world’s critical challenges from climate change and urban pollution to public health and inequality. City authorities know they need to act today but with pressure on budgets and public services already stretched, how can they ensure their actions deliver results in what is an increasingly pressing timeframe?

 

Implementing a network of environmental sensors that has the ability to feedback data in areas like air quality, water levels and extreme weather provides a way to tackle many of these interlinked challenges such as pollution’s negative impact on public health.

 

This SmartCitiesWorld Insight Report, produced in association with Paradox Engineering, explores how cities can implement and scale a network of environmental sensors that can analyse how a city is behaving in these crucial areas and help them devise strategies to make improvements.

 

The report covers:

• The technology used to monitor air quality, weather conditions, water-levels and flooding
• The importance of cross-analysing data from these sensors to boost the value of the information as well as break down silos
• The role of integrated IoT networks and why the open systems approach is more sustainable
• How Tokyo and Osaka deployed proof-of-concept LED streetlighting networks that were later complemented with environmental sensors
• How the Japanese city of Nasushiobara’ smart network enabled it to respond to a call to action from the Japanese government for some prefectures to reduce the amount of electricity consumed when a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit in 2021
• How the city went on to add 30 pyranometers and 10 environmental sensors to monitor sun irradiation levels and weather conditions and further protect citizens and the environment.

 

 

 

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