On the Internet of Things, smart cities and the WHO Healthy Cities

International Journal of Health Geographics

Najeeb M Al-Shorbaji¹  Maged N Kamel Boulos² 

[1] World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland;Plymouth University, Devon, United Kingdom

关键词: Environmental sustainability;    Participatory governance;    Citizen sensing;    Sensors;    Smart location;    Big data;    Internet of Things;    Smart cities;    WHO Healthy Cities;    Urban health;   

Others  :  804781
DOI  :  10.1186/1476-072X-13-10

 received in 2014-03-19, accepted in 2014-03-24,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

This article gives a brief overview of the Internet of Things (IoT) for cities, offering examples of IoT-powered 21st century smart cities, including the experience of the Spanish city of Barcelona in implementing its own IoT-driven services to improve the quality of life of its people through measures that promote an eco-friendly, sustainable environment. The potential benefits as well as the challenges associated with IoT for cities are discussed. Much of the 'big data' that are continuously generated by IoT sensors, devices, systems and services are geo-tagged or geo-located. The importance of having robust, intelligent geospatial analytics systems in place to process and make sense of such data in real time cannot therefore be overestimated. The authors argue that IoT-powered smart cities stand better chances of becoming healthier cities. The World Health Organization (WHO) Healthy Cities Network and associated national networks have hundreds of member cities around the world that could benefit from, and harness the power of, IoT to improve the health and well-being of their local populations.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 World Health Organization.

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