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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1007/s40726-021-00186-4
Lizenz creative commons licence
Titel (primär) Wearable sensors for human environmental exposure in urban settings
Autor Helbig, C.; Ueberham, M.; Becker, A.M.; Marquart, H.; Schlink, U. ORCID logo
Quelle Current Pollution Reports
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
Department SUSOZ; UBZ
Band/Volume 7
Heft 3
Seite von 417
Seite bis 433
Sprache englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
T7 Bioeconomy
Supplements https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1007%2Fs40726-021-00186-4/MediaObjects/40726_2021_186_MOESM1_ESM.pdf
Keywords Wearables; Mobile sensors; Participatory sensing; Air pollution; Noise; Thermal stress; Environmental stressors
Abstract Global population growth, urbanization, and climate change worsen the immediate environment of many individuals. Elevated concentrations of air pollutants, higher levels of acoustic noise, and more heat days, as well as increasingly complex mixtures of pollutants pose health risks for urban inhabitants. There is a growing awareness of the need to record personal environmental conditions (“the human exposome”) and to study options and implications of adaptive and protective behavior of individuals. The vast progress in smart technologies created wearable sensors that record environmental as well as spatio-temporal data while accompanying a person. Wearable sensing has two aspects: firstly, the exposure of an individual is recorded, and secondly, individuals act as explorers of the urban area. A literature review was undertaken using scientific literature databases with the objective to illustrate the state-of-the-art of person-based environmental sensing in urban settings. We give an overview of the study designs, highlight and compare limitations as well as results, and present the results of a keyword analysis. We identify current trends in the field, suggest possible future advancements, and lay out take-home messages for the readers. There is a trend towards studies that involve various environmental parameters and it is becoming increasingly important to identify and quantify the influence of various conditions (e.g., weather, urban structure, travel mode) on people’s exposure.
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Helbig, C., Ueberham, M., Becker, A.M., Marquart, H., Schlink, U. (2021):
Wearable sensors for human environmental exposure in urban settings
Curr. Pollut. Rep. 7 (3), 417 - 433