Table 2 Mechanisms to integrate passive and active sensing within and across the practical, political and personal spheres.
From: Harnessing sensing systems towards urban sustainability transformation
Spheres of transformation | Concrete suggestions for stakeholders |
|---|---|
Practical sphere Driven by entities directly operating or managing specific resources | - Use of creative, but informed design approaches (e.g. Geodesign43, point cloud modelling76) - Active curation of sensed data - Ensure legibility of sensed data - Explicit integration of the sensing loop in planning processes |
Political sphere Driven by entities acting on behalf of wider societal groups or organizations | - Ensure access to sensed data - Coherent representation of diverse knowledge systems - Ensure informed consent and protected or anonymized information to ensure privacy - Install national and local data protection rules in place - Active acknowledgement of the politics of sensing processes - Engage in evidence-based decision-making |
Personal sphere Driven by individuals | - Active participation in defining data collection efforts - Voluntary engagement in data collection (e.g. citizen science) |
