A holistic framework for water sustainability and eduction in municipal green spaces

2012 25th IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering: Vision for a Greener Future, CCECE 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fazackerley, Scott ^a   Campbell, Andrew ^a   Trenholm, Robert Ryan ^a   Lawrence, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Green Technologies; Irrigation; Soil Moisture

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS; COMMUNITY IS; DYNAMIC CHANGES; GREEN SPACES; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS; MUNICIPAL WATER; REAL TIME; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS; SUSTAINABLE WATER USE; USER FEEDBACK; USER INTERVENTION; WATER BUDGET; WATER SAVING; WATER SUSTAINABILITY; WATER USAGE;

COMPUTER VISION; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOIL MOISTURE;

IRRIGATION;

EID: 84870398690     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2012.6334954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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