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

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kamel Boulos, Maged N ^a   Al Shorbaji, Najeeb M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CITY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84901997378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-10     Document Type: Editorial

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