Citizen-sensor-networks to confront government decision-makers: Two lessons from the Netherlands

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 196, Issue , 2017, Pages 234-251

  Carton, Linda ^a   Ache, Peter ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airport noise; Citizen empowerment; Citizen sensor networks; Human induced earthquakes; Participatory sensing; Voluntary environmental monitoring

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; EXTRACTION; NOISE POLLUTION;

AIRPORT NOISE; CITIZEN EMPOWERMENT; CITIZEN-SENSOR-NETWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS EXTRACTIONS; HUMAN INDUCED EARTHQUAKE; LOCAL COMMUNITY; PARTICIPATORY SENSING; SENSORS NETWORK; VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

AIRPORT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CROWDSOURCING; DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GOVERNMENT; LIVING STANDARD; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NOISE POLLUTION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT NOISE; ARTICLE; CITIZEN GROUP; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY; CROWDSOURCING; DECISION MAKING; EARTHQUAKE; EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERNET; NETHERLANDS; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE POLLUTION; SENSOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION;

GRONINGEN [NETHERLANDS]; NETHERLANDS;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONS;

EID: 85014851103     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.02.044     Document Type: Article

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