This video was filmed at IAAC – Advanced Architecture Barcelona showcasing the Smart Citizen sensors and their role in promoting low-cost, open-source environmental monitoring. Through the Smart Citizen initiative, IAAC empowers communities and researchers to better understand their urban environments and contribute to data-driven, sustainable cities.
An introduction to the CitiObs Environmental Monitoring Toolkit, covering the main steps involved in community-based environmental monitoring. It explains sensing options, metadata, data quality, open standards and platforms, data integration, and how observations can be transformed into analysis- and decision-ready information.
An introduction to the CitiObs Leave-No-One-Behind Toolkit and its approach to making Citizen Observatories more inclusive and equitable. It explores barriers to participation, justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, and practical ways to involve groups that are often underrepresented in citizen science.
