| Title |
RFID-plants in the smart city: Applications and outlook for urban green management |
| ID_Doc |
41463 |
| Authors |
Luvisi, A; Lorenzini, G |
| Title |
RFID-plants in the smart city: Applications and outlook for urban green management |
| Year |
2014 |
| Published |
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 13, 4 |
| DOI |
10.1016/j.ufug.2014.07.003 |
| Abstract |
A city may become smart and green through strategic deployment of Information and Communication Technology infrastructure and services to achieve sustainability policy objectives in which trees have to be involved. Plants not only constitute green space useful to contrast urban pollution effects or provide ecosystemic benefits to residents but they can also be used as bioindicators and their involvement in communication networks can represent a significant contribution to build a smart, green city. The concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) envisages that objects that surround us will be connected and there are no reasons to exclude urban trees from among the "wired object". Radio frequency identification devices (RFID) may represent a prerequisite of IoT application and they can be used for tree protection and management, thanks to tagging experience carried out on various plant species. RFID tags can be easily associated with plants, externally or internally. This latter approach is particularly indicated if the identification of trees needs to be secured since its production, eliminating the risk of tag losses or removal. Interesting applications may be derived by implementing RFID tags in biomonitoring systems in order to guarantee a real-time data communication in which tags may act as antennas for multifunctional green spaces. Moreover, the virtualization of green areas using sensors and mobile devices can lead to the desktop management of the urban green with the possibility of implementing a real-time navigation throughout the areas. A complex relational network in which data can be collected thanks to geospatial methods can be integrated by an IoT approach in which RFID-plants can play a significant role. (C) 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. |
| Author Keywords |
Bioindicators; Electronic identification; Multifunctional green spaces; Tags; Web 2.0 |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000346547000004 |
| WoS Category |
Plant Sciences; Environmental Studies; Forestry; Urban Studies |
| Research Area |
Plant Sciences; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Forestry; Urban Studies |
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