A citymaybecomesmartandgreenthroughstrategicdeploymentofInformationandCommunication Technology infrastructureandservicestoachievesustainabilitypolicyobjectivesinwhichtreeshaveto be involved.Plantsnotonlyconstitutegreenspaceusefultocontrasturbanpollutioneffectsorprovide ecosystemic benefitstoresidentsbuttheycanalsobeusedasbioindicatorsandtheirinvolvementin communication networkscanrepresentasignificantcontributiontobuildasmart,greencity.Thecon- cept oftheInternetofThings(IoT)envisagesthatobjectsthatsurrounduswillbeconnectedandthere are noreasonstoexcludeurbantreesfromamongthe“wiredobject”.Radiofrequencyidentification devices (RFID)mayrepresentaprerequisiteofIoTapplicationandtheycanbeusedfortreeprotection and management,thankstotaggingexperiencecarriedoutonvariousplantspecies.RFIDtagscanbe easily associatedwithplants,externallyorinternally.Thislatterapproachisparticularlyindicatedif the identificationoftreesneedstobesecuredsinceitsproduction,eliminatingtheriskoftaglossesor removal. InterestingapplicationsmaybederivedbyimplementingRFIDtagsinbiomonitoringsystemsin order toguaranteeareal-timedatacommunicationinwhichtagsmayactasantennasformultifunctional green spaces.Moreover,thevirtualizationofgreenareasusingsensorsandmobiledevicescanleadto the desktopmanagementoftheurbangreenwiththepossibilityofimplementingareal-timenavigation throughout theareas.Acomplexrelationalnetworkinwhichdatacanbecollectedthankstogeospatial methods canbeintegratedbyanIoTapproachinwhichRFID-plantscanplayasignificantrole.
RFID-plants in the smart city: applications and outlook for urban green management
LORENZINI, GIACOMO
2014-01-01
Abstract
A citymaybecomesmartandgreenthroughstrategicdeploymentofInformationandCommunication Technology infrastructureandservicestoachievesustainabilitypolicyobjectivesinwhichtreeshaveto be involved.Plantsnotonlyconstitutegreenspaceusefultocontrasturbanpollutioneffectsorprovide ecosystemic benefitstoresidentsbuttheycanalsobeusedasbioindicatorsandtheirinvolvementin communication networkscanrepresentasignificantcontributiontobuildasmart,greencity.Thecon- cept oftheInternetofThings(IoT)envisagesthatobjectsthatsurrounduswillbeconnectedandthere are noreasonstoexcludeurbantreesfromamongthe“wiredobject”.Radiofrequencyidentification devices (RFID)mayrepresentaprerequisiteofIoTapplicationandtheycanbeusedfortreeprotection and management,thankstotaggingexperiencecarriedoutonvariousplantspecies.RFIDtagscanbe easily associatedwithplants,externallyorinternally.Thislatterapproachisparticularlyindicatedif the identificationoftreesneedstobesecuredsinceitsproduction,eliminatingtheriskoftaglossesor removal. InterestingapplicationsmaybederivedbyimplementingRFIDtagsinbiomonitoringsystemsin order toguaranteeareal-timedatacommunicationinwhichtagsmayactasantennasformultifunctional green spaces.Moreover,thevirtualizationofgreenareasusingsensorsandmobiledevicescanleadto the desktopmanagementoftheurbangreenwiththepossibilityofimplementingareal-timenavigation throughout theareas.Acomplexrelationalnetworkinwhichdatacanbecollectedthankstogeospatial methods canbeintegratedbyanIoTapproachinwhichRFID-plantscanplayasignificantrole.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
