Low-cost air quality stations and control network for a smart city

A Smart City (SC) is a city structured and organized with sensors and information networks so that its resources can be accessed through an efficient telematic infrastructure. Prefiguring urban settings where new technologies enable and interact with individuals is one of the most fascinating research themes and deepest issues in the field of urban sciences. The environmental monitoring and protection in urban context plays a crucial role in people’s physical, mental and social well-being. Aimed at investigating the usefulness and potential of next generation monitoring systems for higher temporal-spatial resolution air quality measurements, this thesis addresses the challenging issue of improving the reliability of low-cost air quality sensor by performing both laboratory and field testing.