What is it about?
The article discusses bottom-up monitoring initiatives, here called 'citizen sensing', aimed at measuring and reporting environmental risk that affects public health (e.g. noise). It is demonstrated, through the analysis of the Schiphol Airport noise monitoring case, that citizen sensing can challenge the traditional way of managing noise risk, and improve accountability of institutional actors responsible for the risk.
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Why is it important?
The article contributed to fill a gap in knowledge, as currently empirical evidence on the potential of citizen sensing is still limited, and researchable examples of large-scale citizen sensing initiatives are scarce. It raised the need for further empirically and theoretically grounded research on citizen sensing, especially in middle and low-income countries. The article also provided a unique list of characteristics that a citizen sensing initiative should have in order to succeed in complementing the institutional patterns of risk governance.
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This publication should trigger the interest not only of researchers, but also of citizens interested or engaged in citizen sensing projects. It could also be of great interest for risk-governors and, more generally, policy makers. The research and writing process was a highly enjoyable experience, due to the enthusiasm of the sensing citizens encountered during the study.
Anna Berti Suman
Tilburg University
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This page is a summary of: Challenging risk governance patterns through citizen sensing: the Schiphol Airport case, International Review of Law Computers & Technology, January 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13600869.2018.1429186.
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