Water efficiency in smart cities: optimising irrigation for public green spaces
Greening initiatives are urban planning strategies that rely on the development of public green spaces supporting multiple urban system functions. In a global water scarcity context, however, green space irrigation is a key aspect. Dynamic optimisation of irrigation plans is one viable answer for wa...
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| description | Greening initiatives are urban planning strategies that rely on the development of public green spaces supporting multiple urban system functions. In a global water scarcity context, however, green space irrigation is a key aspect. Dynamic optimisation of irrigation plans is one viable answer for water consumption mitigation, which is not widely implemented at municipal levels in the EU. Yet, hydroinformatics-based mature and market-ready methods and technologies can support its implementation and should allow its embedment within the smart-city concept. Here, a simple interoperable approach for optimisation of dynamic irrigation planning has been implemented in public green space parcels of a French Mediterranean coastal city. The approach relies on smart sensors, a water balance model, an optimisation algorithm, and weather forecast data integration, all encapsulated in the standardised and open-source FIWARE ecosystem. The results of the dynamic irrigation plan led to a 35% water saving during the dry season and to more than 60% water saving during the dry–wet season transition period. The used standard technologies and approach could fit a broad range of smart-city digital platforms without any technical challenge. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cfd01f5c397345f8a041fdf5cd5aad9e2024-12-26T22:35:52ZengTaylor & Francis GroupLHB Hydroscience Journal2767-84902024-12-01110110.1080/27678490.2023.2294076Water efficiency in smart cities: optimising irrigation for public green spacesL. Gasser0F. Le Gall1M. Abily2EGM, Valbonne, FranceEGM, Valbonne, FranceUniversité Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, IRD, Géoazur, Nice, FranceGreening initiatives are urban planning strategies that rely on the development of public green spaces supporting multiple urban system functions. In a global water scarcity context, however, green space irrigation is a key aspect. Dynamic optimisation of irrigation plans is one viable answer for water consumption mitigation, which is not widely implemented at municipal levels in the EU. Yet, hydroinformatics-based mature and market-ready methods and technologies can support its implementation and should allow its embedment within the smart-city concept. Here, a simple interoperable approach for optimisation of dynamic irrigation planning has been implemented in public green space parcels of a French Mediterranean coastal city. The approach relies on smart sensors, a water balance model, an optimisation algorithm, and weather forecast data integration, all encapsulated in the standardised and open-source FIWARE ecosystem. The results of the dynamic irrigation plan led to a 35% water saving during the dry season and to more than 60% water saving during the dry–wet season transition period. The used standard technologies and approach could fit a broad range of smart-city digital platforms without any technical challenge.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/27678490.2023.2294076IOTNBSurban planninginteroperabilityFIWARE frameworkIOT |
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| title | Water efficiency in smart cities: optimising irrigation for public green spaces |
| title_full | Water efficiency in smart cities: optimising irrigation for public green spaces |
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| title_short | Water efficiency in smart cities: optimising irrigation for public green spaces |
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