Title
uSafe: A privacy-aware and participative mobile application for citizen safety in urban environments.
Abstract
Recent mobile applications empower citizens to monitor noise pollution or report on features of their urban environment. One important aspect of urban life has, however, not been sufficiently addressed, namely the safety of citizens. We present a privacy-aware application called uSafe, in which users indicate how safe they feel in geographical locations. These feelings are then consolidated into summary maps accessible by other users and urban planners. We evaluate our concept with a questionnaire-based study involving 183 participants. The results confirm the utility of uSafe and show that privacy protection is a decisive factor in their decision to contribute to it.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.pmcj.2012.08.005
Pervasive and Mobile Computing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Urban pervasive application,Safety,User-centered,Privacy
Internet privacy,Computer science,Computer security,Urban environment,Noise pollution,Feeling
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
9
5
1574-1192
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.51
9
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Delphine Christin132517.80
Christian Roßkopf2100.51
Matthias Hollick375097.29