Funded by: Center for Urban Innovation at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Years: 2022-

Residents in Jerusalem will be continuously tracked during their daily lives for long time periods (aiming to track residents for few years each). Data about participants’ location, mobility, activity, mental and physical state will be automatically recorded in the background using state-of-the-art mobile sensing techniques.

Aims:

• Promoting livable environments – Promote human-centered and data driven planning practices that support livable environments
• Real-time insights – Translating the collected data into immediate insights relevant to stakeholders (e.g., through dashboards) 
• State-of-the-art database – Continuously accumulate mobile sensing data to allow cutting edge investigation of people in urban environments

Phase 1: To test the feasibility and potential of the research design, we intend to start with a pilot research that will focus on sensing the elderly population. 60 elderlies from two neighborhoods in Jerusalem, one more deprived and the other more affluent will be sampled for a period of one year. The study will be designed by a group of interdisciplinary researchers in collaboration with stakeholders.