A Satellite Imagery Dataset for Long-Term Sustainable Development in United States Cities [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Cities play an important role in achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) to promote economic growth and meet social needs. Especially satellite imagery is a potential data source for studying sustainable urban development. However, a comprehensive dataset in the United States (U.S.) covering multiple cities, multiple years, multiple scales, and ...
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Liaison, safeguard, and well-being: analyzing the role of social robots during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
Technology in Society, volume 70,2022, 2020 We examine the implementation of social robots in real-world settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, we analyze the areas in which social robots are being adopted, the roles and tasks being fulfilled, and the robot models being implemented.
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The potential of artificial intelligence for achieving healthy and sustainable societies [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 In this chapter we extend earlier work (Vinuesa et al., Nature Communications 11, 2020) on the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations (UN) for the 2030 Agenda. The present contribution focuses on three SDGs related to healthy and sustainable societies, i.e.
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): New Zealand Outlook with Central Bank Digital Currency and SDG 8 Realization on the Horizon [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) may assist New Zealand accomplish SDG 8. I aim to evaluate if SDGs could be achieved together because of mutual interactions between SDG 8 and other SDGs. The SDGs are categorized by their shared qualities to affect and effect SDG 8. Also, additional SDGs may help each other achieve.
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How do the Covid-19 Prevention Measures Interact with Sustainable Development Goals? [PDF]
, 2020 Washing hands, social distancing and staying at home are the preventive measures set in place to contain the spread of the COVID-19, a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. These measures, although straightforward to follow, highlight the tip of an imbalanced socio-economic and socio-technological iceberg.
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SustainBench: Benchmarks for Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals with Machine Learning [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been hindered by a lack of data on key environmental and socioeconomic indicators, which historically have come from ground surveys with sparse temporal and spatial coverage. Recent advances in machine learning have made it possible to utilize abundant, frequently-updated, and ...
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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence Technology for Mapping Research to Sustainable Development Goals: A Case Study [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 The number of publications related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continues to grow. These publications cover a diverse spectrum of research, from humanities and social sciences to engineering and health. Given the imperative of funding bodies to monitor outcomes and impacts, linking publications to relevant SDGs is critical but remains ...
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Long-term variation of population exposure to PM2.5 in Eastern China: A perspective from SDG 11.6.2 [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Air pollution (e.g., PM2.5) has a negative effect on human health. Recently, the population-weighted annual mean PM2.5 concentration (PWAM) has been selected as an indicator 11.6.2 in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), for various countries to perfrom a long-term monitoring of population exposure to PM2.5 in cities.
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Investigating Opportunities to Support Kids' Agency and Well-being: A Review of Kids' Wearables [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Wearable devices hold great potential for promoting children's health and well-being. However, research on kids' wearables is sparse and often focuses on their use in the context of parental surveillance. To gain insight into the current landscape of kids' wearables, we surveyed 47 wearable devices marketed for children.
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The sustainome of global goal interactions varies by country income and is disproportionately influenced by inequalities [PDF]
Nature Sustainability 2(3): 242-247 (2019), 2018 We interact with each other and our environment in rich and complex ways. These interactions form socioecological systems in which human, economic, or natural resources are used and replenished. In 2015, the United Nations set seventeen sustainable development goals (SDGs) to attempt to change the way we live and create by 2030 a sustainable future ...
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