Environmental CleanlinessAs a factor contributing to the health of a city, environmental cleanliness in one of the indicators best describing the sustainability and performance of a city. Here, we take a look at how the different variables affecting this indicator are performing in Red Town.
Click on the buttons below to explore each of the variables affecting the neighborhood's mobility dynamics
Air Quality levels
Air qualityA common issue affecting China’s health as a whole and often spoken of in the headlines, air pollution levels are constantly measured and visualised in Red Town to enable the users in general and residents in particular to constantly see the results of pollution on their neighborhood.
Noise levelsNoise, commonly known as unwanted sound is a ubiquitous aspect of a city. Sound levels measured using decibels are visualised in the map above where we can notice the areas that are in desperate need of an urban intervention to provide balance to the residents and users of Red Town.
Recycling RatesTo encourage recycling among the different users of the neighborhood, we track the amount of waste generated by each user and display them according to their categories (dry, wet, harmful, recyclable and collectors). We are then able to detect the behavioural change of each user towards waste by comparing the charts over a series of time.
Comparison to Shanghai averageIn this chart, we can calculate the amount of waste generated by Red Town and display it in comparison with Shanghai’s waste.