African ICT Law and Policy (Law/Technology/Policy crossover) | 23 December 2004
Developing Low-Cost IoT Architectures for Urban Slum Environmental Monitoring in Burkina Faso, 2004
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Abstract
Urban slums in developing countries often face challenges in environmental monitoring due to limited resources and infrastructure. A mixed-method approach was employed, combining qualitative interviews with IoT device testing in a selected slum. Devices could be deployed at a rate of 10 per household, ensuring widespread coverage without significant financial strain. The developed architecture supports real-time data collection and transmission to a central server for analysis. Future research should focus on scalability and integration with existing municipal systems. IoT, slums, environmental monitoring, Burkina Faso Model estimation used $\hat{\theta}=argmin<em>{\theta}\sum</em>i\ell(y<em>i,f</em>\theta(x<em>i))+\lambda\lVert\theta\rVert</em>2^2$, with performance evaluated using out-of-sample error.