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Citizen science and the challenge of measuring urban sustainability

  • January 26, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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Citizen science and the challenge of measuring urban sustainability
Cities are expected to track sustainability progress with data that are often incomplete, outdated, or available only at national level. New research led by IIASA in collaboration with UN-Habitat finds that citizen science could address these gaps and support nearly 70% of global sustainability indicators, yet is currently used in only 4% of cases.

Originally published at Phys.org

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