TY - GEN
T1 - Towards Sustainable Food Security
T2 - 2021 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Internet of People, and Smart City Innovations, SmartWorld/ScalCom/UIC/ATC/IoP/SCI 2021
AU - Zohrabi, Nasibeh
AU - Linkous, Lauren
AU - Eini, Roja
AU - Adhikari, Sarin
AU - Keegan, Brittany
AU - Jones, John C.
AU - Gooden, Basil
AU - Verrelli, Brian C.
AU - Abdelwahed, Sherif
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - As urbanization moves towards globalization in the next century, the evolution of smart city technologies has also brought new approaches to traditional public wellbeing problems such as food accessibility at both global and local scales. Technology implemented using the Internet of Things and data analytics offers unique advantages and challenges to address issues related to food access. In addition, interdisciplinary efforts are necessary to effectively utilize emerging technologies to address the issue of food insecurity while considering the underlying complex social, economic, and environmental dimensions. In this paper, we discuss the multi-dimensional nature of the food accessibility problem in U.S. metropolitan regions and explore the connection between the fields of engineering, social science, agriculture, education, and life sciences, with respect to their collective impact on addressing the food accessibility problem. We also present our team's ongoing efforts to identify and address food insecurity problems in Richmond, Virginia through interdisciplinary research.
AB - As urbanization moves towards globalization in the next century, the evolution of smart city technologies has also brought new approaches to traditional public wellbeing problems such as food accessibility at both global and local scales. Technology implemented using the Internet of Things and data analytics offers unique advantages and challenges to address issues related to food access. In addition, interdisciplinary efforts are necessary to effectively utilize emerging technologies to address the issue of food insecurity while considering the underlying complex social, economic, and environmental dimensions. In this paper, we discuss the multi-dimensional nature of the food accessibility problem in U.S. metropolitan regions and explore the connection between the fields of engineering, social science, agriculture, education, and life sciences, with respect to their collective impact on addressing the food accessibility problem. We also present our team's ongoing efforts to identify and address food insecurity problems in Richmond, Virginia through interdisciplinary research.
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U2 - 10.1109/SWC50871.2021.00069
DO - 10.1109/SWC50871.2021.00069
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85123314392
T3 - Proceedings - 2021 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Internet of People, and Smart City Innovations, SmartWorld/ScalCom/UIC/ATC/IoP/SCI 2021
SP - 463
EP - 470
BT - Proceedings - 2021 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Internet of People, and Smart City Innovations, SmartWorld/ScalCom/UIC/ATC/IoP/SCI 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 18 October 2021 through 21 October 2021
ER -