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How to get and keep citizens involved in mobile crowd sensing for water management? A review of key success factors and motivational aspects
Author(s) -
Rutten Martine,
Minkman Ellen,
van der Sanden Maarten
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: water
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.413
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 2049-1948
DOI - 10.1002/wat2.1218
Subject(s) - citizen science , key (lock) , set (abstract data type) , crowd sourcing , crowdsourcing , public relations , knowledge management , business , computer science , political science , data science , computer security , world wide web , botany , biology , programming language
Citizen science and particularly mobile crowd sourcing ( MCS ) has large potential in water resources management for data collection and awareness raising. Concerns about data quality, and initiating and sustaining citizen involvement hamper incorporation of citizen science in water monitoring, together with a lack of practical guidance how to set up citizen science monitoring programs. This review presents an overview of key success factors for citizen science including MCS . Specific attention is paid to motivational aspects. Success factors were organized according to project phase and motivations according to self‐determination theory. The presented overviews provide practical guidelines for setting up citizen science projects. WIREs Water 2017, 4:e1218. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1218 This article is categorized under: Water and Life > Conservation, Management, and Awareness Engineering Water > Planning Water Human Water > Water as Imagined and Represented