1. Avoiding and Mitigating Safety Risks in Urban Environments
Major Cities of Europe
IT Users Group
Zagreb June
Avoiding and Mitigating Safety
Risks in Urban Environments
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

2. The city.risks overall approach

3. CITIZENS AS SENSORS THROUGH THEIR MOBILE DEVICES
INFORMATION SHARING TO ADDRESS SECURITY CHALLENGES IN LARGE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
CITIZENS AS SENSORS THROUGH THEIR MOBILE DEVICES
PARTICIPATORY URBANISM
Avoiding and Mitigating Safety Risks in Urban Environments
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5. The city.risks anti-theft tag

6. The bluetooth low energy tag to be attached to personal items
BEACON MODE
Device is awaken and notifies every mobile app user or gateway for its existence
STEALTH MODE
In case of theft, device is awakened by City.Risks users’app and/or gateway system

7. Stolen item localisation
Theft notification by user
If stolen tag is in stealth mode, users’ app and gateway activate it
Signal broadcasted by the sensor is picked up by a mobile device with the City.Risks mobile application.
Stolen item located

8. The city.risks app TO help localising your stolen items

9. Registering the tag with the app
After scanning the code, the app starts a registration process: it communicates with the tag to test its functionality and to ensure it is owned by the user.
The app uses a bar code printed on the tag package to acquire specific information to register it.

10. REPORTING STOLEN ITEMS with the app
In case of theft the user can report it through the app to the Operation Centre.

11. LOCATING STOLEN ITEMS with the app
If the stolen tag is in the list, a short message appears about sending a tag sighting report to the Operation Centre in 10 second intervals.
In case a theft is reported by the Operation Centre, the app scans for active Bluetooth tags nearby and shows the discovered ones in a list.

12. The city.risks app TO provide info on ongoing incidents

13. Viewing and reporting incident info with the app
The user can also report on the incident to the Operation Centre.
All reported incidents in a given area are shown on the map or in a list.
Incident info can also be viewed with augmented reality features.

14. The city.risks app TO provide a safe route as way out

15. Finding a safe way out
The app shows the way out through augmented reality features.
The app shows the safest route to the selected location.
In case of emergency the user can select a “safe harbour” among predefined categories.

16. The city.risks app TO help finding a witness

17. Looking for witnesses
Through the app the user can send a “call for witness” request to the City.Risks community, including text description and pictures.
The app allows to get in contact by chat with other community members.