Citizens Measuring Pollution

Mikael Colville-Andersen
6 min readDec 9, 2019
Rough month: Pollution levels measured at my apartment in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen in November 2019

By acquiring an inexpensive pollution monitoring device, I can now keep track of air pollution outside my home instead of relying on “official sources”, which often just pass the buck, saying that pollution in Copenhagen comes from other countries. I feel empowered.

In my work in urban design I speak about the importance of data in cities and about citizen engagement. I encourage client cities and keynote…

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Mikael Colville-Andersen

Urban designer, author and host of the global documentary series about urbanism, The Life-Sized City. Impatient Idealist.