Applying the internet of things and internet of people paradigms to the urban context

Urban systems host a large amount of processes that are relevant to the everyday life of its citizens, to the economy to the industry or to the city administration. Albeit the importance of these processes, currently we are not able to have enough information about them or even to monitor them at all. This work proposes the use of the Internet of Thing and People (IoTP) as the paradigm for the information systems controlling the different domains and sub- systems of urban systems which would allow to monitor the physical and social part of urban processes. The adoption of IoTP will improve our knowledge and allow to increase the efficiency of processes, identify social issues and improve the effectiveness of urban planning. In this work, the design of urban systems is analysed and linked to the benefits of using IoTP-based information systems. Then, key elements of the IoTP reference architecture, such as the domain model, the interaction model, the resource model and the functional model, are provided.