Data-Driven Management Model for Occupational Health and Safety in Climate-Friendly Smart Cities: A Smart Technology Approach Aligned with YES-TR Sustainability Criteria

Abstract

Climate change, rapid urbanisation, and digital transformation processes are causing the emergence of new risks in working environments and necessitating the reassessment of traditional occupational health and safety approaches. Smart city applications contribute to sustainable, safe, and human-centred living environments through innovative technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, sensor technologies, and digital twin systems, enabling real-time data monitoring, early warning systems, risk prediction, and proactive intervention mechanisms. This study evaluates data-driven management models for occupational health and safety in climate-friendly smart cities, examining the effects of climate change on working environments particularly risks associated with heat stress, air pollution, ultraviolet exposure, and extreme meteorological events affecting outdoor workers together with the roles of digital twin technologies, artificial intelligence-supported decision-making, sensor-based monitoring systems, and YES-TR sustainability criteria in occupational health and safety management. The results indicate that data-driven management models provide significant advantages in preventing occupational accidents, protecting employee health, predicting risks in advance, and supporting sustainable urban management; digital twin applications supported by smart sensor systems were found particularly effective in real-time risk analysis and improving safety performance. Certain limitations were identified, including data security concerns, insufficient technical infrastructure, and challenges in adapting to digital transformation. Occupational health and safety practices in climate-friendly smart cities should therefore be addressed in an integrated manner with sustainable urban management policies, with data-driven management models expected to become a key component of the safe city concept of the future.

Keywords

• Smart Cities
• Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
• Digital Twin
• YES-TR
• Climate Change

İklim Dostu Akıllı Şehirlerde İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği için Veri Odaklı Yönetim Modeli: YES-TR Sürdürülebilirlik Kriterleriyle Uyumlu Akıllı Teknoloji Yaklaşımı

Abstract

İklim Dostu Akıllı Şehirlerde İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği için Veri Odaklı Yönetim Modeli: YES-TR Sürdürülebilirlik Kriterleriyle Uyumlu Akıllı Teknoloji Yaklaşımı Özet İklim değişikliği, hızlı kentleşme ve dijital dönüşüm süreçleri çalışma ortamlarında yeni risklerin ortaya çıkmasına neden olmakta ve geleneksel iş sağlığı ve güvenliği (İSG) yaklaşımlarının yeniden değerlendirilmesini zorunlu kılmaktadır. Akıllı şehir uygulamaları; Nesnelerin İnterneti (IoT), büyük veri analitiği, yapay zeka, sensör teknolojileri ve dijital ikiz sistemleri gibi yenilikçi teknolojiler aracılığıyla sürdürülebilir, güvenli ve insan odaklı yaşam alanlarının geliştirilmesine katkı sağlamakta; gerçek zamanlı veri izleme, erken uyarı sistemleri, risk tahmini ve proaktif müdahale mekanizmalarının geliştirilmesine olanak tanımaktadır. Bu çalışma, iklim dostu akıllı şehirlerde iş sağlığı ve güvenliği için geliştirilebilecek veri odaklı yönetim modellerini değerlendirmektedir. İklim değişikliğinin çalışma ortamları üzerindeki etkileri, özellikle açık alanda çalışan işçileri etkileyen ısı stresi, hava kirliliği, UV maruziyeti ve aşırı meteorolojik olaylarla ilişkili riskler incelenmiş; dijital ikiz teknolojilerinin, yapay zeka destekli karar verme mekanizmalarının, sensör tabanlı izleme sistemlerinin ve YES-TR sürdürülebilirlik kriterlerinin İSG yönetimindeki rolleri araştırılmıştır. Sonuçlar, veri odaklı yönetim modellerinin iş kazalarının önlenmesinde, çalışan sağlığının korunmasında, risklerin önceden tahmin edilmesinde ve sürdürülebilir kentsel yönetimin desteklenmesinde önemli avantajlar sağladığını göstermektedir. Akıllı sensör sistemleriyle desteklenen dijital ikiz uygulamalarının gerçek zamanlı risk analizinde ve güvenlik performansının artırılmasında etkili olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bununla birlikte, veri güvenliği endişeleri, yetersiz teknik altyapı ve dijital dönüşüm süreçlerine uyum sağlamaya ilişkin zorluklar gibi bazı sınırlılıklar da tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, iklim dostu akıllı şehirlerde İSG uygulamalarının sürdürülebilir kentsel yönetim politikalarıyla bütünleşik biçimde ele alınması gerekmekte; veri odaklı yönetim modellerinin geleceğin güvenli şehir anlayışının temel bir bileşeni haline gelmesi beklenmektedir.

Keywords

• Akıllı Şehirler
• İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği (İSG)
• Dijital İkiz
• YES-TR
• İklim Değişikliği

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