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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299442503321

Autore

Pucci Paola

Titolo

Mapping Urban Practices Through Mobile Phone Data / / by Paola Pucci, Fabio Manfredini, Paolo Tagliolato

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-14833-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (94 p.)

Collana

PoliMI SpringerBriefs, , 2282-2585

Disciplina

910.285

Soggetti

Geographic information systems

Data mining

Regional economics

Space in economics

Industrial management

Sociology, Urban

Geographical Information System

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Regional and Spatial Economics

Industrial Management

Urban Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Mobility practices and mobile phone data -- Mobile phone data to describe urban dynamics: an overview in the literature -- Daily mobility practices through mobile phone data: an application in Lombardy region -- Implications on traditional data sources -- Implications on the urban and mobility policy.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explains the potential value of using mobile phone data to monitor urban practices and identify rhythms of use in today’s cities. Drawing upon research conducted in the Italian region of Lombardy, the authors demonstrate how maps based on mobile phone data, which are better tailored to the dynamic processes at work in cities, can document urban practices, provide new insights into spatial and



temporal patterns of mobility, and assist in recognizing different communities of practice. The described methodology permits detailed visualization of the spatial distribution of mobility flows and offers a more extensive and refined description of the distribution of urban activity than is provided by traditional travel surveys. The book also details how maps derived by processing mobile phone data can assist in the definition of urban policies that will deliver services that match cities’ needs, facilitate the management of large events (inflow, outflow, and monitoring), and reflect time-dependent phenomena not included in traditional analyses.