
Mapping Urban Practices Through Mobile Phone Data
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 12. March 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
VIII, 90 pages
978-3-319-14832-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Series
Edition
2015 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
12 farbige Abbildungen, 21 s/w Abbildungen
VIII, 90 p. 33 illus., 12 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
166 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-14832-8 (9783319148328)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-14833-5
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Paola Pucci | Fabio Manfredini | Paolo Tagliolato
Mapping Urban Practices Through Mobile Phone Data
E-Book
02/2015
1st Edition
Springer
€53.49
Available for download
Content
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.