Improved understanding of human-nature interactions is crucial to conservation science and
practice, but collecting relevant data remains challenging. Recently, social media have …

Big data has now become a strong focus of global interest that is increasingly attracting the
attention of academia, industry, government and other organizations. Big data can be …

Social media data is increasingly used as a proxy for human activity in different
environments, including protected areas, where collecting visitor information is often …

The goal of this study is to understand the differences in scope and patterns of frequency of
use and interactive and active consumption on three leading social media platforms …

Cultural ecosystem services, such as aesthetic and recreational enjoyment, as well as sense
of place and local identity, play an outstanding role in the contribution of landscapes to …

In an age of digital communication, are we saying so much more about so much less? More
specifically, how has Twitter microblogging technology shaped the way modern humans …

Understanding urban functions and their relationships with human activities has great
implications for smart and sustainable urban development. In this study, we present a novel …

Protected area management and marketing require real-time information on visitors'
behavior and preferences. Thus far, visitor information has been collected mostly with …

Social media data have been extensively used in numerous fields of science, but examples
of their use in conservation science are still very limited. In this paper, we propose a …

Understanding urban vibrancy aids policy-making to foster urban space and therefore has
long been a goal of urban studies. Recently, the emerging urban big data and urban analytic …