Human mobility: Models and applications

H Barbosa, M Barthelemy, G Ghoshal, CR James… - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed an explosion of extensive geolocated datasets related to
human movement, enabling scientists to quantitatively study individual and collective …

The role of space in the formation of social ties

ML Small, L Adler - Annual Review of Sociology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the relation between networks and
spatial context. This review examines critically a selection of the literature on how physical …

Social connectivity in America: Changes in adult friendship network size from 2002 to 2007

H Wang, B Wellman - American behavioral scientist, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
There is some panic in the United States about a possible decline in social connectivity. The
authors used two American national surveys to analyze how changes in the number of …

Making the connections between transport disadvantage and the social exclusion of low income populations in the Tshwane Region of South Africa

K Lucas - Journal of transport geography, 2011 - Elsevier
To date, the majority of studies which consider transport from a social exclusion perspective
have been conducted in the context of the developed world where both income poverty and …

CouchSurfing: Belonging and trust in a globally cooperative online social network

D Rosen, PR Lafontaine… - New Media & …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The current study investigates engagement activities in an online resource exchange
community exploring elements such as sense of belonging, connectedness, and trust …

Social networks, social influence and activity-travel behaviour: a review of models and empirical evidence

J Kim, S Rasouli, HJP Timmermans - Transport Reviews, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The study of social networks in activity-travel research has recently gained momentum
because social activities and social influence were relatively poorly explained in activity …

Does proximity matter? Distance dependence of adolescent friendships

P Preciado, TAB Snijders, WJ Burk, H Stattin, M Kerr - Social networks, 2012 - Elsevier
Geographic proximity is a determinant factor of friendship. Friendship datasets that include
detailed geographic information are scarce, and when this information is available, the …

Modelling the relationship between travel behaviours and social disadvantage

K Lucas, J Bates, J Moore, JA Carrasco - Transportation Research Part A …, 2016 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to model the travel behaviour of socially disadvantaged
population segments in the United Kingdom (UK) using the data from the UK National Travel …

Social media and its role in friendship-driven interactions among young people: A mixed methods study

JP Décieux, A Heinen, H Willems - Young, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines trends and developments in social interactions of young people and
the role of social media in Luxembourg using a mixed method approach, drawing on both …

Mobile communications, social networks, and urban travel: Hypertext as a new metaphor for conceptualizing spatial interaction

MP Kwan - The Professional Geographer, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The widespread use of mobile communications is leading to new practices in family life and
social life, and these changes have significant implications for the study of urban travel …