[HTML][HTML] Mapping urban linguistic diversity with social media and population register data

T Väisänen, O Järv, T Toivonen, T Hiippala - Computers, Environment and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Globalization, urbanization and international mobility have led to increasingly diverse urban
populations. Compared to traditional traits for measuring urban diversity, such as ethnicity …

[HTML][HTML] The role of successful public spaces in historic centres. Insights from social media data

Á Bernabeu-Bautista, L Serrano-Estrada, P Martí - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
This study contributes to the existing knowledge on the aspects that are commonly found in
socially preferred public spaces. Specifically, it provides a thematic characterisation of …

Quantifying and characterizing urban leisure activities by merging multiple sensing big data: A case study of Nanjing, China

S Liu, Y Long, L Zhang, H Liu - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Studying the spatiotemporal pattern of urban leisure activities helps us to understand the
development and utilization of urban public space, people's quality of life, and the happiness …

Understanding city dynamics: using geolocated social media in a problem-based activity as an investigative tool to enhance student learning

L Serrano-Estrada, TJ Martin, P Marti - Journal of Geography in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Research that tackles the pedagogical use of geolocated social media as an investigative
tool for understanding cities in Geography and Urban Studies higher education programs …

Mapping Political Extremism on Twitter in Brazil

GT Bugs, AS de Araujo, D Saez-Trumper… - … Science and Its …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Data from Social Media Networks may contain individual level information that is
rarely available in institutional databases. It can reveal subjective and immaterial aspects …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and functional transformations of an intermediate city and the emergence of commercial strips, the case of Tiaret in Algeria

A Bekkouche, T Otmane - Cybergeo: European Journal of …, 2022 - journals.openedition.org
Tiaret, an intermediate city in the interior of Algeria, has undergone both rapid and extensive
urban growth since the 1970s, transforming its urban structure. The city maintained this …

Does spatial context of Third Place matter? Revisiting the Third Place concept based on user preferences: case of Kolkata, India

S De, A Das, TN Mazumder - Leisure Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Third Places (TPs), defined by Oldenburg in suburban American context are
social informal gathering spaces, except home and workplace. Major literature focused on …

New Normal Third Places After COVID-19 Pandemic

H Uthpala, L Meetiyagoda - Proceedings of the International …, 2022 - journal.iccaua.com
This study examines the changes of third-place usage in the new normal era–immediately
after the COVID-19 pandemic and explains the adaptation strategies of users in using the …

The urban impact of COVID-19: six neighbourhoods, three cities and three countries in social network data

L Serrano-Estrada, P Martí Ciriquián… - VLC arquitectura …, 2022 - riunet.upv.es
[EN] The COVID-19 health emergency has impacted multiple dimensions of the complex
physical, social, functional and economic structure of cities. This research encompasses a …

Culturally Diverse Street-Level Urban Activities through the Lens of Digital Footprints

P Martí, L Serrano-Estrada, M Aboutorabi - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acknowledging and sustaining the ethnic and cultural diversity that the phenomenon of
globalization has brought to the urban environment is one of the target objectives to seek …