Social data in digital form—including user-generated content, expressed or implicit relations
between people, and behavioral traces—are at the core of popular applications and …

Analysing the city through data retrieved from Location Based Social Networks (LBSNs) has
received considerable attention as a promising method for applied research. However, the …

A large proportion of dryland trees and shrubs (hereafter referred to collectively as trees)
grow in isolation, without canopy closure. These non-forest trees have a crucial role in …

Social media provide access to behavioural data at an unprecedented scale and granularity.
However, using these data to understand phenomena in a broader population is difficult due …

In this paper, I examine the convergence of big data and urban governance beyond the
discursive and material contexts of the smart city. I argue that in addition to understanding …

The widespread popularity of Pokémon GO presents the first opportunity to observe the
geographic effects of location-based gaming at scale. This paper reports the results of a …

New sources of geotagged information derived from social media like Twitter show great
promise for geographic research in tourism. This paper describes an approach to analyze …

This intervention advances glitches as epistemological vectors for apprehending and
engaging the significance of digitally-mediated spatialities that appear nonperformative …

While there is an extensive literature regarding the benefits of natural environments within
urban settings, there is relatively little statistical research on the correlation of well-being with …

Social media play an increasingly important part in the communication strategies of political
campaigns by reflecting information about the policy preferences and opinions of political …