Computing urban mobile landscapes through monitoring population density based on cell-phone chatting

International Journal of Design and Nature and Ecodynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-134

  Pulselli, R M ^a   Romano, P ^a   Ratti, C ^b   Tiezzi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phones; Landscape ecology; Location based services; Macro organization; Mobile geographies; Monitoring technique; Social patterns; Telecommunications technology; Urban systems

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOCATION-BASED SERVICES; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; SOCIAL PATTERNS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES; URBAN SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; MOBILE PHONES; MONITORING; PLANNING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 72749107350     PISSN: 17557437     EISSN: 17557445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/D&NE-V3-N2-121-134     Document Type: Article

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