China's city network characteristics based on social network space: an empirical analysis of Sina micro-blog

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1031-1043

  Zhen, Feng ^a   Wang, Bo ^a   Chen, Yingxue ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristics; China's city network; Connection rate of the network; Sina micro blog; Social network space

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NETWORKING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84867688174     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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