Mapping the data shadows of Hurricane Sandy: Uncovering the sociospatial dimensions of 'big data'

Geoforum

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-179

  Shelton, Taylor ^a   Poorthuis, Ate ^b   Graham, Mark ^c   Zook, Matthew ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big data; Geoweb; Hurricane Sandy; Mixed methods; Socio spatial theory; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894218262     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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