Accidental, open and everywhere: Emerging data sources for the understanding of cities

Applied Geography

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-53

  Arribas Bel, Daniel ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cities; Data sources; Open data

Indexed keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA PROCESSING; INTERNET; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84896033097     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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