Mobile phone usage in complex urban systems: a space–time, aggregated human activity study

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-185

  Tranos, Emmanouil ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human activity; Land use; Mobile phone; Urban dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937762210     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-015-0211-9     Document Type: Article

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