Ethnic differences in activity spaces as a characteristic of segregation: A study based on mobile phone usage in Tallinn, Estonia

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2680-2698

  Järv, Olle ^a   Müürisepp, Kerli ^a   Ahas, Rein ^a   Derudder, Ben ^b   Witlox, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

activity space; Estonia; mobile phone data; segregation; spatial mobility

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ETHNICITY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ESTONIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TALLINN;

EID: 84943250234     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014550459     Document Type: Article

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