Geo-temporal Twitter demographics

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 369-389

  Longley, Paul A ^a   Adnan, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geo temporal demographics; Twitter; urban geography

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; LAND USE; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84948089945     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2015.1089441     Document Type: Article

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