Using Location-Based Social Media to Chart the Patterns of People Moving between Cities: The Case of Weibo-Users in the Yangtze River Delta

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 91-111

  Zhang, Weiyang ^a   Derudder, Ben ^a   Wang, Jianghao ^b   Shen, Wei ^c   Witlox, Frank ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c ESSCA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

China; inter city connections; polycentricity; social media; Weibo; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

LACUNA;

EID: 84990249824     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2016.1177259     Document Type: Article

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