Revisiting several basic geographical concepts: A social sensing perspective

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 564-575

  Liu, Yu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Big data; Qualitative method; Quantitative method; Social sensing; Spatial distribution; Spatial interaction

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXICABS;

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES; HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; POPULATION HETEROGENEITY; QUALITATIVE METHOD; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SOCIAL MEDIA DATUM; SOCIAL SENSING; SPATIAL INTERACTION;

BIG DATA;

DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 85012146672     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11821/dlxb201604003     Document Type: Article

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