Using locative social media and urban cartographies to identify and locate successful urban plazas

Cities

Volumn 64, Issue , 2017, Pages 66-78

  Martí, Pablo ^a   Serrano Estrada, Leticia ^a   Nolasco Cirugeda, Almudena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Livable spaces; Plaza; Public space; Social networks; Social spaces; Square

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; INTERNET; PUBLIC SPACE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; URBAN AREA;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 85013743877     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2017.02.007     Document Type: Article

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