Understanding the use of urban green spaces from user-generated geographic information

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 201, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Heikinheimo, Vuokko ^a   Tenkanen, Henrikki ^a   Bergroth, Claudia ^a,b   Järv, Olle ^a   Hiippala, Tuomo ^a   Toivonen, Tuuli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b City of Helsinki   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mobile phone data; PPGIS; Social media data; Sports tracking data; Urban green space

Indexed keywords

GIS; GREENSPACE; MOBILE PHONE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACKING; URBAN PLANNING;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 85085143219     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103845     Document Type: Article

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