Mapping Urban Practices Through Mobile Phone Data (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology / PoliMI SpringerBriefs)

Pucci, Paola; Manfredini, Fabio; Tagliolato, Paolo

ISBN 10: 331914832X / ISBN 13: 9783319148328

Published by Springer, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mapping Urban Practices Through Mobile Phone Data (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology / PoliMI SpringerBriefs)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 331914832X
• ISBN 13: 9783319148328
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book explains the potential value of using mobile phone data to monitor urban practices and identify rhythms of use in today’s cities. Drawing upon research conducted in the Italian region of Lombardy, the authors demonstrate how maps based on mobile phone data, which are better tailored to the dynamic processes at work in cities, can document urban practices, provide new insights into spatial and temporal patterns of mobility, and assist in recognizing different communities of practice. The described methodology permits detailed visualization of the spatial distribution of mobility flows and offers a more extensive and refined description of the distribution of urban activity than is provided by traditional travel surveys. The book also details how maps derived by processing mobile phone data can assist in the definition of urban policies that will deliver services that match cities’ needs, facilitate the management of large events (inflow, outflow, and monitoring), and reflect time-dependent phenomena not included in traditional analyses.