The paper presents a method to operationalise Jan Gehl’s categorisation of dweller’s activity patterns in public space using Foursquare data. The ‘Urban Activity Wheel’ method is instrumental in showing how location based social media data is beneficial to understand the…
Read MoreIntegrative Urbanism: Using Social Media to Map Activity Patterns for Decision-Making Assessment
Purpose – In the context of digital spatial analysis and modeling urban space and processes, this article presents a methodology to update and operationalize Jan Gehl’s traditional observations on activities people engage in public urban space. We aim to show…
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IFKAD 2018 – Societal Impact of Knowledge and Design
The purpose of IFKAD 2018 was to explore the role and the relevance of new sources, dimensions and characteristics of knowledge supporting organizations as well as regional and urban systems in their aim to create valuable societal impact by addressing…
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Sharing Cities Shaping Cities – An international research symposium
The event was attended by nearly 50 delegates, including researchers and PhD candidates, practitioners, Milan municipality officers. Out of nearly 70 proposals submitted to the call, 13 contributions were selected to be presented by scholars and practitioners coming from 3…
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Comparing two methods for Urban Complexity calculation using Shannon-Wiener index
This study will compare the results of measuring Urban Complexity using Shannon-Wiener index in two different methods. Using a joint dataset retrieved from Foursquare API, we will measure the degree of urban complexity of every street 1. relating every amenity…
Read MoreCMEM 2017 – 18th International Conference on Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements
The 18th International Conference on Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements, organised by the Wessex Institute, with the collaboration of the University of Alicante and the University of Naples “Federico II, took place in Alicante, represented by Professors Carlos A Brebbia,…
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Interactivos?’17 – Reimagining the movement in the city: citizen science for a sustainable present
Medialab-Prado opens a call for the presentation of projects and research articles within the framework of the Interactivos? Program. This edition is open to the presentation of research projects and articles or theoretical works that make visible, explore, reflect, imagine,…
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