Big Data Applications in Geography and Planning An Essential Companion

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Publication InfoNorthampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, Incorporated Herndon : Books International, Incorporated [Distributor]
Description288 p. 24.500 x 017.600 cm.
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Other author/creatorClarke, Graham Editor
Other author/creatorBirkin, Mark Editor
Other author/creatorCorcoran, Jonathan Editor
Other author/creatorStimson, Robert Editor
Summary Annotation This unique book demonstrates the utility of big data approaches in human geography and planning. Offering a carefully curated selection of case studies, it reveals how researchers are accessing big data, what this data looks like and how such data can offer new and important insights and knowledge. <p>Contributions from key scholars working in the field bring together an international series of case studies on demography and migration, retail and consumer analytics, health care planning, urban planning and transport studies. Chapters also discuss how data sets leveraged from commercial and public agency sources can greatly improve the data traditionally worked with in academic geography, regional science and planning. While addressing the challenges and limitations of big data, the book also demonstrates the usefulness of data sets held by commercial agencies and explores data linkage between big data and traditional public domain data sources.</p> <p>Focusing on the applications of big data to investigate issues in a spatial context, this book will be an essential guide for scholars and students of planning, mobility and human geography, particularly those who specialise in economic and transport geography. Its use of key case studies to demonstrate the applications of big data analytics in planning will also be useful for planners in these fields.</p>
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