Accidental, open and everywhere: Emerging data sources for the understanding of cities

• Published in: Applied geography (Sevenoaks) Vol. 49; pp. 45 - 53
• Main Author: Arribas-Bel, Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Accidents; adverse effects; business enterprises; Cities; data collection; Data sources; Emergence; Format; Geography; Governments; Online; Open data; researchers; Urban research; Data sources; Open data; Cities

In this paper, I review the recent emergence of three groups of data sources and assess some of the opportunities and challenges they pose for the understanding of cities, particularly in the context of the Regional Science and urban research agenda. These are data collected from mobile sensors carr...