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Mapping Urban Practices Through Mobile Phone Data

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Authors:
  1. Paola Pucci

    1. Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

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  2. Fabio Manfredini

    1. Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

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  3. Paolo Tagliolato

    1. CNR-IREA, Milano, Italy

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  • Provides an up-to-date overview of the impact of mobility practices on contemporary cities
  • Explains the value of mobile phone data in improving knowledge of urban dynamics
  • Describes policy implications deriving from the use of mobile phone data
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

Part of the book sub series: PoliMI SpringerBriefs (BRIEFSPOLIMI)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Mobility Practices and Mobile Phone Data

    • Paola Pucci, Fabio Manfredini, Paolo Tagliolato
    Pages 1-11

  3. Mobile Phone Data to Describe Urban Practices: An Overview in the Literature

    • Paola Pucci, Fabio Manfredini, Paolo Tagliolato
    Pages 13-25

  4. Daily Mobility Practices Through Mobile Phone Data: An Application in Lombardy Region

    • Paola Pucci, Fabio Manfredini, Paolo Tagliolato
    Pages 27-70

  5. Implications for Traditional Data Sources

    • Paola Pucci, Fabio Manfredini, Paolo Tagliolato
    Pages 71-76

  6. Implications for Urban and Mobility Policy

    • Paola Pucci, Fabio Manfredini, Paolo Tagliolato
    Pages 77-83

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 85-90
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

    Paola Pucci, Fabio Manfredini

  • CNR-IREA, Milano, Italy

    Paolo Tagliolato

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