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Digital neighborhoods

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  • Luc Anselin
  • Sarah Williams

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With the advent of ‘big data’ there is an increased interest in using social media to describe city dynamics. This paper employs geo-located social media data to identify ‘digital neighborhoods’ – those areas in the city where social media is used more often. Starting with geo-located Twitter and Foursquare data for the New York City region in 2014, we applied spatial clustering techniques to detect significant groupings or ‘neighborhoods’ where social media use is high or low. The results show that beyond the business districts, digital neighborhoods occur in communities undergoing shifting socio-demographics. Neighborhoods that are not digitally oriented tend to have higher proportion of minorities and lower incomes, highlighting a social–economic divide in how social media is used in the city. Understanding the differences in these neighborhoods can help city planners interested in generating economic development proposals, civic engagement strategies, and urban design ideas that target these areas.

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  • Luc Anselin & Sarah Williams, 2016. "Digital neighborhoods," Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(4), pages 305-328, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjouxx:v:9:y:2016:i:4:p:305-328
    DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2015.1080752
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    2. Jianxiang Huang & Yuming Cui & Lishuai Li & Mengdi Guo & Hung Chak Ho & Yi Lu & Chris Webster, 2023. "Re-examining Jane Jacobs’ doctrine using new urban data in Hong Kong," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 50(1), pages 76-93, January.
    3. Levi J Wolf & Elijah Knaap & Sergio Rey, 2021. "Geosilhouettes: Geographical measures of cluster fit," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 48(3), pages 521-539, March.
    4. Yao-Tai Li & Katherine Whitworth, 2022. "Reclaiming Hong Kong through neighbourhood-making: A study of the 2019 Anti-ELAB movement," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 59(7), pages 1372-1388, May.

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