Using VGI and Social Media Data to Understand Urban Green Space: A Narrative Literature Review

Volunteered Geographical Information (VGI) and social media can provide information about real-time perceptions, attitudes and behaviours in urban green space (UGS). This paper reviews the use of VGI and social media data in research examining UGS. The current state of the art is described through t...

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Published in:ISPRS international journal of geo-information 2021-07, Vol.10 (7), p.425
Main Authors: Cui, Nan, Malleson, Nick, Houlden, Victoria, Comber, Alexis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Bibliometrics
Citations
Cocitation
Data acquisition
Data analysis
Data processing
Digital media
Green infrastructure
Information processing
Keywords
Literature reviews
Open spaces
Priorities
Quality assessment
Quality control
Rural areas
Scientometrics
Search strategies
Social media
social media data
Social networks
Social organization
Tourism
Urban areas
urban green space
Urban planning
volunteered geographical information
Work platforms
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Summary:Volunteered Geographical Information (VGI) and social media can provide information about real-time perceptions, attitudes and behaviours in urban green space (UGS). This paper reviews the use of VGI and social media data in research examining UGS. The current state of the art is described through the analysis of 177 papers to (1) summarise the characteristics and usage of data from different platforms, (2) provide an overview of the research topics using such data sources, and (3) characterise the research approaches based on data pre-processing, data quality assessment and improvement, data analysis and modelling. A number of important limitations and priorities for future research are identified. The limitations include issues of data acquisition and representativeness, data quality, as well as differences across social media platforms in different study areas such as urban and rural areas. The research priorities include a focus on investigating factors related to physical activities in UGS areas, urban park use and accessibility, the use of data from multiple sources and, where appropriate, making more effective use of personal information. In addition, analysis approaches can be extended to examine the network suggested by social media posts that are shared, re-posted or reacted to and by being combined with textual, image and geographical data to extract more representative information for UGS analysis.
ISSN:2220-9964
2220-9964
DOI:10.3390/ijgi10070425