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The Datafied Society
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ISBN: 9048531012 9462981361 9462987173 Year: 2017 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

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As machine-readable data comes to play an increasingly important role in everyday life, researchers find themselves with rich resources for studying society. The novel methods and tools needed to work with such data require not only new knowledge and skills, but also a new way of thinking about best research practices. This book critically reflects on the role and usefulness of big data, challenging overly optimistic expectations about what such information can reveal, introducing practices and methods for its analysis and visualisation, and raising important political and ethical questions regarding its collection, handling, and presentation.


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Post, Mine, Repeat : Social Media Data Mining Becomes Ordinary
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ISBN: 113735397X 1137353988 9781137353979 Year: 2016 Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,

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'Post, Mine, Repeat is a genuinely ground-breaking and original piece of work, in which Helen Kennedy shares a range of important and revealing empirical insights into the practices of data mining. To my knowledge, no-one before has managed to produce such detailed research into data mining. The book shows how data mining fits into commercial monitoring, into organisations, into activism and into public sector services, how these are changing, and exactly what part data mining plays in empowerment and resistance, as well as surveillance and control. It is accessible, yet it tells some complex stories. This really is a tremendous, agenda-setting piece of work.' - Dr David Beer, University of York 'Helen Kennedy has written an enlightening, informative and utterly convincing book. The focus of Post, Mine, Repeat on "ordinary" uses of data mining is a hugely welcome and much-needed contribution to debates about the role of big data in society. I’m so glad that Kennedy’s sane, measured, thoughtful, careful, eloquent, ethical voice is there in these debates, for me to cite, recommend and go back to for guidance whenever I get into arguments on the vitally important topics she covers.' - Professor David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds 'This is a much-needed study on the importance of data mining to workers in ordinary organisations and more generally in society. What sets this book apart from other academic studies is its empirical focus: through interviews with users, professional data miners and key agents in organisations, Helen Kennedy tackles the larger issues involved in data mining and renders them concrete. The book is clearly focused and persuasively argued, a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what happens next in the world of Big Data.' - Professor José van Dijck, University of Amsterdam In this book, Helen Kennedy argues that as social media data mining becomes more and more ordinary, as we post, mine and repeat, new data relations emerge. These new data relations are characterised by a widespread desire for numbers and the troubling consequences of this desire, by the possibility of doing good with data and resisting data power, by new and old concerns, and by instability and contradiction. Drawing on action research with public sector organisations, interviews with commercial social insights companies and their clients, focus groups with social media users and other research, Kennedy provides a fascinating and detailed account of living with social media data mining inside the organisations that make up the fabric of everyday life. Helen Kennedy is Professor of Digital Society at the University of Sheffield, UK. She has researched and published widely across the field of digital media, from web homepages to data visualisations, from race, class, gender inequality to learning disability and web accessibility, from web design to social media data mining.


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Developments in demographic forecasting
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ISBN: 3030424715 3030424723 Year: 2020 Publisher: Springer Nature

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This open access book presents new developments in the field of demographic forecasting, covering both mortality, fertility and migration. For each component emerging methods to forecast them are presented. Moreover, instruments for forecasting evaluation are provided. Bayesian models, nonparametric models, cohort approaches, elicitation of expert opinion, evaluation of probabilistic forecasts are some of the topics covered in the book. In addition, the book is accompanied by complementary material on the web allowing readers to practice with some of the ideas exposed in the book. Readers are encouraged to use this material to apply the new methods to their own data. The book is an important read for demographers, applied statisticians, as well as other social scientists interested or active in the field of population forecasting. Professional population forecasters in statistical agencies will find useful new ideas in various chapters.


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GIS in Healthcare
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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The landscape of healthcare is dynamic, gradually becoming more complicated with factors beyond simple supply and demand. Similar to the diversity of social, political and economic contexts, the practical utilization of healthcare resources also varies around the world. However, the spatial components of these contexts, along with aspects of supply and demand, can reveal a common theme among these factors. This book presents advancements in GIS applications that reveal the complexity of and solutions for a dynamic healthcare landscape.


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Urban Forests and Landscape Ecology
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Urbanization is a dominant driver of landscape transformation across the world, with cities representing centers of economic and socio-cultural development. Today, more than 4.2 billion people live in urban areas, which represent ~3% of the Earth’s land area. By 2050, it is predicted this number will increase to 6.6 billion people (~70% of the predicted global population). As the human population grows, cities around the globe will continue to expand, increasing the demand for food and services. Within cities, urban forests provide multiple nature-based solutions, as well as other environmental services and socio-economic benefits, such as heat mitigation and social integration. Urban forests are also important for coping with psychological stress during events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, urban forests are a priority for basic and applied forest research because they are intimately connected with people’s physical, cultural, and economic well-being in the urban environment, and can also be important reservoirs of biodiversity. To promote a better understanding of urban forests and landscape ecology, this book in “Urban Forests and Landscape Ecology” compiled research set in urban forests and focused on some spatially explicit processes. Studies presented in this book are highly interdisciplinary and use a wide range of research approaches. This book present nine scientific publications from global urban forests demonstrating that these forests, as a nature-based solution, provide multiple environmental services and are crucial to improve urban livability and thereby the wellbeing of city dwellers.


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GIS in Healthcare
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The landscape of healthcare is dynamic, gradually becoming more complicated with factors beyond simple supply and demand. Similar to the diversity of social, political and economic contexts, the practical utilization of healthcare resources also varies around the world. However, the spatial components of these contexts, along with aspects of supply and demand, can reveal a common theme among these factors. This book presents advancements in GIS applications that reveal the complexity of and solutions for a dynamic healthcare landscape.


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Urban Forests and Landscape Ecology
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Urbanization is a dominant driver of landscape transformation across the world, with cities representing centers of economic and socio-cultural development. Today, more than 4.2 billion people live in urban areas, which represent ~3% of the Earth’s land area. By 2050, it is predicted this number will increase to 6.6 billion people (~70% of the predicted global population). As the human population grows, cities around the globe will continue to expand, increasing the demand for food and services. Within cities, urban forests provide multiple nature-based solutions, as well as other environmental services and socio-economic benefits, such as heat mitigation and social integration. Urban forests are also important for coping with psychological stress during events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, urban forests are a priority for basic and applied forest research because they are intimately connected with people’s physical, cultural, and economic well-being in the urban environment, and can also be important reservoirs of biodiversity. To promote a better understanding of urban forests and landscape ecology, this book in “Urban Forests and Landscape Ecology” compiled research set in urban forests and focused on some spatially explicit processes. Studies presented in this book are highly interdisciplinary and use a wide range of research approaches. This book present nine scientific publications from global urban forests demonstrating that these forests, as a nature-based solution, provide multiple environmental services and are crucial to improve urban livability and thereby the wellbeing of city dwellers.

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Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- aesthetics --- causal effects --- crown form --- foliage form --- urban forests --- urban forest --- NATURA 2000 area --- soundscape --- birds --- biological diversity --- ecosystem disservices --- Mediterranean region --- green infrastructure --- urban forest types --- indicators --- microclimate --- human thermal comfort --- outdoor thermal environment --- public health --- ecological services --- urban green space --- remote sensing --- deep learning --- convolutional neural network --- residual structure --- attention mechanism --- urban biodiversity --- urban habitat quality --- InVEST model --- land surface temperature --- Moran's I --- Zhengzhou --- social media data --- spatiotemporal utilization --- Shanghai --- ecological function --- landscape structure --- GIS --- air pollution alleviation --- accumulation on leaves --- PM2.5 --- encapsulated particles --- urban trees --- aesthetics --- causal effects --- crown form --- foliage form --- urban forests --- urban forest --- NATURA 2000 area --- soundscape --- birds --- biological diversity --- ecosystem disservices --- Mediterranean region --- green infrastructure --- urban forest types --- indicators --- microclimate --- human thermal comfort --- outdoor thermal environment --- public health --- ecological services --- urban green space --- remote sensing --- deep learning --- convolutional neural network --- residual structure --- attention mechanism --- urban biodiversity --- urban habitat quality --- InVEST model --- land surface temperature --- Moran's I --- Zhengzhou --- social media data --- spatiotemporal utilization --- Shanghai --- ecological function --- landscape structure --- GIS --- air pollution alleviation --- accumulation on leaves --- PM2.5 --- encapsulated particles --- urban trees


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GIS in Healthcare
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The landscape of healthcare is dynamic, gradually becoming more complicated with factors beyond simple supply and demand. Similar to the diversity of social, political and economic contexts, the practical utilization of healthcare resources also varies around the world. However, the spatial components of these contexts, along with aspects of supply and demand, can reveal a common theme among these factors. This book presents advancements in GIS applications that reveal the complexity of and solutions for a dynamic healthcare landscape.

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Humanities --- Social interaction --- GIS --- urban health --- health clusters --- kernel density --- hotspot analysis --- healthcare planning --- health geomatics --- public health --- emergency medical facilities --- traffic jam --- megacity --- network-based location-allocation model --- Beijing --- healthcare critical infrastructure --- geovisualization --- geographic information system --- colored petri net --- COVID-19 --- social media data --- sina weibo --- spatiotemporal characteristics --- automated external defibrillator --- public access defibrillation --- out-of-hospital cardiac arrest --- resuscitation --- risk mapping --- geographical accessibility --- local scale --- municipality --- healthcare services --- spatial planning --- decentralization --- usability assessment --- web GIS --- cancer --- service area --- geospatial health --- spatial disparities --- accessibility --- subway expansion --- public transport network --- cross-border cooperation --- geographic information systems --- Iberian borderland --- strategic planning --- sustainable planning --- disaster preparedness --- smart cities --- sustainable cities --- food desert --- regression analysis --- GIS --- urban health --- health clusters --- kernel density --- hotspot analysis --- healthcare planning --- health geomatics --- public health --- emergency medical facilities --- traffic jam --- megacity --- network-based location-allocation model --- Beijing --- healthcare critical infrastructure --- geovisualization --- geographic information system --- colored petri net --- COVID-19 --- social media data --- sina weibo --- spatiotemporal characteristics --- automated external defibrillator --- public access defibrillation --- out-of-hospital cardiac arrest --- resuscitation --- risk mapping --- geographical accessibility --- local scale --- municipality --- healthcare services --- spatial planning --- decentralization --- usability assessment --- web GIS --- cancer --- service area --- geospatial health --- spatial disparities --- accessibility --- subway expansion --- public transport network --- cross-border cooperation --- geographic information systems --- Iberian borderland --- strategic planning --- sustainable planning --- disaster preparedness --- smart cities --- sustainable cities --- food desert --- regression analysis

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