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Hindi Geoinformatics & Geostatistics: An OverviewISSN: 2327-4581
Itzhak Omer Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Urban Geography, Urban movement models, Urban morphology, Spatial network and modeling, Spatial behavior & cognition
Department of Geography and Human Environment, Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Geosciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Biography
Itzhak Omer is an urban geographer and a full professor at the Department of Geography and Human Environment, Tel Aviv University. He is Head of the Urban Space Analysis Laboratory. The areas of his academic interest include: urban modeling, spatial behavior and spatial cognition, urban morphology, movement , urban complexity and social geography of the city.
Publications
Editorial Open Access
Urban Modeling and Social Media
Author(s): Itzhak Omer
Urban models are essential for understanding the structure and dynamics of cities and for testing the impact of changes in the locations of land use and transportation on the urban environment. As a result of the increased involvement of social media (SM) or digital social networks (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Gowalla and Foursquare data) in contemporary urban society they can be relevant for urban modeling in two was. First, they can serve as an appropriate unique provider of data that can tell us how, and when, individuals are using urban spaces. Second, as they have potential effect on individuals’ spatial behavior and urban dynamics they should be taken into consideration in urban modeling. In the following I discuss the rel... view more»
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