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Estimating Greenspace Visitation Using Digital Footprints Data: A Collaboration with Glasgow City Council to Aid in Open Space Policy and Operations [poster]

Sinclair, M. , Sermpezi, R., Zhao, Q. , Mitchell, R. and Bailey, N. (2023) Estimating Greenspace Visitation Using Digital Footprints Data: A Collaboration with Glasgow City Council to Aid in Open Space Policy and Operations [poster]. In: 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023), Leeds, UK, 14-19 Sept 2023, (Accepted for Publication)

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Abstract

A better understanding of the use of open spaces is vital to inform good policy and management of these important public resources. So far, data is very limited on open space use and traditional methods to gather data are resource intensive and often lack spatio-temporal detail or site-specific information. New forms of Digital Footprints Data generated using mobile phone applications, with their scale and historical availability, may offer the potential to overcome this issue and provide timely information on open space use which can help to deliver informed policy. Towards this end, our research is undertaken in collaboration with Glasgow City Council and their open spaces team. In light of the very limited data availability on open spaces in Glasgow, which is common across the UK, we sought to utilise new forms of mobile phone app data to explore the use of a large selection of open spaces. We use this novel data in an innovative way to estimate monthly visitation numbers to over 50 open spaces and to explore change in visitor numbers for local and non-local groups in the context of Glasgow’s 2020 Open Spaces Strategy and the pandemic restrictions of 2020 and 2021.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Additional Information:	This work was funded by the ESRC SDAI grant ES/W012979/1 and is also supported by GCC.
Keywords:	Mobile phone app data, greenspace, stakeholder engagement, open space strategy
Status:	Accepted for Publication
Refereed:	Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:	Mitchell, Professor Rich and Zhao, Dr Qunshan and Bailey, Professor Nick and Sinclair, Dr Michael
Authors:	Sinclair, M., Sermpezi, R., Zhao, Q., Mitchell, R., and Bailey, N.
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure
College/School:	College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies
Research Centre:	College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity > Centre for Immunobiology
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Funder and Project Information

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
315445		Exploring human-nature interactions using new forms of data	Michael Sinclair	Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)	ES/W012979/1	S&PS - Urban Studies

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Deposit and Record Details

ID Code:	305577
Depositing User:	Dr Michael Sinclair
Datestamp:	30 Aug 2023 10:16
Last Modified:	12 Sep 2023 08:59
Date of acceptance:	23 June 2023
Date of first online publication:	15 September 2023
Date Deposited:	29 August 2023
Data Availability Statement:	No