Data Extraction from Social Networks for Urban Analyses: Combining Space Syntax and user-generated data analysis on Lisbon

The present work constitutes the first stage of an ongoing research on the interaction between morphological characteristics of the urban fabric and the amount of social activity in such spaces. In order to analyze such correlation, the current research links together two different field of studies: Space Syntax on one side, for the...

Visualizations of social networks as support for stakeholder management within construction projects

Engaging the right stakeholders at the right time is a key factor to successfully complete a construction project. However, the decision which stakeholders to engage within a project can often be difficult. This research looks into the applicability of visualizations of Social Networks as a tool to support project managers to decide which...

Integrating physical and human management systems for effective water resources management

Integrated water resources management (IWRM) is regarded as an essential framework for the sustainable management of water resources. A key challenge in implementing IWRM involves coordinating the decisions between diverse actors with potentially conflicting interests. It is argued that the attainment of sustainable water management outcomes in...

Industrial ecosystems as a social network

With solid theoretical support from industrial ecology, an increasing number of industrial ecosystems (including eco-industrial parks and industrial symbiosis) have been created all over the world. There is no doubt that the Kalundborg symbiosis, which has steadily operates for thirty years, is our successful exemplar, although some problems...

When reputation and residential satisfaction diverge

Workshop 1. Session 1.3: (Counter)acting stigma. Abstract: In this paper an agent-based model for the choice of residential locations is presented, which is based upon Social Network Analysis. The model explains how the various reputations of a neighbourhood depend upon insiders’ and outsiders’ assessments of the area. For outsiders, reputations...

Bangkok living; social networks in a gated urban field

Workshop 1. Session 1.2: Segregation and strategies of gating and withdrawal. Abstract: Over the years, implicitly or explicitly the relationship between spatial form and the social world has been recurrently discussed in urban studies. Recently, this topic again gained relevance through the emerging critical debate on the social consequences of...