What do our mobility patterns mean for society?
In this episode, I feature the paper by Alessandretti and Lehmann who used GPS location data from 700,000 people to describe the concept of "scale" in human mobility. They explain how these "scales" - from individual buildings to neighbourhoods, cities, regions and countries - are central to understanding societal issues such as socioeconomic interactions, or political and cultural dynamics. Furthermore, they show how our patterns of mobility can also be distinguished from our gender or whether we live in an urban or rural area.
Full citation:
Alessandretti L, Aslak U, Lehmann S. The scales of human mobility. Nature. 2020 Nov;587(7834):402-7.
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