IGSNRRsupervisor: ProfTaoPEI
UNNCsupervisor:DrJunLU(DepartmentofArchitectureandtheBuiltEnvironment)
Traditionalgeographicalanalysisisimplementedingeographicalspace.Withthedevelopmentandadvancementofmoderntechnologiesoftheinternet,communicationandtransportation,allthingsareconnectedinnew,different,andincreasingly,complexwaysandtheseconnectionsmayformdifferentandnewspaces,e.g.(1)Theinternetmaycreateinternetspaceandeachwebsitemayhaveitsownlocationandrelationshipwithothers;(2)Everyonemayhavetheirlocationinsocialspacebasedontheircommunicationwithotherindividuals.
Thekeyissuesofthisresearchinclude:(1)howtodefinethebasicgeographicalconceptsofspace,(2)howtoanalysetheirspatialdistribution,(3)evaluateifthebasiclawsofspacearecorrectand(4)investigatetherelationshipsbetweendifferenttypesofspace.Forexample,whatislocationanddistanceinsocialspaceanddoesthefirstlawofgeographystillwork?
TheresearchwillfocusedonthoseissuesregardingurbanresidentsandPOIsingeographical,socialandtransportationspaces.POIs,transportationandmobilephonedatawillbeusedintheresearch.
InformalinquiriesmaybeaddressedtoDrJunLu(Jun.Lu@***.cn)andProfTaoPei(Peit@lreis.***),butformalapplicationsshouldfollowinstructionsinthe‘Howtoapply’sectionbelow.