Green Areas: The Secret of the Happiness of the People of Madrid
Green areas play an important role in people’s well-being in urban areas. However, traditional survey methods hinder understanding their actual impact. Fortunately, social networking analysis provides valuable information that city planners can use to transform cities and improve city life. This res...
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| author | Diego de Vega Óscar Araque Carlos Á. Iglesias |
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| description | Green areas play an important role in people’s well-being in urban areas. However, traditional survey methods hinder understanding their actual impact. Fortunately, social networking analysis provides valuable information that city planners can use to transform cities and improve city life. This research studies geolocated tweets published in parks, both urban and natural, in Madrid, for their subsequent analysis and classification with machine-learning techniques, and determines the emotional impact of green areas on citizens. The main conclusions of this study are that people express more positive sentiments and emotions (i.e., joy and trust) in urban parks in Madrid compared to the sentiments expressed in other areas of the city and a national park in the Madrid region. This positive sentiment is higher in the city’s southern districts and the historical parks. People also tweeted photos more frequently in parks and differences in the topics expressed in the tweets. This analysis can provide additional information to policymakers in urban planning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4720667362bc40b3879dfe1c5e043f602023-11-23T19:14:07ZengMDPI AGTelecom2673-40012022-08-013351452510.3390/telecom3030028Green Areas: The Secret of the Happiness of the People of MadridDiego de Vega0Óscar Araque1Carlos Á. Iglesias2Intelligent Systems Group, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avda. Complutense 30, 28040 Madrid, SpainIntelligent Systems Group, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avda. Complutense 30, 28040 Madrid, SpainIntelligent Systems Group, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avda. Complutense 30, 28040 Madrid, SpainGreen areas play an important role in people’s well-being in urban areas. However, traditional survey methods hinder understanding their actual impact. Fortunately, social networking analysis provides valuable information that city planners can use to transform cities and improve city life. This research studies geolocated tweets published in parks, both urban and natural, in Madrid, for their subsequent analysis and classification with machine-learning techniques, and determines the emotional impact of green areas on citizens. The main conclusions of this study are that people express more positive sentiments and emotions (i.e., joy and trust) in urban parks in Madrid compared to the sentiments expressed in other areas of the city and a national park in the Madrid region. This positive sentiment is higher in the city’s southern districts and the historical parks. People also tweeted photos more frequently in parks and differences in the topics expressed in the tweets. This analysis can provide additional information to policymakers in urban planning.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4001/3/3/28Twittermachine learningsentiment analysisemotion analysisparkswell-being |
| spellingShingle | Diego de Vega Óscar Araque Carlos Á. Iglesias Green Areas: The Secret of the Happiness of the People of Madrid Telecom machine learning sentiment analysis emotion analysis parks well-being |
| title | Green Areas: The Secret of the Happiness of the People of Madrid |
| title_full | Green Areas: The Secret of the Happiness of the People of Madrid |
| title_fullStr | Green Areas: The Secret of the Happiness of the People of Madrid |
| title_full_unstemmed | Green Areas: The Secret of the Happiness of the People of Madrid |
| title_short | Green Areas: The Secret of the Happiness of the People of Madrid |
| title_sort | green areas the secret of the happiness of the people of madrid |
| topic | Twitter machine learning sentiment analysis emotion analysis parks well-being |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4001/3/3/28 |
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