Social media data for environmental sustainability: A critical review of opportunities, threats, and ethical use

A Ghermandi, J Langemeyer, D Van Berkel, F Calcagni… - One Earth, 2023‏ - cell.com
Social media data are transforming sustainability science. However, challenges from
restrictions in data accessibility and ethical concerns regarding potential data misuse have …

Using social media to assess nature-based tourism: Current research and future trends

VT Da Mota, C Pickering - Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Social media is increasingly recognised as an important source of information about a wide
range of issues, including nature-based tourism. We assess the current state of the …

Assessing the social equity of urban parks: An improved index integrating multiple quality dimensions and service accessibility

R Zhang, S Peng, F Sun, L Deng, Y Che - Cities, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Urban parks are important social resources that can promote the physical and mental health
of visitors. Concerns over adverse effects brought by the inequitable distribution of park …

Using social media images as data in social science research

Y Chen, K Sherren, M Smit, KY Lee - New Media & Society, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
We conducted a sco** review to identify and describe trends in the use of social media
images as data sources to inform social science research in published articles from 2015 to …

Uses and limitations of social media to inform visitor use management in parks and protected areas: A systematic review

EJ Wilkins, SA Wood, JW Smith - Environmental Management, 2021‏ - Springer
Social media are being increasingly used to inform visitor use management in parks and
protected areas. We review the state of the scientific literature to understand the ways social …

Using social media, machine learning and natural language processing to map multiple recreational beneficiaries

AS Gosal, IR Geijzendorffer, T Václavík, B Poulin… - Ecosystem Services, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Information and numbers on the use and appreciation of nature are valuable
information for protected area (PA) managers. A promising direction is the utilisation of …

Big data or small data? A methodological review of sustainable tourism

F Xu, N Nash, L Whitmarsh - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
Research in the field of sustainable tourism is increasingly important due to significant
growth in tourism industries and the unsustainable impacts incurred. Innovation in …

[HTML][HTML] Defining and spatially modelling cultural ecosystem services using crowdsourced data

I Havinga, PW Bogaart, L Hein, D Tuia - Ecosystem Services, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Cultural ecosystem services (CES) are some of the most valuable contributions of
ecosystems to human well-being. Nevertheless, these services are often underrepresented …

Outdoor cycling activity affected by COVID-19 related epidemic-control-decisions

AM Schweizer, A Leiderer, V Mitterwallner… - Plos one, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
Aim The lockdown of sports infrastructure due to the COVID-19 pandemic has substantially
shifted people's physical activity towards public green spaces. With Germany's lockdown as …

[HTML][HTML] Social big data informs spatially explicit management options for national parks with high tourism pressures

J Chun, CK Kim, GS Kim, JY Jeong, WK Lee - Tourism Management, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Nature-based tourism in protected areas is an easily experienced ecosystem service that
humans enjoy, but it acts as tourism pressures on ecosystem. Some park managers …