A Data Driven Approach to Study the Social and Political Statuses of Urban Communities in Kunming. Issue 2 (July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chang, Charles
• Editors: Bol, Peter K.
• Is Part Of: Journal of Chinese history. Volume 4:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 461
• Page End: 481
• Publication Date: 2020-07
• Subjects: China -- History -- Periodicals; 951.005
• DOI: 10.1017/jch.2019.42
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2059-1632

Abstract

Abstract: This article presents a data-driven approach to the study of the social and political statuses of urban communities in modern Kunming. Such information is lacking in government maps and documents. Using data from a wide variety of sources, many unconventional, I subject them to critical evaluation and computational analysis to extract information that can be used to produce a land use map of sufficient detail and accuracy to allow scholars to address and even answer questions of a socio-political, economic and, indeed, humanistic nature. My method can also be applied to other Chinese cities and to cities elsewhere that lack accurate information.