Tracing a path to knowledge? Indicative user impacts of introducing a public transport map in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12913635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Christopher Zegras (0000-0002-5675-0615, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw, corresponding author), Emily Eros (corresponding author), Kuan Butts (corresponding author), Elizabeth Resor (0000-0002-5605-2315, corresponding author), Stephen Kennedy (0000-0003-0135-9317, St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw, corresponding author), Albert Ching (corresponding author), Muntasir Mamun (St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 113-129 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-1386 • E-ISSN: 1752-1378 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cjres/rsu028 |
| OpenAlex | W2100542522 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 33 |
The smartphone exemplifies the rhetorical smart city movement. This paper examines one potential use of smartphone technology -mapping public transportation services in a megacity of the Global South. We examine the potential user impacts of introducing a smartphone-generated and analog-delivered schematic bus map in Dhaka, Bangladesh. After distributing the map, we used a web-based survey to investigate impacts on users' knowledge, as measured by their stated understanding, navigation, and perceptions of the system. While a small and biased sample, the results suggest that the map fills a knowledge gap, provides useful and valued information, and may stimulate "exploration" of the city and its bus system
Geography · Megacity · Public transport · Sample (material · Schematic · Tracing · Transport engineering · Computer Science · E-Government and Public Services · Engineering · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · ICT in Developing Communities
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| Citations per year | 0.82 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |