TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an approach to urban environment management through analysis of “urban emptiness” based on user-generated big data.Design/methodology/approach The research design is based on creating a theoretical model of urban emptiness as a multilayer phenomenon in the city space and then developing an applied approach to map its different types through user-generated and open big data from multiple online sources.Findings The paper provides a definition and a theoretical model of “urban emptiness” as a multilayer phenomenon integrated into the complexity of the city system and as a resource for sustainable urban development. The paper presents a methodological approach to analyse urban emptiness based on spontaneous user-generated geolocated open data emerging online. This approach is applied to the Russian city of St Petersburg with a demonstration of the data set formation based on multiple sources and an interpretation of the preliminary results.Research limitations/implications The paper focuses on the under-researched phenomenon of urban emptiness, which leads to a certain speculation of propositions and lack of generalisability of the results. Therefore, the researchers are encouraged to further test the proposed propositions.Practical implications The paper describes urban emptiness as a resource in urban development and gives recommendations on how to account for it in sustainable urban environment management, in particular, in limiting urban sprawl.Originality/value This paper consolidates data-driven methods to create an integrated approach to urban environment management from an original standpoint – analysis of urban emptiness.
VL  - 29
IS  - 3
SN  - 1477-7835
DO  - 10.1108/MEQ-01-2018-0004
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-01-2018-0004
AU  - Petrova Marina
AU  - Nenko Aleksandra
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Urban emptiness as a resource for sustainable urban development
T2  - Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 388
EP  - 405
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -