London, Jun 7 (DIN NEWS)<\/b> The rise and prosperity of an urban neighbourhood may not only be based on economic capital, but also the presence of a vibrant arts, music and science culture, scientists say.<\/p>\n
In a study published in the journal Frontiers in Physics, the researchers used social media images of cultural events in London and New York City on image hosting site Flickr to create a model that can predict neighbourhoods where residents enjoy a high level of wellbeing.<\/p>\n
With more than half of the world’s population living in cities, the model could help policy makers ensure human wellbeing in dense urban settings.<\/p>\n
“Culture has many benefits to an individual: it opens our minds to new emotional experiences and enriches our lives,” said Daniele Quercia, Department Head at Nokia Bell Labs, Cambridge, UK.<\/p>\n
“We’ve known for decades that this ‘cultural capital’ plays a huge role in a person’s success. Our new model shows the same correlation for neighbourhoods and cities, with those neighbourhoods experiencing the greatest growth having high cultural capital,” said Quercia.<\/p>\n
The researchers accessed millions of Flickr images taken by people attending cultural events in London and in New York City over ten years.<\/p>\n
The events included festivals, libraries, cinema, art exhibitions, musical performances, technological demos, handicraft artisans, restaurants, museums, newspaper stands and theater.<\/p>\n
The team organised the images, which all had global positioning system (GPS) tags indicating the place and time taken, into 25 categories.<\/p>\n
They also cleaned the data to adjust for outliers, accounting for issues such as many museums not allowing photos of exhibits and different generations gravitating to different choices.<\/p>\n
“We were able to see that the presence of culture is directly tied to the growth of certain neighbourhoods, rising home values and median income,” said Quercia.<\/p>\n
“This could help city planners and councils think through interventions to prevent people from being displaced as a result of gentrification,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We already have data from wearable technology showing that both the 2016 US presidential election and 2016 Brexit referendum greatly impacted people’s sleep and even heart rates,” said Luca M Aiello from the University of Cambridge in the UK.<\/p>\n
“Information on cultural consumption could similarly be used to track the impacts of large-scale change,” said Aiello.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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