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Agricultural activity shapes the mobility patterns in Senegal
Year:2016

Research Areas
  • Physics chemical and mathematical

Information
Abstract
The communication and migration patterns of a country are shaped by its socioeconomic processes. The economy of Senegal is predominantly rural, as agriculture employs over 70% of the labor force. In this work, we have used mobile phone records to explore the impact of agricultural activity on the mobility patterns of the inhabitants of Senegal. We have detected an increase in the migration flows throughout the country during the harvest season. At the same time, religious holidays also shape the mobility patterns of the Senegalese people, since, as in many cultures, they are related to climate seasons and agricultural activities. Hence, in the light of our results, agricultural activity and religious holidays are the primary drivers of mobility inside the country.
International
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Congress
The 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2016) [http://asonam.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/2016/]
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Place
San Francisco (USA)
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
CDP08UPM
Start Date
18/08/2016
End Date
21/08/2016
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ASONAM 2016. Abstracts [http://akademikiletisim.com/asonam_program/ in Day3 - Wine salon - Multidisciplinary S1: Applications of network analysis and social media analysis]
Participants

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Grupo de Sistemas Complejos
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Centro de Estudios e Investigación para la Gestión de Riesgos Agrarios Medioambientales (CEIGRAM). Centro Mixto UPM-AGROMUTUA-ENESA
  • Departamento: Ingeniería Agroforestal