Cai, Meng ; Huang, Huiqing ; Decaminada, Travis (2023)
Local data at a national scale: Introducing a dataset of official municipal websites in the United States for text-based analytics.
In: Environment and Planning B : Urban Analytics and City Science, 50 (7)
doi: 10.1177/23998083231190961
Artikel, Bibliographie
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Municipal websites serve as central platforms for local governments to share information with the public. They offer authoritative, up-to-date, and free access for researchers to collect city-level data. However, until now, a comprehensive and accurate database of municipal web addresses did not exist. Here, we introduce a complete and manually verified dataset containing information on whether a municipality has an official website and, if so, what its web address is, of all 19,518 municipalities in the United States. With this dataset, researchers can easily conduct systematic searches on municipal official websites for self-defined keywords. The search results are well-suited for text-based analytics. This new data source benefits urban scholars who struggle to access high-quality local data for nationwide studies and contributes to narrowing the data gap.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
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| Erschienen: | 2023 |
| Autor(en): | Cai, Meng ; Huang, Huiqing ; Decaminada, Travis |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | Local data at a national scale: Introducing a dataset of official municipal websites in the United States for text-based analytics |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | September 2023 |
| Ort: | London |
| Verlag: | SAGE Publications |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Environment and Planning B : Urban Analytics and City Science |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 50 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 7 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/23998083231190961 |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Municipal websites serve as central platforms for local governments to share information with the public. They offer authoritative, up-to-date, and free access for researchers to collect city-level data. However, until now, a comprehensive and accurate database of municipal web addresses did not exist. Here, we introduce a complete and manually verified dataset containing information on whether a municipality has an official website and, if so, what its web address is, of all 19,518 municipalities in the United States. With this dataset, researchers can easily conduct systematic searches on municipal official websites for self-defined keywords. The search results are well-suited for text-based analytics. This new data source benefits urban scholars who struggle to access high-quality local data for nationwide studies and contributes to narrowing the data gap. |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 13 Fachbereich Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften 13 Fachbereich Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften > Verbund Institute für Verkehr 13 Fachbereich Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften > Verbund Institute für Verkehr > Institut für Verkehrsplanung und Verkehrstechnik |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 28 Mär 2024 10:54 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 28 Mär 2024 10:54 |
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