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Estimating the Service Population of a Large Metropolitan University Campus

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Author	Charles Edwards, Elin Bell, Martin
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Conventional population estimates prepared by statistical agencies typically focus on the population resident in a given geographic area at a defined point in time, but in practice many locations undergo substantial daily, weekly and seasonal flux in population numbers. Such fluctuations exert wide-ranging impacts for goods and services in destination areas, such that increasing recognition is being given to the need for more refined estimates that capture these ‘service populations’. While a number of methods have been proposed to count visitors or estimate temporary populations, systematic testing has been limited, and the evidence suggests that no single methodology is effective at multiple spatial and temporal scales. This paper utilises a hybrid approach which couples cordon counts based on multiple technologies with administrative data and an on-line survey to estimate the daily, weekly and seasonal fluctuation in the population of a large Australian metropolitan University campus. Our results trace the rise and fall of the campus population over the course of the day, identify the scale and duration of the peak, and show how population numbers vary from day to day and over the course of the teaching semester. We track aggregate flows to and from Campus by mode of travel and find they significantly exceed the on-campus population peak, underlining its sensitivity to timetabling of classes and other events. We also identify strong correlations between data sources which assist in validating the estimates and, together with evolving technologies, offer potential avenues for substantial cost saving in future estimations.
Starting Page	209
Ending Page	228
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1874463X
Journal	Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy
Volume Number	6
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	18744621
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2012-08-19
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Population estimates Service populations Temporary mobility Daytime populations Commuting Human Geography Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Regional/Spatial Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development

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