The functional urban area of Prague: testing consistency with mobile phone data - Jiří Čtyroký, Prague Institute of Planning and Development, Czech Republic. Workshop on Modernising Statistical Systems, OECD 2018.

1. The functional urban area of Prague:
testing consistency with mobile phone
data
Jiří Čtyroký
IPR Praha

2. Czech settlement structure
Prague city population: 1.2 mio
Prague metropolitan area population: 1.8 mio

3. Data sources
Census
• 10 years period
• People, Houses, Flats
• Standardized methodology
• Daily commuting data (<50%)
• No data on jobs
• Static snapshot
Mobile phone data
• On-demand monitoring (any
time)
• Mobile devices spatiotemporal
behaviour
• Flexibility
• Methodology in development
• residents, jobs, visitors
• commuting patterns
• time distribution of journeys
• Functional/service areas
… many issues yet to solve

4. Pilot projects in Prague
Demarcation of Prague functional area for ITI projects
• 2014 for IPR Praha
• based on T-mobile data
• URRLAB, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Doc. Martin Ouředníček et
al.
Pilot project: Use of mobile phone data for city planning
• 2015-2016 by IPR Praha
• In cooperation with O2
• Budget: 160 000 €
Location data of mobile operators for city planning
• 2018-2022 by IPR Praha
• EU funding: Prague operation programme
• Budget: 2 900 000€

5. Spatial units - granularity
Statistical units Mobile operators BTS areas

6. Population segments
Economically inactive/children
Economically inactive/retired
Economically active
Census: age and economical activity

7. Population segments
Economically inactive/children
Economically inactive/retired
Economically active
Home
(night long presence)
Working/Studying
(day long presence)
Visiting
(short presence)
On journey
(movement)
Census: age and economical activity
Mobile phone data: Person spatial behaviour

8. Population segments
Economically inactive/children
Economically inactive/retired
Economically active
Residents Visitors
Working Transiting
Home
(night long presence)
Working/Studying
(day long presence)
Visiting
(short presence)
On journey
(movement)
Census: age and economical activity
Mobile phone data: Person spatial behaviour
Spatial unit capacity

9. Mobile phone data: daily averages
residents working working/residents

10. Daily commuting
commuters to Prague population maximum: Day/Night

11. Daily commuting
commuters to Prague average commuting distance

12. Service areas identification
% of commuters to Nove Butovice office park % of visitors to Zlicin shopping center

13. Time variations

14. Time variations
Residents Working Visitors
Hour
Numberofpersons
Residential areas CBD Shopping centres
Historic city center Mixed use areas Modernistic areas/Block of flats

15. Functional area definition
Average daily time spent in Prague (hours/day) Spatial contact concentrations
Source: Martin Ouředníček/PřF UK Praha

16. Nationwide commuting relations

17. Thank you for your attention