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Urban Studies
Mahsa Najarsadeghi, Ehsan Dorostkar
Summary: This study examines the impact of virtual mobility on human mobility in Tehran's nightlife conditions, using Foursquare social media data. The research highlights the effects of Foursquare on nightlife and spatial interactions, emphasizing the importance of virtual mobility in shaping human behavior.
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Environmental Studies
Harel Nachmany, Ravit Hananel
Summary: This study evaluates the social, economic, and physical outcomes of urban renewal at the household level using a Tel Aviv neighborhood as a case study. The research findings reflect a complex reality with both positive and negative consequences for different resident groups. Although urban renewal has improved housing conditions and promises future financial gain, it has also created division, affordability burdens, and inadequate infrastructure adaptation.
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Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Shuyang Shi, Lin Wang, Shuangdie Xu, Xiaofan Wang
Summary: Understanding intra-urban human mobility patterns and their driving forces is crucial for city planning and commercial site selection. This paper proposes a model for predicting human mobility by analyzing the functions of urban regions, urban circadian rhythms, and intervening opportunity. The effectiveness of the model is demonstrated using public transportation card data in Shanghai. The study highlights the importance of considering individual travel intentions and regional functions in modeling human mobility.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE AND DATA ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Junqing Tang, Pengjun Zhao, Zhaoya Gong, Hongbo Zhao, Fengjue Huang, Jiaying Li, Zhihe Chen, Ling Yu, Jun Chen
Summary: Large-scale disasters disproportionately impact different population groups, especially the vulnerable and marginalized. This study investigates the resilience of human mobility during the unprecedented '720' Zhengzhou flood in China in 2021 using a massive amount of mobile phone signaling data. The findings reveal three counter-intuitive resilience patterns in human mobility and demonstrate that these patterns are not associated with gender or age.
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andras Bota, Martin Holmberg, Lauren Gardner, Martin Rosvall
Summary: Factors such as population centers and meteorological conditions were found to significantly impact influenza outbreaks in Sweden, while travel and other socioeconomic indicators had minimal effects. By training the model on the 2009 outbreak, accurate predictions of epidemic onsets in the following five seasons were achieved.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
International Relations
W. Neil Adger, Ricardo Safra de Campos, Tasneem Siddiqui, Maria Franco Gavonel, Lucy Szaboova, Mahmudol Hassan Rocky, Mohammad Rashed Alam Bhuiyan, Tamim Billah
Summary: Climate change is believed to link migration to violent conflict, with environmental hazards contributing to increased perceptions of insecurity among migrant populations. The study shows that longer-term migrants experience greater insecurity compared to recent arrivals, indicating a lack of social mobility in low-income slums. Environmental hazards exacerbate key elements of insecurity such as ill-health, fear of eviction, and harassment and violence.
JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH
(2021)
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Chemistry, Analytical
Hua Chen, Ming Cai, Chen Xiong
Summary: The study analyzes urban traffic patterns and population distributions using license plate recognition (LPR) data and cellular signaling (CS) data, and examines the correlations between the two datasets. The results show that the population distribution and traffic patterns computed by the two datasets are fairly similar, providing a reliable basis for urban transport planning.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Elsa Arcaute, Jose J. Ramasco
Summary: Cities are characterized by a dense population and high interactions among individuals from diverse backgrounds, originating parallel to the Neolithic revolution millennia ago. Their advantages in terms of economy, innovation, social and cultural progress have made them a major landmark in recent human history. From a scientific perspective, studying urban systems involves various aspects such as demography, mobility, economic output, land use, urban planning, housing accessibility, energy and water consumption, waste processing, health, education, and integration of minorities.
Article
Transportation
Alireza Abbasi, Taha Hossein Rashidi
Summary: This study found that the Weibull distribution better explains human mobility compared to the widely tested power-law distribution. Additionally, it was observed that people who are active on social media tend to travel shorter distances, while those traveling to and from areas with higher economic and social advantages are more likely to explore wider areas within a city.
TRANSPORTATION LETTERS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Peiyuan Li, Tianfang Xu, Shiqi Wei, Zhi-Hua Wang
Summary: This study used a machine learning algorithm to simulate the heat and carbon exchange processes in urban buildings, and conducted multi-objective optimization using a genetic algorithm to achieve desirable urban mitigation effects.
COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Andreas Petutschnig, Jochen Albrecht, Bernd Resch, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Aleisha Wright
Summary: This paper explores the use of georeferenced tweets as an alternative or supplement to the resource-intensive Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES). The study analyzes over 40 million tweets from the San Francisco Bay area and compares them with LODES data to approximate employment patterns. The findings suggest that Twitter data can provide fine spatial and temporal resolution, but also contain information about non-commuting-related travel. The study also highlights the impact of rush hour times and weekends on mobility. The merits and shortcomings of integrating LODES and Twitter data are discussed for future research in urban planning.
ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Alberto Gonzalez-Garcia, Ignacio Palomo, Jose A. Gonzalez, Victor Garcia-Diez, Marina Garcia-Llorente, Carlos Montes
Summary: The study quantitatively mapped biodiversity and ecosystem service supply and demand along an urban-rural gradient in the Madrid region of Spain, identifying differences in ecological needs between urban and rural areas, as well as potential conflicts between protected areas and urban planning goals. The research highlighted the importance of integrated territorial planning and coordination between urban planning tools to address the challenges of spatial planning approaches in the context of urban-rural gradients and megacities.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Chen Gao, Yongjiu Feng, Rong Wang, Zhenkun Lei, Shurui Chen, Xiaoyan Tang, Mengrong Xi
Summary: Megacities, such as Shanghai, are crucial for national economic and social development. By analyzing 50 years of urban expansion, it was found that Shanghai's urban area will be nearly 13 times larger in 2035 compared to 1985. Economic factors, population growth, and transportation infrastructure were identified as the main drivers of this expansion.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Adam Liberacki, Barbara Trincone, Gabriella Duca, Luigi Aldieri, Concetto Paolo Vinci, Fabio Carlucci
Summary: This study investigates the Environmental Life Cycle Costs of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) services and their potential integration with other transport systems. The analysis shows that most of the cost is related to the aircraft energy consumption during flight, while the rest is used by ground infrastructure. The energy cost is strongly correlated with the distance travelled and the size of the aircraft.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Nourhan M. Waly, Hany M. Ayad, Dina M. Saadallah
Summary: Most cities are facing physical threats from climate change, leading to environmental hazards and urban issues, especially marginalized communities being the most vulnerable; the social vulnerability problem has received significant attention in climate change and disaster management research, mainly attributed to multiple indicators such as poverty and inequality.
AIN SHAMS ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
