Understanding the bias of mobile location data across spatial scales and over time: a comprehensive analysis of SafeGraph data in the United States

Z Li, H Ning, F Jing, MN Lessani - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Mobile location data has emerged as a valuable data source for studying human mobility
patterns in various contexts, including virus spreading, urban planning, and hazard …

Human mobility and the infectious disease transmission: a systematic review

MN Lessani, Z Li, F Jing, S Qiao, J Zhang… - Geo-Spatial …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Recent decades have witnessed several infectious disease outbreaks, including the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which had catastrophic impacts on societies …

Spatial model for predictive recovery monitoring based on hazard, built environment, and population features and their spillover effects

FI Patrascu, A Mostafavi - Environment and Planning B …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The ability to proactively monitor the trajectory of post-disaster recovery is valuable for
resource allocation prioritization. Existing knowledge, however, lacks models and insights …

Latent sub-structural resilience mechanisms in temporal human mobility networks during urban flooding

AA Rajput, A Mostafavi - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In studying resilience in temporal human networks, relying solely on global network
measures would be inadequate; latent sub-structural network mechanisms need to be …

[HTML][HTML] Situational-aware multi-graph convolutional recurrent network (sa-mgcrn) for travel demand forecasting during wildfires

X Zhang, X Zhao, Y Xu, D Nilsson… - … Research Part A: Policy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Natural hazards, such as wildfires, pose a significant threat to communities worldwide. Real-
time forecasting of travel demand during wildfire evacuations is crucial for emergency …

Specifying evacuation return and home-switch stability during short-term disaster recovery using location-based data

CC Lee, C Chou, A Mostafavi - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The objectives of this study are:(1) to specify evacuation return and home-switch stability as
two critical milestones of short-term recovery during and in the aftermath of disasters; and (2) …

Cities, COVID-19, and counting

T Vinodrai, S Brail - Big Data & Society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic had immediate and potentially long-lasting impacts on cities. Yet,
the ability to assess, monitor, and analyze the wide-ranging effects of the pandemic has …

Hazard exposure heterophily in socio-spatial networks contributes to post-disaster recovery in low-income populations

X Li, Y Jiang, A Mostafavi - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite recognition of the influence of socio-spatial networks on disaster recovery, limited
data-driven evidence exists regarding the nature of this relationship. To address this …

The emergence of urban heat traps and human mobility in 20 US cities

X Huang, Y Jiang, A Mostafavi - npj Urban Sustainability, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding the relationship between spatial structures of cities and environmental
hazard exposures is essential for urban health and sustainability planning. However, a …

Emergence of urban heat traps from the intersection of human mobility and heat hazard exposure in cities

X Huang, Y Jiang, A Mostafavi - arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.05641, 2023 - arxiv.org
Understanding the relationship between spatial structures of cities and environmental
hazard exposures (such as urban heat) is essential for urban health and sustainability …