Uncovering the structure of socioeconomic systems and timely estimation of socioeconomic
status are significant for economic development. The understanding of socioeconomic …

The built environment has great influence over the sustainability of societies as well as over
people's quality of life. Quality of life (QoL) is a broad concept that has different definitions …

Traditional crime prediction models based on census data are limited, as they fail to capture
the complexity and dynamics of human activity. With the rise of ubiquitous computing, there …

The concept of a smart city is based on the extensive multidimensional use of information
and communication technologies to create the most favorable living conditions for residents …

The great disparities in resource availability, power, wealth, social institution and
opportunities have led to rise in crime incidents especially in urban agglomerations …

Implicit biases-differential attitudes towards members of distinct groups-are pervasive in
human societies and create inequities across many aspects of life. Recent research has …

We explored how mortality scales with city population size using vital registration and
population data from 742 cities in 10 Latin American countries and the United States. We …

Background Police-reported crime data (hereafter “crime”) is routinely used as a
psychosocial stressor in public health research, yet few studies have jointly examined (a) …

Abstract The urban theorist Jane Jacobs related the presence of people with street safety,
coining the expression “eyes on the street” and connecting it with morphological …

Objectives The law of crime concentration states that half of the cumulative crime in a city will
occur within approximately 4% of the city's geography. The law is demonstrated by counting …