A global feature-rich network dataset of cities and dashboard for comprehensive urban analyses

W Yap, F Biljecki - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Urban network analytics has become an essential tool for understanding and modeling the
intricate complexity of cities. We introduce the Urbanity data repository to nurture this …

Urbanity: automated modelling and analysis of multidimensional networks in cities

W Yap, R Stouffs, F Biljecki - npj Urban Sustainability, 2023 - nature.com
Urban networks play a vital role in connecting multiple urban components and developing
our understanding of cities and urban systems. Despite the significant progress we have …

The urban desirability paradox: UK urban-rural differences in well-being, social satisfaction, and economic satisfaction

A Finnemann, K Huth, D Borsboom, S Epskamp… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
As the majority of the global population resides in cities, it is imperative to understand urban
well-being. While cities offer concentrated social and economic opportunities, the question …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-path long-term vessel trajectories forecasting with probabilistic feature fusion for problem shifting

G Spadon, J Kumar, D Eden, J van Berkel, T Foster… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a deep auto-encoder model and a phased framework approach to
predict the next 12 h of vessel trajectories using 1 to 3 h of Automatic Identification System …

Mathematical models to explain the origin of urban scaling laws

FL Ribeiro, D Rybski - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The quest for a theory of cities that could offer a quantitative and systematic approach to
managing cities represents a top priority. If such a theory is feasible, then its formulation …

Effects of local, network and systemic dependence on urban development

W Lei, L Jiao, Z Xu, G Xu, Z Zhou, X Luo - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Identifying the driving factors of urban development and revealing its growth path is an
important step toward better understanding the dynamic process of urban evolution. We …

[HTML][HTML] A fusion model of temporal graph attention network and machine learning for inferring commuting flow from human activity intensity dynamics

Q Shi, L Zhuo, H Tao, J Yang - … Journal of Applied Earth Observation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurately estimating commuting flow is essential for optimizing urban planning and traffic
design. The latest graph neural network (GNN) model with the encoder-decoder-predictor …

Impact of inter-city interactions on disease scaling

NA Loureiro, CR Neto, J Sutton, M Perc, HV Ribeiro - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
Inter-city interactions are critical for the transmission of infectious diseases, yet their effects
on the scaling of disease cases remain largely underexplored. Here, we use the commuting …

Intercity connectivity and urban innovation

X Liang, CA Hidalgo, PA Balland, S Zheng… - … , Environment and Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban outputs, from economy to innovation, are known to grow as a power of a city's
population. But, since large cities tend to be central in transportation and communication …

[HTML][HTML] Detecting cities with high intermediacy in the African urban network

R Prieto-Curiel, A Schumann, I Heo… - … , Environment and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their centrality, some cities with a strategic position in the urban network become
hubs for trade and benefit from the spillover effects of being close to more people. Yet …