Cities that prioritize sustainability leverage data from daily urban activities to make informed
decisions. Research has shown the effectiveness of indicators regarding traffic, public …

The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak motivated the development of a myriad of weekly and daily
indicators that track economic activity to estimate and predict the consequences of the …

Urban areas of interest (AOIs) represent areas within the urban environment featuring high
levels of public interaction, with their understanding holding utility for a wide range of urban …

In a metropolis, people movements design intricate patterns that change on very short
temporal scales. Population mobility obviously is not random, but driven by the land uses of …

Obtaining insights about the dynamics of urban structure is crucial to the framing of the
context within the smart city. This paper focuses on urban areas of interest (UAOI), a concept …

The emergence of web technology creates tremendous opportunity to advance good
government, through increased information, interaction with the public, and cost-effective …

Our understanding of the spatial structure of cities has been traditionally shaped by the
availability of static data. In the last few years, thanks to improvements in geospatial …

Mobile phones share location records, offering the opportunity to monitor and understand
emerging population dynamics in urban centers. With the aim of supporting urban planning …

Climate change is perhaps the greatest challenge to our life on this planet, with energy and
the scarcity of resources being major factors in shaping the landscape of decision-making in …

The world is currently experiencing a COVID-19 pandemic, and possibly suffering its second
wave in September 2020 (ie An der Heiden & Buchholz, 2020; An der Heiden & Buchholz …