Human mobility data in the COVID-19 pandemic: characteristics, applications, and challenges

T Hu, S Wang, B She, M Zhang, X Huang… - … Journal of Digital …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges around the world. Many studies
have applied mobility data to explore spatiotemporal trends over time, investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Social media mining under the COVID-19 context: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

X Huang, S Wang, M Zhang, T Hu, A Hohl… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Social media platforms allow users worldwide to create and share information, forging vast
sensing networks that allow information on certain topics to be collected, stored, mined, and …

[HTML][HTML] Using mobile device data to track the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on spatiotemporal patterns of national park visitation

JA Kupfer, Z Li, H Ning, X Huang - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Effective quantification of visitation is important for understanding many impacts of the
COVID-19 pandemic on national parks and other protected areas. In this study, we mapped …

[HTML][HTML] Twitter mobility dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of London

C Zhong, R Morphet, M Yoshida - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The current COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted people's lifestyles and travel
behaviours, which may persist post-pandemic. An effective monitoring tool that allows us to …

City2vec: Urban knowledge discovery based on population mobile network

Y Zhang, X Zheng, M Helbich, N Chen… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the needs of social and economic development, population movements between
cities often occur on a large scale. Spontaneous population movements between cities …

Using geospatial social media data for infectious disease studies: a systematic review

F Jing, Z Li, S Qiao, J Zhang, B Olatosi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Geospatial social media (GSM) data has been increasingly used in public health due to its
rich, timely, and accessible spatial information, particularly in infectious disease research …

Aggravated social segregation during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from crowdsourced mobility data in twelve most populated US metropolitan areas

X Li, X Huang, D Li, Y Xu - Sustainable cities and society, 2022 - Elsevier
The notion of social segregation refers to the degrees of separation between socially
different population groups. Many studies have examined spatial and residential …

[HTML][HTML] Build healthier: post-COVID-19 urban requirements for healthy and sustainable living

M Jevtic, V Matkovic, M Paut Kusturica, C Bouland - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a renewed interest in urban environment and healthy
living and the changes in urban environments which can make for a healthier living. Today …

[HTML][HTML] ODT FLOW: Extracting, analyzing, and sharing multi-source multi-scale human mobility

Z Li, X Huang, T Hu, H Ning, X Ye, B Huang, X Li - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
In response to the soaring needs of human mobility data, especially during disaster events
such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated big data challenges, we develop a …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging geo-data sources to reveal human mobility dynamics during COVID-19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges

X Li, H Xu, X Huang, C Guo, Y Kang, X Ye - Computational Urban Science, 2021 - Springer
Effectively monitoring the dynamics of human mobility is of great importance in urban
management, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditionally, the human mobility …