How to identify urban centers/subcenters in metropolises? An analytical review

L Yu, W Zheng, T Yu, Y Wu - Habitat International, 2021 - Elsevier
The global urbanization has produced a number of metropolises with complex urban spatial
structures. Compared with monocentric cities, these metropolises typically have multiple …

A spatio-temporal kernel density estimation framework for predictive crime hotspot mapping and evaluation

Y Hu, F Wang, C Guin, H Zhu - Applied geography, 2018 - Elsevier
Predictive hotspot mapping plays a critical role in hotspot policing. Existing methods such as
the popular kernel density estimation (KDE) do not consider the temporal dimension of …

Spatial heterogeneity of ports in the global maritime network detected by weighted ego network analysis

C Liu, J Wang, H Zhang - Maritime Policy & Management, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
More extensive attention has been paid to the heterogeneity of maritime transport network in
topological rather than in spatial aspects. However, the importance of links and the roles of …

Measuring and visualizing place-based space-time job accessibility

Y Hu, J Downs - Journal of Transport Geography, 2019 - Elsevier
Place-based accessibility measures, such as the gravity-based model, are widely applied to
study the spatial accessibility of workers to job opportunities in cities. However, gravity …

Quantifying spatial disparities and influencing factors of home, work, and activity space separation in Beijing

J Liu, B Meng, M Yang, X Peng, D Zhan, G Zhi - Habitat International, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to rapid informatization and increasing urban sprawl, currently, metropolitan residents
are facing challenges regarding spatial imbalance between their home, workplace, and …

Job-worker spatial dynamics in Beijing: Insights from smart card data

J Huang, D Levinson, J Wang, H Jin - Cities, 2019 - Elsevier
As a megacity, Beijing has experienced traffic congestion, unaffordable housing issues and
jobs-housing imbalance. Recent decades have seen policies and projects aiming at …

A multi-constraint Monte Carlo Simulation approach to downscaling cancer data

L Liu, L Cowan, F Wang, T Onega - Health & Place, 2025 - Elsevier
This study employs an innovative multi-constraint Monte Carlo simulation method to
estimate suppressed county-level cancer counts for population subgroups and extend the …

Mapping intellectual structures and dynamics of transport geography research: a scientometric overview from 1982 to 2014

C Liu, Q Gui - Scientometrics, 2016 - Springer
To date, less care has been taken to quantitatively visualize the intellectual evolution of
transport geography research than to qualitatively review this field. Based on big-data …

Community-detection-based spatial range identification for assessing bilateral jobs-housing balance: The case of Beijing

J Wang, C Zhou, J Rong, S Liu, Y Wang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
As a key path to sustainable urban development, the jobs-housing balance is crucial in
addressing the issues of large commuting distances, congestion, and environmental …

Application of the local colocation quotient method in jobs-housing balance measurement based on mobile phone data: A case study of Nanjing City

H Liu, MP Kwan, M Hu, H Wang, J Zheng - Computers, Environment and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The issue of jobs-housing balance concerns the sustainable development of cities and the
well-being of residents. Conventional measurement approaches, however, often fall short …