[HTML][HTML] COVID-19: challenges to GIS with big data

C Zhou, F Su, T Pei, A Zhang, Y Du, B Luo… - Geography and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused more than
100,000 people infected and thousands of deaths. Currently, the number of infections and …

[HTML][HTML] X-index: A novel flow-based locational measure for quantifying centrality

X Wang, T Pei, C Song, J Chen, Y Liu, S Guo… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The centrality of a place reflects its relative importance in serving other places, and
quantifying centrality is a prerequisite for assessing the urban spatial structure and facilitates …

Spatial patterns and determinant factors of population flow networks in China: Analysis on Tencent Location Big Data

W Zhang, Z Chong, X Li, G Nie - Cities, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the rising interest in understanding the population flows across cities, few empirical
studies have paid close attention to their network characteristics and determining factors …

Exploring the dynamic impacts of COVID-19 on intercity travel in China

T Li, J Wang, J Huang, W Yang, Z Chen - Journal of Transport Geography, 2021 - Elsevier
Many studies have explored the effects of transportation and population movement on the
spread of pandemics. However, little attention has been paid to the dynamic impact of …

Causal effects of mobility intervention policies on intracity flows during the COVID-19 pandemic: The moderating role of zonal locations in the transportation networks

C Niu, W Zhang - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Many studies have investigated the impact of mobility restriction policies on the change of
intercity flows during the outbreak of COVID-19, whereas only a few have highlighted …

Using toponym co-occurrences to measure relationships between places: Review, application and evaluation

E Meijers, A Peris - International Journal of Urban Sciences, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
While there is consensus that network embeddedness of cities is of great importance for
their development, the precise effect is difficult to assess because of a lack of consistent …

The rich-club phenomenon of China's population flow network during the country's spring festival

Y Wei, W Song, C Xiu, Z Zhao - Applied Geography, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper provides a structural analysis of the rich-club phenomenon of China's population
flow network (PFN) during the country's 2015 Spring Festival. We define the PFN as the …

Exploring and evaluating the spatial association between commercial and residential spaces using Baidu trajectory data

L Zhou, C Wang, F Zhen - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
The spatial association between commercial and residential spaces strongly influences
residents' daily lives, social equity, and economic performance. Based on Baidu trajectory …

Exploring year-to-year spatiotemporal changes in cycling patterns for bike-sharing system in the pre-, during and post-pandemic periods

X Shi, J Zhao, J He, H Xu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
The bike-sharing system plays an important role during the COVID-19 pandemic due to its
benefit of reducing the risk of infection. Previous studies have employed bike trip datasets to …

Analysis and prediction of hand, foot and mouth disease incidence in China using Random Forest and XGBoost

D Meng, J Xu, J Zhao - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is an increasingly serious public health problem, and
it has caused an outbreak in China every year since 2008. Predicting the incidence of HFMD …