Urban agglomerations (UAs) rely on a developed transportation infrastructure (TI) network to
form a close and diversified economic connection and promote urban agglomeration …

Abstract The sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region gathers the most vulnerable countries, which
are criss-crossed geographically, making SSA countries extremely vulnerable to the …

As the youngest wetland ecosystem, the Yellow River Delta (YRD) has well-structured and
species-rich natural wetland resources. However, its eco-environment is very fragile due to …

The unplanned urban expansion and extreme population pressure have caused several
bottlenecks for city dwellers, which have been reflected in the form of inter-urban spatial …

With the explosive growth of Uber and other mobility service providers, their influences on
urban mobility have attracted attention from both researchers and policy circles alike, yet few …

In geo-statistics, the Durbin-Watson test is frequently employed to detect the presence of
residual serial correlation from least squares regression analyses. However, the Durbin …

A number of spatial statistic measurements such as Moran's I and Geary's C can be used for
spatial autocorrelation analysis. Spatial autocorrelation modeling proceeded from the 1 …

Background Detailed information on how socio-economic characteristics are related to
COVID-19 incident cases and maternal deaths is needed. We investigated the spatial …

The surface soil and vegetation had been destroyed by opencast mining, leading the
decrease of the vegetation fractional coverage, which caused a severe damage to the …

Heavy metal pollution poses a huge challenge to the soil environment. With the increasing
pollution level, the traditional monitoring methods cannot quickly obtain information on large …