Improved understanding of human-nature interactions is crucial to conservation science and
practice, but collecting relevant data remains challenging. Recently, social media have …

Abstract Information and communication technology (ICT) can play an important role in
shaping and modifying the urban spatial structure through its effects on the elements and …

Understanding urban functions and their relationships with human activities has great
implications for smart and sustainable urban development. In this study, we present a novel …

This study investigates Twitter usage during Hurricane Sandy following the survey of the
general population and exploring communication dynamics on Twitter through different …

This book has emerged through years of discussions, comments and questions we have
received about building agentbased models and integrating geographical information …

Cities are complex systems, comprising of many interacting parts. How we simulate and
understand causality in urban systems is continually evolving. Over the last decade the …

Urban landscapes significantly affect human life and well-being. Visual factors are the most
critical factors affecting environmental satisfaction and urban landscape quality. Previous …

Social media has been widely used for emergency communication both in disaster-affected
areas and unaffected areas. Comparing emotional reaction and information propagation …

Social media data provide an unprecedented wealth of information on people's perceptions,
attitudes, and behaviors at fine spatial and temporal scales and over broad extents. Social …

Big Data Analysis (BDA) has attracted considerable interest and curiosity from scientists of
various fields recently. As big size and complexity of big data, it is pivotal to uncover hidden …