Community-scale big data reveals disparate impacts of the Texas winter storm of 2021 and its managed power outage

CC Lee, M Maron, A Mostafavi - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2022 - nature.com
Aggregated community-scale data could be harnessed to provide insights into the disparate
impacts of managed power outages, burst pipes, and food inaccessibility during extreme …

Energy inequality in climate hazards: empirical evidence of social and spatial disparities in managed and hazard-induced power outages

N Coleman, A Esmalian, CC Lee, E Gonzales… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the effects of climate change and urbanization, the severity and frequency of hazard
events is expected to increase. The energy sector in the United States is ever more …

Geospatial evaluation of COVID-19 mortality: Influence of socio-economic status and underlying health conditions in contiguous USA

AS Akinwumiju, O Oluwafemi, YD Mohammed… - Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since its outbreak, COVID-19 disease has claimed over one hundred thousand lives in the
United States, resulting to multiple and complex nation-wide challenges. In this study, we …

Human activity and mobility data reveal disparities in exposure risk reduction indicators among socially vulnerable populations during COVID-19 for five US …

N Coleman, X Gao, J DeLeon, A Mostafavi - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Non-pharmacologic interventions (NPIs) promote protective actions to lessen exposure risk
to COVID-19 by reducing mobility patterns. However, there is a limited understanding of the …

Limitations of gravity models in predicting fine-scale spatial-temporal urban mobility networks

C Hsu, C Fan, A Mostafavi - arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.03873, 2021 - arxiv.org
This study identifies the limitations and underlying characteristics of urban mobility networks
that influence the performance of the gravity model. The gravity model is a widely-used …

Anomalous human activity fluctuations from digital trace data signal flood inundation status

H Farahmand, W Wang, A Mostafavi… - … and Planning B …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The emergence of mobile platforms equipped with Global Positioning System technology
enables real-time data collection affording opportunities for mining data applicable to rapid …

Exploring the relationship among human activities, COVID-19 morbidity, and at-risk areas using location-based social media data: Knowledge about the early …

M Yuan, T Liu, C Yang - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is significant to explore the morbidity patterns and at-risk areas of the COVID-19 outbreak
in megacities. In this paper, we studied the relationship among human activities, morbidity …

A linear dynamical perspective on epidemiology: interplay between early COVID-19 outbreak and human mobility

S Mustavee, S Agarwal, C Enyioha, S Das - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
This paper investigates the impact of human activity and mobility (HAM) in the spreading
dynamics of an epidemic. Specifically, it explores the interconnections between HAM and its …

Economic resilience during COVID-19: the case of food retail businesses in Seattle, Washington

F Sun, J Whittington, S Ning, G Proksch… - Frontiers in Built …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The first year of COVID-19 tested the economic resilience of cities, calling into question the
viability of density and the essential nature of certain types of services. This study examines …

Examining spatial and socioeconomic disparities in internet resilience during extreme weather events: a case study of Hurricane Harvey and Winter Storm Uri

Y Gupta, Z Liu, A Mostafavi - Urban Informatics, 2024 - Springer
The resilience of internet service is crucial for ensuring consistent communication,
situational awareness, facilitating emergency response in our digitally-dependent society …