We argue that theories and methods drawn from complexity science are urgently needed to
guide the development and use of digital twins for cities. The theoretical framework from …

Recent years have witnessed an explosion of extensive geolocated datasets related to
human movement, enabling scientists to quantitatively study individual and collective …

Human mobility impacts many aspects of a city, from its spatial structure,–to its response to
an epidemic,,–. It is also ultimately key to social interactions, innovation, and productivity …

The coronavirus 2019–2020 pandemic (COVID-19) poses unprecedented challenges for
governments and societies around the world (1). Nonpharmaceutical interventions have …

Although mixed use is an emerging strategy that has been widely accepted in urban
planning for promoting neighbourhood vibrancy, there is no consensus on how to …

The study of socio-technical systems has been revolutionized by the unprecedented amount
of digital records that are constantly being produced by human activities such as accessing …

As it is central to sustainable urban development, urban mobility has primarily been
scrutinised for its scaling and hierarchical properties. However, traditional analyses …

In this paper, we review some advances made recently in the study of mobile phone
datasets. This area of research has emerged a decade ago, with the increasing availability …

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 …

Recently, some studies have shown that human movement patterns are strongly associated
with regional socioeconomic indicators such as per capita income and poverty rate. These …