Experts confirm that 85% of the world's population is expected to live in cities by 2050.
Therefore, cities should be prepared to satisfy the needs of their citizens and provide the …

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 …

Daily travel through the urban fabric exposes urban dwellers to a range of environmental
conditions that may have an impact on their health and wellbeing. Knowledge about …

Street-level imagery has covered the comprehensive landscape of urban areas. Compared
to satellite imagery, this new source of image data has the advantage in fine-grained …

The mobility restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in the biggest
disruption to individual mobilities in modern times. The crisis is clearly spatial in nature, and …

As location‐enabled technologies are becoming ubiquitous, our location is being shared
with an ever‐growing number of external services. Issues revolving around location privacy …

Advances in information and communication technology and the collection of big data at
small spatiotemporal scales have opened up new opportunities to reveal spatiotemporal …

Recognizing urban functions is crucial for understanding urban spatial structures and urban
planning. Previous work has investigated urban functions based on human activities that …

Portraying urban functional zones provides useful insights into understanding complex
urban systems and establishing rational urban planning. Although several studies have …

This paper considers the implications of so-called 'big data'for the analysis, modelling and
planning of transport systems. The primary conceptual focus is on the needs of the practical …