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Situational Preparedness Dynamics for Sequential Tropical Cyclone Hazards
Tianle Duan, Qingchun Li, Fengxiu Zhang +2
Sequential tropical cyclone hazards--two tropical cyclones (TCs) making landfall in the same region within a short time--are becoming increasingly likely. This study investigates s…
Uncovering cooling center usage as an adaptation strategy for hurricane-blackout-heat compound hazards during Hurricane Beryl (2024)
Tianle Duan, Fengxiu Zhang, Qingchun Li
Extreme heat and hurricane-induced blackouts could occur simultaneously in the summer, posing great challenges to community health and well-being. Cooling centers serve as a key ad…
Revealing Critical Characteristics of Mobility Patterns in New York City during the Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic
Akhil Anil Rajput, Qingchun Li, Xinyu Gao +1
New York has become one of the worst-affected COVID-19 hotspots and a pandemic epicenter due to the ongoing crisis. This paper identifies the impact of the pandemic and the effecti…
Unraveling the Dynamic Importance of County-level Features in Trajectory of COVID-19
Qingchun Li, Yang Yang, Wangqiu Wang +6
The objective of this study was to investigate the importance of multiple county-level features in the trajectory of COVID-19. We examined feature importance across 2,787 counties…
Early Indicators of COVID-19 Spread Risk Using Digital Trace Data of Population Activities
Xinyu Gao, Chao Fan, Yang Yang +4
The spread of pandemics such as COVID-19 is strongly linked to human activities. The objective of this paper is to specify and examine early indicators of disease spread risk in ci…
Detecting Early-warning signals in Time Series of Visits to Points of Interests to Examine Population Response to COVID -19 Pandemic
Qingchun Li, Zhiyuan Tang, Natalie Coleman +1
The objective of this paper is to examine population response to COVID-19 and associated policy interventions through detecting early-warning signals in time series of visits to po…
Disparate Patterns of Movements and Visits to Points of Interests Located in Urban Hotspots across U.S. Metropolitan Cities during COVID-19
Qingchun Li, Liam Bessell, Xin Xiao +3
We examined the effect of social distancing on changes in visits to urban hotspot points of interest. Urban hotspots, such as central business districts, are gravity activity cente…
Effects of Population Co-location Reduction on Cross-county Transmission Risk of COVID-19 in the United States
Chao Fan, Sanghyeon Lee, Yang Yang +3
The rapid spread of COVID-19 in the United States has imposed a major threat to public health, the real economy, and human well-being. With the absence of effective vaccines, the p…