3 papers
cs.CV2026
Urban Boundaries, Social Barriers: A Benchmark and Vision-Centric Framework for Mapping Gated Communities and Equity Implications
Minwei Zhao, Weiming Zhang, Jiawang Du +4
Communities are fundamental spatial units that shape urban form and social life. Whether a residential compound is spatially open or enclosed affects mobility, access to public ser…
cs.CY2025
From Street Form to Spatial Justice: Explaining Urban Exercise Inequality via a Triadic SHAP-Informed Framework
Minwei Zhao, Guosheng Yang, Zhuoni Zhang +3
Urban streets are essential everyday health infrastructure, yet their capacity to support physical activity is unevenly distributed. This study develops a theory-informed and expla…
cs.LG2025
UST-GNN: A Unified Spatial--Topological Graph Neural Network Framework for Urban Analytics--Demonstrated through a Case Study on Urban Health Prediction
Minwei Zhao, Sanja Scepanovic, Stephen Law +3
Understanding how social, demographic, environmental, and spatial factors jointly shape urban outcomes is essential for sustainable urban development and evidence-based policy. Tra…