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Lessons from a human-in-the-loop machine learning approach for identifying vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties in Savannah, Georgia
Xiaofan Liang, Brian Brainerd, Tara Hicks +1
Addressing strategies for managing vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties is important for maintaining healthy communities. Yet, the process of identifying these prop…
The cost of connectivity: Network tradeoffs in subway expansion and historic street preservation
Xiaofan Liang, Lu Chen, Manying Lyu +2
As cities become increasingly interconnected, expanding regional mobility networks can come at the cost of local social networks. This study examines such tradeoffs in the case of…
A Review of Spatial Network Insights and Methods in the Context of Planning: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities
Xiaofan Liang, Yuhao Kang
With the rise of geospatial big data, new narratives of cities based on spatial networks and flows have replaced the traditional focus on locations. While plenty of research have e…
Intercity connectivity and urban innovation
Xiaofan Liang, César A. Hidalgo, Pierre-Alexandre Balland +2
Urban outputs, from economy to innovation, are known to grow as a power of a city's population. But, since large cities tend to be central in transportation and communication netwo…
Spatial Social Network (SSN) Hot Spot Detection: Scan Methods for Non-Planar Networks
Joshua Baker, Clio Andris, Daniel DellaPosta
Moving window and hot spot detection analyses are statistical methods used to analyze point patterns within a given area. Such methods have been used to successfully detect cluster…