3 papers
cs.CL2026
Mapping the City Through the Lens of Language Models
Wanqi Liu, Rong Zhao, Zhizhou Sha +2
Language models often complete an underspecified reference to a city with unstated assumptions about urban size, form, infrastructure, environment, and function. We measure those a…
cs.CL2026
Culturally uneven urban perception in large language models
Rong Zhao, Wanqi Liu, Zhizhou Sha +3
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to describe and evaluate cities, yet the cultural structure of their urban judgments remains understudied. Here we introduce a me…
physics.soc-ph2026
Does Entry of Food-and-Drink Establishments Raise Local House Prices? Event-Study Evidence from London
Wanqi Liu, Rong Zhao
Restaurants, cafes, pubs, and takeaways are among the most visible markers of neighborhood change, yet whether their arrival is capitalised into nearby housing values remains empir…