arXiv:2510. 06473v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Understanding and modeling human mobility is central to challenges in transport planning, sustainable urban design, and public health.
By Ye Hong, Yatao Zhang, Konrad Schindler, Martin Raubal
arXiv:2608. 00815v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The 15-minute city promotes access to everyday services within a short walk or bicycle ride, but its relationship with observed mobility remains difficult to quantify.
By Andr\'as J. Moln\'aar, Csaba I. Sidl\'o, Rita R\'onai, Domonkos R\'ozsay
arXiv:2606. 06174v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Childhood asthma is a common illness exacerbated by air pollution as well as meteorological and neighborhood-level socioeconomic factors.
By Jonathan Colen, Eric Werner, Maryam Golbazi, Heather Richter, Diana McSpadden, Amy Quinn, Jocel Santos, Mary Jane Darling, Mary Margaret Gleason
arXiv:2607. 22640v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Short-term environmental exposures have been linked to cognitive and behavioral outcomes, although many reported associations may reflect broader geographic and contextual differences.
By Cong Cao, Shuangge Ma
arXiv:2504. 04739v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Understanding how social, demographic, environmental, and spatial factors jointly shape urban outcomes is essential for sustainable urban development and evidence-based policy.
By Minwei Zhao, Sanja Scepanovic, Stephen Law, Ivica Obadic, Cai Wu, Daniele Quercia
The study evaluates whether geospatial foundation models derived from 2022 satellite data can capture physical aspects of place that conventional area-based social risk indices miss. Using LightGBM on data from 82,646 census tracts, the models moderately predicted certain survey variables and explained up to 54% of the residual variance in 40 health outcomes, notably improving predictions for annual checkups, arthritis, and high blood pressure. The models’ explanatory power increased with larger tract sizes, suggesting they add valuable, health-relevant information beyond traditional social risk measures.
By Nathaniel Hendrix, Carl Y. Zhang, Chris Heitzig, Andrew Bazemore, David H. Rehkopf