GIS Research UK conference 2023

Title: Exploring the Distance-decay Effect in Commuting Behaviour at the Local-level with a Localised Spatial Interaction Model

Bowen Zhang, Chen Zhong, Qili Gao, Zahratu Shabrina

Keywords: spatial interaction model, commuting behaviour, distance-decay effect

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GIS Research UK conference 2023

Title: Inferring characteristics of urban structure through the variability in human mobility patterns

Carmen Cabrera-Arnau, Chen Zhong, Michael Batty, Ricardo Silva and Soong Moon Kang

Keywords: Urban spatial structure, Smart card data, Polycentricity, Complexity, Mixture models.

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The 29th International Conference on Geoinformatics in 2022 and the 30th Anniversary of the Founding of CPGIS

Title: Using Twitter to track internal migration in the UK before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Yikang Wang, Chen Zhong, Carmen Cabrera-Arnau, Qi-Li Gao

Keywords: COVID-19, Twitter data, migration, urban mobility

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Hybrid Symposium on Applied Urban Modelling (AUM) 2022

Title: SIMETRI: Socio-spatial inequalities and human mobility in megacities

Qili Gao, Chen Zhong, Yang Yue

Keywords: SIMETRI, Megacities, ineqalities, urban mobility

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GISRUK 2022 30th Anniversity Conference

Title: An analysis of the distribution of urban settlements in Africa

Carmen Cabrera-Arnau; Rafael Prieto Curiel; Steven Richard Bishop

Keywords: urban scaling, central places, urbanisation in Africa, road network

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European Colloquium on Theoretical and Quantitative Geography, ECTQG2021

Title: How activity pattern associates with income status? Evidence from transit smart card data and AI methods

Qi-Li Gao; Chen Zhong; Yang Yue

Keywords: social inequality, socioeconomic status, activity pattern, smart card data, AI.

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European Colloquium on Theoretical and Quantitative Geography, ECTQG2021

Title: A Novel Regionalisation Algorithm for Redrawing Cities’ Functional Boundary within Mega-city Region

Bowen Zhang; Chen Zhong; Qili Gao

Keywords: urban movements, cell phone data, spatial interaction model, mega city-region

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European Colloquium on Theoretical and Quantitative Geography, ECTQG2021

Title: Measuring the Polycentricity based on urban and intercity transportation networks in Greater Bay Area: a cross-scale method in the context of Node-Place model

Haocheng Sun; Michael Batty; Chen Zhong

Keywords: GBA, Spatial Structure, Morphological Polycentricity, Node-Place Model

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European Colloquium on Theoretical and Quantitative Geography, ECTQG2021

Title: The Comparative Study of TOD in Metro Station Areas of Guangzhou and Shenzhen Using an Extended Node-Place Model

Yongxin Yang;

Keywords: TOD, node-place-design model, urban vibrancy, metro station areas

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