Constantine E. Kontokosta

TL;DR: This work develops a method to quantify neighborhood activity behaviors at high spatial and temporal resolutions and test whether, and to what extent, behavioral responses to social-distancing policies vary with socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and evaluates the effects of localized demographic, socioeconomic, and built-environment density characteristics on infection rates and deaths.

TL;DR: This study bridges in-situ observations of pedestrian activity and urban computing by integrating high-resolution, large-scale, and heterogeneous urban datasets and analyzing both fixed attributes of the urban landscape with dynamic environmental and socio-psychological factors, such as weather, air quality, and perceived crime risk.

TL;DR: In this article, the state of the art in urban science is discussed and a review of recent work on cities and urbanization in many other disciplines is presented. The authors of the report are all based in academic or research institutions but several of them are close to practice by virtue of collaboration with NGOs and community groups and engagement with policy.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate variations in the adoption of LEED-certified commercial buildings across 174 core-based statistical areas in the United States and find that despite high growth rates, LEED certified stock accounts for a relatively small proportion of the total commercial stock.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed mobility patterns of more than 800,000 anonymized mobile devices in Houston, Texas, representing approximately 35% of the local population, in response to Hurricane Harvey in 2017.