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This paper conducts a brief survey of spatial unit roots within the context of spatial econometrics. We summarize important concepts and assumptions in this area and study the parameter space of the spatial autoregressive coefficient, which leads to...

Following the commodification reform of residential properties in China, multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) have emerged as the most prevalent housing type owing to their high economic value and convenient infrastructure. In recent years, there...

Landslide spatial probability and size are two essential components of landslide susceptibility. However, in existing slope-unit-based landslide susceptibility assessment methods, landslide size has not been explicitly considered. This paper develope...

In paleobiology and macroevolution research, the spatial aggregation of fossil data can be influenced by the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP), wherein the selection of different grid-cell sizes for data aggregation can lead to variations in stati...

This study presents an exploratory assessment of industrial-composition similarity and subsequent economic growth in the Chengdu–Chongqing region during 2000–2020, with an emphasis on inferential uncertainty and spatial-unit comparability...

Gestures are hand movements that are produced simultaneously with spoken language and can supplement it by representing semantic information, emphasizing important points, or showing spatial locations and relations. Gestures’ specific features...

Older adults with dementia in long-term care facilities often become lost, enter unintended rooms, and develop greater dependence on care staff as a result of visuospatial impairment. However, existing dementia-friendly design studies have rarely dis...

Different spatial configurations (or scenarios) of multiple best management practices (BMPs) at the watershed scale may have significantly different environmental effectiveness, economic efficiency, and practicality for integrated watershed managemen...

In the current context where China is continuously emphasizing the construction and supply of indemnificatory housing, and actively promoting the construction of “Better Housing” for such housing, the development experiences of Japan and...

Landslide susceptibility mapping (LSM) is a vital tool for proactive disaster mitigation. Although numerous studies utilize slope units (SUs) for LSM, the limited integration of adjacency information, including spatial autocorrelation, often reduces...

Cities that experience earthquake disasters face a lot of uncertainties and unsustainability resulting from the fragility of their infrastructure, which should be considered in engineering. This study proposes a seismic fragility assessment framework...

Urban green spaces are pivotal to enhancing carbon sinks and advancing carbon neutrality goals, yet the structural complexity of green space units often leads to scale mismatches and weak spatial responsiveness in current assessments. This study deve...

In this study, we addressed the problem of the spatial variability of plough layer compaction by high-power and no-tillage multifunction units in the management of maize planting in the Great Northern Wilderness in China. A comprehensive field experi...

Urban vitality is often measured within predefined administrative units, blocks, or grids, limiting its translation into planning-oriented spatial diagnosis. This study examines 34 vitality clusters in the Nanjing Metropolitan Area and develops a mul...

“Two ecological barriers and three shelters” (TEBTS), which has the effect of relieving ecological pressure, is the national ecological security pattern in China. Calculating the value of TEBTS ecosystem services, clarifying the synergy/trade-off rel...

Accurate snow water equivalent (SWE) products are vital for monitoring hydrological processes and managing water resources effectively. However, the coarse spatial resolution (typically at 25 km from passive microwave remote sensing images) of the ex...

Landslide susceptibility maps are widely used in landslide hazard management. Although many models have been proposed, mapping unit definition is a matter that still needs to be fully examined. In the literature, the most reported mapping units are p...

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) vertical displacements are widely used to infer terrestrial water storage (TWS) variations. The traditional Laplacian inversion requires dedicated efforts to determine the optimal parameters, which has an imp...

The ability to precisely map urban land use types can significantly aid urban planning and urban system understanding. In recent years, remote sensing images and social sensing data have been frequently used for urban land use mapping. However, there...

This paper first calculates the departure delay and arrival delay of each flight by mining historical flight data. Then, a new method based on density clustering for identification and visualization of restricted airspace units that considers this ac...

Considering the spatial and temporal correlation of traffic flow data is essential to improve the accuracy of traffic flow prediction. This paper proposes a traffic flow prediction model named Dual Spatial Convolution Gated Recurrent Unit (DSC-GRU)....

Thoughtful consideration of the enumeration unit size in choropleth map design is important to ensure the correct communication of spatial information. However, the enumeration unit size and its influence on pattern conveying in choropleth maps have...

There is an increasing need for spatial planning to manage coastal tourism, and applying social media data has emerged as an effective strategy to support coastal tourism spatial planning. Researchers and decision-makers require spatially explicit in...

In the context of growing international recognition of geospatial information as a strategic driver of evidence-based decision-making, digital transformation, and sustainable development, robust assessment frameworks are essential for guiding the dev...

Accurate traffic flow forecasting is very important for urban planning and traffic management. However, this is a huge challenge due to the complex spatial–temporal relationships. Although the existing methods have researched spatial–temp...

Water shortage (availability per capita) is a key indicator of vulnerability to water scarcity. Spatial datasets enable the assessment of water shortage on multiple scales. The use of river basins and subbasins as analysis and management units is cur...

Recently, for public safety and traffic management, traffic flow prediction is a crucial task. The citywide traffic flow problem is still a big challenge in big cities because of many complex factors. However, to handle some complex factors, e.g., sp...

The concept of neighborhood contagion focus is defined and justified as a basic spatial unit for epidemiological diagnosis and action, and a specific methodological procedure is provided to detect and map focuses and micro-focuses of contagion withou...

Indoor air quality (IAQ) can greatly affect health in people spending much time indoors. However, the influence of IAQ on personal exposure to chemical compounds in Japan remains poorly investigated. Hence, this study aimed to clarify this influence...

The Brazilian housing program, Minha Casa, Minha Vida (MCMV) (My House, My Life), was launched in 2009 to address the housing deficit issue, with the goal of distributing contracted housing units throughout the Brazilian territory. However, the progr...

Landslides pose a serious threat to the safety of human life and property in mountainous regions. Susceptibility assessment for landslides is critical in landslide management strategy. Recent studies indicate that the traditional assessment models in...

In power systems, the combined approach of security-constrained unit commitment (SCUC) and economic dispatch (ED) to achieve security-constrained unit commitment and dispatch (SCUCD) is crucial for enhancing the safety, stability, and economic effici...

Understanding the spatial patterns of insect pests and their associations with their environments is crucial for developing effective sampling and management plans. This study was conducted to identify optimal sampling units for the hemlock woolly ad...

Reliable ecosystem service (ES) assessments are essential for sustainable land management and ecological restoration; yet, their implications for decision-making may vary with the spatial units used for analysis. This study examined how spatial repre...

Conservation units for traditional village clusters are often delineated by administrative boundaries or spatial proximity. Yet rural built heritage is shaped by historical routes, terrain conditions, cultural homology, settlement morphology, and rur...

The Grand Canal, the world’s longest artificial waterway, is a cultural treasure deeply embedded in China’s historical traditions. This study emphasizes the importance of safeguarding, preserving, and revitalizing this invaluable heritage...

Quantifying landscape ecological risk (LER) using multi-period land use data and ecological indicators is essential for understanding regional ecological dynamics. However, LER assessment is sensitive to spatial delineation, introducing uncertainty....

Urban residential carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions have increased sharply along with the rapid urbanization process. Few studies have considered the different effects of influencing factors between Northern and Southern China, and the analysis of CO₂ p...

Optimizing the layout of major productive forces is key in the advancement of high-quality economic development and will inevitably drive significant changes in the spatial pattern of China’s iron and steel enterprises. This study selects 2005,...

In this study, we present a united sign coherence factor beamformer for coherent plane-wave compounding (CPWC). CPWC is capable of reaching an image quality comparable to the conventional B-mode with a much higher frame rate. Conventional coherence f...

Currently, mainly aggregated statistics are used for bicycle crash risk calculations. Thus, the understanding of spatial patterns at local scale levels remains vague. Using an agent-based flow model and a bicycle crash database covering 10 continuous...

China has witnessed a fast economic growth in the recent two decades. However, the heavy energy exploitation seems to show a negative relation to regional economic growth. Thus, the issue is whether the energy production is a curse or blessing for th...

New territorial units resulting from urban sprawl processes constitute a major challenge for territorial planning. The aim of this paper is to analyze periurban spaces, focusing on the delimitation and characterization of the urban units arising from...

This paper analyzes the spatial distribution and socioeconomic determinants of social media utilization in 3109 counties of the United States. A theory of determinants was modified from the spatially aware technology utilization model (SATUM). Socioe...

Synthetical eco-environmental problems’ treatment is a new stage for certain pollutant control or ecological restoration. Traditional urban planners have focused more on social–economic development but less on eco-environmental considerat...

This study investigated electromyography (EMG)–force relations using both simulated and experimental approaches. A motor neuron pool model was first implemented to simulate EMG–force signals, focusing on three different conditions that te...

The gated recurrent unit (GRU) network can effectively capture temporal information for 1D signals, such as electroencephalography and event-related brain potential, and it has been widely used in the field of EEG emotion recognition. However, multi-...

In 2006, a policy reform restructured the maternal and perinatal healthcare system, including closing smaller maternity units, to further improve care in Portugal. This study aimed to investigate the effects of the 2006 National Program of Maternal a...

Volunteer-contributed geographic data (VGI) is an important source of geospatial big data that support research and applications. A major concern on VGI data quality is that the underlying observation processes are inherently biased. Detecting observ...

The generation of map units is a fundamental step for an appropriate assessment of landslide susceptibility. Recent studies have indicated that the terrain relief-based slope units perform better in homogeneity compared with the grid units. However,...