BACKGROUND American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) are frequently misclassified as another race in cancer surveillance systems, resulting in underestimated morbidity and mortality. Linkage methods with administrative records have been used to correct AI/AN misclassification, but AI/AN populations living in urban areas, and those who self-identify as AI/AN race, continue to be under-ascertai...

Due to the inherent discrete nature of sensing, interpolation is a key activity in sensing. Interpolation in urban computing faces an unprecedented inference issue that was not present in large scale traditional sensing environments. Obstacles such as buildings and walls are prevalent in urban sensing, and it is important to consider them in urban sensing interpolation. This paper introduces an...

Coastal cities have been at the forefront of China’s economic reform and open-door policy. However, regional differences in cost and income have prompted the government to encourage interior development since the late 1990s. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is one of the most mobile forms of capital and is a key agent of urban spatial transformation in China. This paper examines intra-metropolit...

We develop a multi-sector model of labor markets in developing countries in which workers can be in any of four states i) employed in the formal urban sector, ii) employed in the informal urban sector, iii) unemployed in the urban sector or, iv) employed in agriculture. Workers differ in the productivity of formal sector employment and there are floor wages below which firms can’t set wages. Mi...

Urban transportation systems are vulnerable to congestion, accidents, weather, special events, and other costly delays. Whereas typical policy responses prioritize reduction of delays under normal conditions to improve the efficiency of urban road systems, analytic support for investments that improve resilience (defined as system recovery from additional disruptions) is still scarce. In this e...

The concept of ‘creative cities’ is gaining increased prominence amongst urban planners and policymakers concerned with the linkages between economic development and the ‘soft’ attributes of cities. While definitions of what exactly constitutes ‘creative industries’ and who the members of a ‘creative class’ actually are continue to be contested, many key urban policy actors are focused on engen...

Management of large, complex, urban transportation systems involves numerous stakeholders due to the decentralized ownership and operation of distinct pieces of the physical network. In order to deliver better service to users, many urban regions are adopting technological and operational solutions, both of which necessitate interaction among the decentralized actors. This research applies a sy...

Cities are at the centre of Asia-Pacific’s economic growth and development. They provide the environment and social milieu in which more and more people live. Urban areas in the region, though containing around 42 percent of its population, account for 80 percent of the region’s GDP1. Urbanization in Asia and the Pacific is proceeding at a scale and speed unprecedented in human history. It took...