Faculty Profiles

Ansah, H. A., Lu, Y., & Choi, Y. (2024). Recognizing Texas women in time and space: A Qualitative GIS inquiry into historical markers. Geographical Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167428.20

Lu, Y., Ekeanyanwu, C. V., & Blanchard-Boehm, D. (2024). Untangling the myth of flood risk and mitigation in affluent inland urban neighborhood – A case study of the Onion Creek Neighborhood in Austin, Texas. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 101, 104237-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104237

Guo, C., Ge, E., Lee, S., Lu, Y., ......, & Zhang, K. (2023). Impact of heat on emergency hospital admission in Texas: geographic and racial/ethnic disparities. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 2023, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-023-00590-6

Iyanda, A., Adeleke, R., Boakye, K., Temitope, A., & Lu, Y. (2022). Underage Tobacco Sales Violations and Neighborhood Crime Arrest in Philadelphia: A Multiscle GIS-based Analysis. GeoJournal, 87(6), 4455–4474. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1007/s10708-021-10507-1

Jin, H. H., & Lu, Y. (2022). Multi-model Huff-based 2SFCA: Examining Geographical Accessibility of Food Outlets in Austin, Texas. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11, 579-. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11110579

Boakye, K. A., Iyanda, A. E., Oppong, J. R., & Lu, Y. (2022). A multiscale analysis of social and spatial determinants of cancer and noncancer risks from on- road air pollution in Texas. Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Epidemiology, 41. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2022.100484

Iyanda, A. E., & Lu, Y. (2022). Social and Structural Determinants of Self-Rated Health in Gentrifying Neighborhoods in Austin Texas: A Cross-Sectional Quantitative Analysis. International Journal of Community Well-Being. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1007/s42413-021-00155-1

Iyanda, A., & Lu, Y. (2021). SAR-Gi*: Taking A Spatial Approach to Understand Food Deserts and Food Swamps. Applied Geography. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102529

Iyanda, A., & Lu, Y. (2021). Perceived impact of gentrification on health and wellbeing: Exploring social capital and coping strategies in gentrifying neighborhoods. The Professional Geographer. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2021.1924806

Iyanda, A., & Lu, Y. (2021). Gentrification is not improving my health’: a mixed-method investigation of chronic health conditions in rapidly changing urban neighborhoods in Austin, Texas. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-021-09847-8

Iyanda, A., & Lu, Y. (2021). Structural equation modeling of mental health in gentrifying neighborhoods. Open Health, 2(1), 21–39. https://doi.org/10.1515/openhe-2021-0002

Jin, H. H., & Lu, Y. (2021). Evaluating consumer nutrition environment in food deserts and food swamps. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052675

Iyanda, A., Boakye, K., Lu, Y., & Oppong, J. (2021). Racial/Ethnic heterogeneity and rural-urban disparity of COVID-19 case fatality ratio in the US: A negative binomial and GIS-based analysis. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01006-7

Iyanda, A. E., Kwadwo A. Boakye, Olowofeso, O. H., Lu, Y., & Salcido, J. (2021). Determinants of Gender-Based Violence and Its Physiological Effects Among Women in 12 African Countries. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(21–22), NPI1800-1823. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519888536

Iyanda, A., Boakye, K., & Lu, Y. (2021). COVID-19 and Evidenced Health Disparity. Encyclopedia of COVID-19. Encyclopedia, 1(3), 744–763. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia1030057

Iyanda, A. E., Adaralegbe, A., Miranker, M., Lasode, M. K., & Lu, Y. (2021). Housing conditions as predictors of common childhood illness: Evidence from Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, 2008-2018. Journal of Child Health Care. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1177/1367493520987049

Lu, Y., & Chen, P. (2021). Journey-to-crime and offender’s geographic background: a comparison between migrant and native offenders in Beijing. SN Social Sciences, DOI: 10.1007/s43545-020-00038-w.

Iyanda, A. E., Chima-Adaralegde, N., Adeleke, A., & Lu, Y. (2021). Covariation of suicide and HIV in 186 Countries: a spatial autoregressive and multiscale geographically weighted regression analyses. Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-020-01436-3

Iyanda, A. E., Adeleke, R., Lu, Y., Osayomi, T., Adaralegde, A., Lasode, M. K., & Chima-Adaralegbe, N. (2020). A retrospective cross-national examination of COVID-19 outbreak in 175 countries: a multiscale geographically weighted regression analysis (January 11-June 28, 2020). Journal of Infection and Public Health, 13(10), 1438–1445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2020.07.006

Iyanda, A. E., Dinkins, B. J., Osayomi, T., Adeusi, T. J., Lu, Y., & Oppong, J. (2020). Fertility knowledge, contraceptive use and unwanted child/pregnancy among women age 15-24 in 29 Africa Countries. The International Journal of Public Health, 65(4), 445–455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01356-9

Yuan, Y., Lu, Y., Chow, T. K. E., Ye, C., Alyaqout, A., & Liu, Y. (2020). The missing parts from social media enabled smart cities: who, where, when, and what. Annuals of Association of American Geographers, 110, 462–475.

Lu, Y., & Delmelle, E. (2019). Geospatial Technologies for Urban Health. Springer. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030-19573-1

Robinson, A., Bonnette, A., Howard, K. J., Ceballos, N. A., Dailey, S. L., Lu, Y., & Grimes, T. (2019). Social comparisons, social media addiction, and social interactions: An examination of specific social media behaviors related to major depressive disorder in a Millennial population. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 24(1), e12158. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jabr.12158

Zhan, Z., Dong, W., Lu, Y., Yang, P., Wang, Q., & Jia, P. (2019). Real-time forecasting of hand-foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks using the integrating compartment model and assimilation filtering. Scientific Reports, 2019(9), 2661-. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38930-y

Iyanda, A. E., Osayami, T., Boakye, K. A., & Lu, Y. (2019). Regional variation and demographic factors associated with knowledge of malaria risk and prevention strategies among pregnant women in Nigeria. Women & Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2019.1643818

Jin, H. H., & Lu, Y. (2019). Regionalization of school youth obesity and overweight in Texas by considering both body mass index and socioeconomic status. GeoJournal, 84, 55–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-018-9849-4

Yang, J., Cheng, Q., Zhang, H., Lu, Y., Xu, B., & Gong, P. (2018). Health Cities: Unlocking the power of cities for a healthy China. The Lancet, 391(10135), 2140–2184. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30486-0

Li, C., Lu, Y., & Wu, X. (2018). Climate change and dengue fever transmission in China: Evidences and challenges. Science of Total Environment, 622–623, 493–501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.326

Yuan, Y., Wei, G., & Lu, Y. (2018). Evaluating gender representativeness of location-based social media: a case study of Weibo. Annals of GIS, 24(3), 163–176.

Jin, H. H., & Lu, Y. (2017). The relationship between obesity and socioeconomic status among Texas school children and its spatial variation. Applied Geography, (79), 143–152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.12.008

Meaney, K. S., Zimmermann, J. M., Martinez, G. P., Lu, Y., & McDonald, J. (2017). Champions for Health in the Community: Critical Service Learning, Transformative Education, and Community Empowerment. In In Liston, D. D. & Rahimi, R. (Ed.), Promoting Social Justice  Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Bloomington IN, United States: Indiana University Press.

Jin, H. H., & Lu, Y. (2017). The relationship between obesity and socioeconomic status among Texas school children and its spatial variation. Applied Geography, 79, 143–152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.12.008

Jin, H. H., & Lu, Y. (2017). Academic Performance of Texas Public Schools and Its Relationship with Students’ Physical Fitness and Socioeconomic Status. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, 8(3), 37–52. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijagr.2017070103

Chen, P., & Lu, Y. (2017). Exploring co-offending networks by considering geographic background – an investigation of electric bicycle thefts in Beijing. Exploring Co-Offending Networks by Considering Geographic Background – an Investigation of Electric Bicycle Thefts in Beijing. The Professional Geographer, 70(1), 73–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2017.1325753

Qian, H., & Lu, Y. (2017). Simplifying GPS trajectory data with enhances spatial-temporal constraints. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 6(11), 329-. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi6110329

Jin, H. H., & Lu, Y. (2017). Academic Performance of Texas Public Schools and Its Relationship with Students’ Physical Fitness and Socioeconomic Status. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, 8(3), 37–52. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijagr.2017070103

Lu, Y., & Davidson, A. (2017). Fatal vehicle crashes in Texas: Needs for and access to emergency medical services. Annals of GIS, 23(1), 41–54. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475683.2016.1276102

Ames, C., Lu, Y., & Weaver, R. (2016). Evaluating the effectiveness of €œno refusal€ blood draw search warrant programs to reduce alcohol-related crashes in Central Texas. Papers in Applied Geography, 2(1), 113–120.

Meaney, K. s, Zimmerman, J. M., Martinez, G., Lu, Y., & McDonald, J. (n.d.). Champions for health in the community: Critical service learning, transformative education, and community empowerment. In D. D. Liston & R. Rahimi (Eds.), Promoting Social Justice Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Indiana University Press, ISBN: 978-0-253-02964-5.

Yorke, C. C., Zhan, B. F., Lu, Y., & Hagelman, III, R. R. (2015). Incorporating evacuation potential into place vulnerability analysis. Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk, 6(3), 195–211. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2013.832406

Lu, Y., & Medel, M. (2015). Illegal drug cultivation in Mexico: An examination of the environmental and human factors. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 42(2), 190–204.

Wu, X., Lu, Y., Chen, L., & Xu, B. (2015). Impact of climate change on human infectious diseases: Empirical evidence and human adaption. Environment International, 86, 14–23.

Yorke, C., Zhan, F. B., Hagelman, R., Zhan, F. B., & Lu, Y. (2015). Incorporating evacuation potential into place vulnerability analysis. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 6(3), 195–211.

Medel, M., Lu, Y., & Chow, E. (2015). Mexico€™s drug networks: Modeling the smuggling routes towards the United States. Applied Geography, 60, 240–247.

Showalter, P. S., & Lu, Y. (2015). Flash Flood, Low Water Crossings and Swift Water Rescues in Texas. Evolving Approaches to Understanding Natural Hazards, Ch. 22: 267-276.

Medel, M., Lu, Y., & Chow, E. (2015). Mexico’s drug networks: Modeling the smuggling routes towards the United States. Applied Geography, 60, 240–247.

Lu, Y., & Fang, T. B. (2015). Examining personal air pollution exposure, intake, and health danger zone using time geography and 3d geovisualization. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 4(1), 32–46.

Showalter, P., & Lu, Y. (2015). Flash Flood, Low Water Crossings and Swift Water Rescues in Texas. In Evolving Approaches to Understanding Natural Hazards. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing:

Lu, Y., & Fang, T. B. (2015). Examining personal air pollution exposure, intake, and health danger zone using time geography and 3d geovisualization. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 4(1), 32–46.

Scholtz, W. R., & Lu, Y. (2014). Uncertainty in Geographic Data on Bivariate Maps: An Examination of Visualization Preference and Decision Making. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 3(4), 1180–1197.

Scholtz, W. R., & Lu, Y. (2014). Detection of dynamics activity patterns at collective scale from large volume trajectory data. International Journal of Geographic Information Sciences, 28(5), 946–963.

Liu, Y., Wang, F., Kang, C., Gao, Y., & Lu, Y. (2014). Analyzing relatedness by toponym co-occurrences on web pages. Transactions in GIS, 18(1), 89–107.

Matthews, A., Lu, Y., Patton, M., Dede-Bamfo, N., & Chen, J. (2013). College students’ consumption, contribution, and risk awareness related to online mapping services and social media outlets: Does geography and GIS knowledge matter? GeoJournal, 78(4), 627–639.

Lu, Y., & Liu, Y. (2012). Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. In Special Issue on Pervasive Location Acquisition Technologies: Data and Analysis (2nd ed., Vol. 36).

Fang, T. B., & Lu, Y. (2012). Personal real-time air pollution exposure assessment methods promoted by information technological advances. Annals of GIS, 18(4), 279–288.

Lu, Y., Yorke, C., & Zhan, F. B. (2012). Considering risk locations when defining perturbation zones for geomasking. Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization, 47(3), 168–178.

Lu, Y., & Liu, Y. (2012). Pervasive location acquisition technologies: Opportunities and challenges for geospatial studies. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 36(2), 105–108.

Wan, N., Zhan, F. B., Lu, Y., & Tiefenbacher, J. (2012). Access to health Care and Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Survival in Texas. Health & Place, 18(2), 321–329.

Yao, X., Zhan, F. B., Lu, Y., & Lang, M. (2012). Effects of real-time traffic information systems on traffic performance under different network structures. Journal of Cent. South University, 19, 586–592.

Rossmo, D. K., Lu, Y., & Fang, T. B. (2012). Spatial-temporal crime paths. Patterns, Prevention, and Geometry of Crime. Crime Science Series, Chapter 3: 16-42.

Wan, N., Zhan, F. B., Lu, Y., & Tiefenbacher, J. P. (2012). Access to healthcare and disparities in colorectal cancer survival in Texas. Health and Place, 18(2), 321–329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.10.007

Fang, B. T., & Lu, Y. (2011). Constructing Near Real-time Space-time Cube to Depict Urban Ambient Air Pollution Scenario. Transactions in GIS, 15(5), 635–649.

Lu, Y. (2011). Incorporating Service-Learning into Undergraduate GIS Teaching. In Final report for the Service-Learning Fellowship.

Showalter, P. S., & Lu, Y. (2010). Geospatial Techniques in Urban Hazard and Disaster Analysis. The Netherlands: Springer.

Parr, D., & Lu, Y. (2010). The landscape of GIScience publications 1997-2007: An empirical investigation with latent semantic analysis. Transactions in GIS, 14(5), 689–708.

Showalter, P. S., & Lu, Y. (2010). Flash Flood, Low Water Crossings and Swift Water Rescues in Texas. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, 33, 101–107.

Lu, Y., Yin, W., & Chen, J. (2010). A Spatial Analysis of Transportation Convenience in Beijing: Users’ Perception Versus Objective Measurements. Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Urban Structure and Dynamics, Chapter 10: 177-195.

Lu, Y. (2010). Spatial Patterns of Drug Offenses in an Urban Built Environment. Studies of Spatially Integrated Liberal and Social Sciences (空间综合人文与社会科学研究), Chapter 15: 209-220.

Lu, Y., Carter, L., & Showalter, P. (2010). Wildfire Risk Analysis at the Wildfire Urban Interface in Travis County, Texas. Geospatial Technologies’ Contribution to Urban Hazard Analysis, 2, Chapter 10: 203-227.

Lin, S., & Lu, Y. (2009). The Spatial Patterns of Adverse Health Effects of Ozone Pollution on Childhood Respiratory Diseases in Urban Houston. Annals of GIS, 15(2), 127–140.

Lu, Y. (2009). Spatial Clustering, Detection and Analysis of. International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 10, 317–324.

Rossmo, K., Lu, Y., & Blair, P. (2009). Criminal Hunting Path: An Analysis of Spatial Behavior of Recidivists.

Lu, Y., & Thrill, J.-C. (2008). Cross-scale Analysis of Cluster Correspondence Using Different Operational Neighborhoods. Journal of Geographical Systems, 10(3), 241–262.

Giordano, A., Lu, Y., Anderson, S., & Fonstad, M. (2008). Wireless Mapping, GIS, and Learning about Digital Divide: A Classroom Experience. Journal of Geography, 106(6), 285–295.

Tian, M., & Lu, Y. (2008). A Study on the Coordination between Beijing and the Surrounding Areas for the Development of National Main Functional Regions.

Lu, Y. (2008). Trip Assignment Project on Journey-after-vehicle-theft in Mesa, Arizona.

Hanford, E. J., Zhan, F. B., Lu, Y., & Giordano, A. (2007). Chagas Disease in Texas:  Recognizing the Significance and Implications of Evidence in the Literature. Social Science & Medicine, 65, 60–79.

Lu, Y., & Chen, X. (2007). False Alarm of Planar K-Function when Analyzing Urban Crime Distributed along Streets. Social Science Research, 36(2), 611–632.

Lu, Y. (2006). Spatial Choice of Auto Thefts in an Urban Environment. Security Journal, 19(3), 143–166.

Lin, S., & Lu, Y. (2006). Evaluating Local Non-stationarity when Considering the Spatial Variation of Large-scale Autocorrelation. Transactions in GIS, 10(2), 301–318.

Zhan, F. B., Lu, Y., Giordano, A., & Hanford, E. J. (2006). Project Data Report: Initial Database Development for a Border Disease Surveillance System in Relation to Migrating Workers, Disease Vectors, and Drug Resistant Disease in the Mexico-Texas. In Border Health Initiative Project Status Report. Brooks City-Base Foundation, Inc.

Zhan, F. B., Lu, Y., Giordano, A., & Hanford, E. J. (2005). Geographic Information System (GIS) as a Tool for Disease Surveillance and Environmental Health Research. Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Services Systems and Services Management (ICSSSM’05), 2, 1465–1470.

Lu, Y. (2005). Identifying ‘Hot Link’ between Crime and Crime-Related Locations. Geographic Information Systems and Crime Analysis, . Chapter XV: 253-269.

Lu, Y. (2005). Approaches for cluster analysis of locations along streets: from Euclidean plane to street network space.

Lu, Y. (2005). Juvenile Justice Delinquency Intervention Project, 2003 – 2004: Project Report on Geographic Mapping and Socio-economic Analysis. In Risk Assessment Instrument Pilot Project. Center for Safe Communities & Schools.

Zhan, F. B., Lu, Y., Giordano, A., & Hanford, E. J. (2005). Texas-Mexico Border Health and Environmental Security Initiative - GIS for Texas-Mexico Border Environmental Health Tracking. In Border Health Initiative Project Task Report. Brooks City-Base Foundation, Inc.

Lu, Y., & Tang, J. (2004). Fractal Dimension of a Transportation Network and Its Relationship with Urban Growth: A Study of Dallas – Fort Worth Area. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 31(6), 895–911.

DeLima, I., & Lu, Y. (2004). Investigating the Spatial Relationship between Drug Possession Arrests and Residential Burglaries in Austin. Southwestern Geographer, 7, 1–25.

Lu, Y. (2003). Getting Away with the Stolen Vehicle: an Investigation of Journey-after crime. The Professional Geographer, 55(4), 422–433.

Lu, Y., & Thill, J. (2003). Assessing the Cluster Correspondence between Paired Point Locations. Geographical Analysis, 35(4), 290–309.

Lu, Y. (2003). Multiple Point Sets Interaction Analysis and Its Application on Investigating the Relationship between Different Types of Property Crime. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences, 26, 143–152.

Lu, Y. (2000). Spatial Cluster Analysis of Point Data: Location Quotients Versus Kernel Density. 2000 University Consortium of Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Summer Assembly Graduate Papers.

Lu, Y. (1999). Health Service Sites Access Analysis Using Internet GIS. Geographic Information Systems in Public Health: Proceedings of the Third National Conference, 311–321.

Lu, Y. (1998). Social Implication of Developing GIS: A Cost-Benefit Analysis, 318–327.

Lu, Y., & Lin, G. (1996). Improving Accessibility to Spatial Information on the Internet. Position paper in Helen Couclelis (compiled) NCGIA Technical Report. Spatial Technologies, Geographic Information, and the City.

Lu, Y. (1994). Theoretical Aspects of Regional Sustainable Development. Economic Geography (经济地理), 14(1), 7–10.

Wei, X., & Lu, Y. (1994). A Study on Regional Sustainable Development. The Road towards a Sustainable Development （可持续发展之路）, 260–263.

Lu, Y. (1993). The Planning and Construction of High-tech Industry Development Zone. Urban Planning（城市规划）, 17(4).

Wei, X., Lu, Y., & Fu, C. (1993). The Distribution and Development of the High-tech Industry Parks in China. A New Industrial Space: The Development and Distribution of High-Tech Industry Parks （新的产业空间：高新技术工业园区的发展与分布）, 95–131.

Lu, Y. (1993). Development of High-tech Industry Zone and Its Impact on Urban Planning. Beijing City Planning & Construction Review （北京城市规划与建设）.