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HEALTH AND URBANIZATION LAB

Health inequality in the changing world

Wang, K., Wu, X., Chen, T. H. K., & Xiao, W. (2026). Mapping precipitation-triggered landslide risks in global human settlements. Applied Geography, 187, 103886.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103886

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Chen, T. H. K., Chen, W., Stokes, E. C., & Zhou, Y. (2026). Detecting gaps between urban expansion and lighting infrastructure growth using daytime and nighttime satellite imagery. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 146, 105087.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2026.105087

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Pérez-Sindín, X. S., Wójcik, P., Chen, T. H. K., & Prishchepov, A. V. (2025). Can nighttime lights serve as a proxy for economic inequality at the local administrative unit scale? Evidence from Spain. PLoS One, 20(12), e0319890. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319890

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Blay, J., Seto, K. C., & Chen, T. H. K. (2025). Dark development: Satellite Analysis of Building Density and Electricity Provision in Ghana’s Urban Areas. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 101619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101619

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Shives, E., Chen, T. H. K., & Seto, K. C. (2025). Multiple hazards and exposure in California: A space-time analysis of temperature, drought, and wildfire. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 120, 105391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105391

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Chen, T. H. K., Lin, K. H. E., Lin, T. H., Liu, G. Y., Yeh, C. H., & Ceballos, D. M. (2024). Migration as a hidden risk factor in seismic fatality: spatial modeling of the Chi-Chi earthquake and suburban syndrome. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24(12), 4457-4471. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-4457-2024

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Chen, T. H. K., Kincey, M. E., Rosser, N. J., & Seto, K. C. (2024). Identifying recurrent and persistent landslides using satellite imagery and deep learning: A 30-year analysis of the Himalaya. Science of The Total Environment, 922, 171161.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171161

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Chen, T. H. K., Horsdal, T. H., Samuelsson, K., Closter, A. M., Davies, M., Barthel, S., Pedersen, C. B., Prishchepov, A. V., & Sabel, C. E. (2023). Higher depression risks in medium- than high-density urban form across Denmark. Science Advances, 9(21).
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf3760

Chen, T. H. K., Pandey, B., & Seto, K. C. (2023). Detecting subpixel human settlements in mountains using deep learning: A case of the Hindu Kush Himalaya 1990–2020. Remote Sensing of Environment, 294, 113625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113625

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Chen, T. H. K., & Seto, K. C. (2022). Gender and authorship patterns in urban land science. Journal of Land Use Science, 17(1), 245-261.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2021.2018515

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Rusk, J., Maharjan, A., Tiwari, P., Chen, T. H. K., Shneiderman, S., Turin, M., & Seto, K. C. (2022). Multi-hazard susceptibility and exposure assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Science of the total environment, 804, 150039.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150039

Pérez-Sindín, X. S., Chen, T. H. K., & Prishchepov, A. V. (2021). Are night-time lights a good proxy of economic activity in rural areas in middle and low-income countries? Examining the empirical evidence from Colombia. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 24, 100647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2021.100647

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Chen, T. H. K., Qiu, C., Schmitt, M., Zhu, X. X., Sabel, C. E., & Prishchepov, A. V. (2020). Mapping horizontal and vertical urban densification in Denmark with Landsat time-series from 1985 to 2018: A semantic segmentation solution. Remote Sensing of Environment, 251, 112096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112096

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Qiu, C., Schmitt, M., Geiß, C., Chen, T. H. K., & Zhu, X. X. (2020). A framework for large-scale mapping of human settlement extent from Sentinel-2 images via fully convolutional neural networks. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 163, 152-170.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.01.028

Chen, T. H. K., Prishchepov, A. V., Fensholt, R., & Sabel, C. E. (2019). Detecting and monitoring long-term landslides in urbanized areas with nighttime light data and multi-seasonal Landsat imagery across Taiwan from 1998 to 2017. Remote Sensing of Environment, 225, 317-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.03.013

Chen, T. H. K., Chen, V. Y. J., & Wen, T. H. (2018). Revisiting the role of rainfall variability and its interactive effects with the built environment in urban dengue outbreaks. Applied geography, 101, 14-22.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.10.005

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Chen, T. H. K., & Lin, K. H. E. (2018). Distinguishing the windthrow and hydrogeological effects of typhoon impact on agricultural lands: an integrative OBIA and PPGIS approach. International journal of remote sensing, 39(1), 131-148.

https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2017.1382741

Chen, T. H. K., Wen Z. H., Fang C. T., & Chan P. C. (2017). Determining the risk of tuberculosis infection within different case-contact contexts. Taiwan Journal of Public Health. 36(2), 107-122.

https://doi.org/10.6288/TJPH201736105125

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