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Overview

Tony H. Grubesic is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their primary field of study is Social Sciences, with a strong focus on several related subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Transportation, Epidemiology, Global and Planetary Change, and General Health Professions.

The research conducted by Grubesic covers a variety of topics predominantly reflecting intersections between urban environments, transportation systems, public health, and social dynamics. Key research topics include:

  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • ICT Impact and Policies
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Grubesic showcase a diverse range of research areas. Notable publications include:

  • "The use of LiDAR versus unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to assess rooftop solar energy potential" (2020), Sustainable Cities and Society
  • "A spatial optimization approach to increase the accuracy of rooftop solar energy assessments" (2022), Applied Energy
  • "Is There a Temporal Relationship between COVID-19 Infections among Prison Staff, Incarcerated Persons and the Larger Community in the United States?" (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Unravel the impact of COVID-19 on the spatio-temporal mobility patterns of microtransit" (2021), Journal of Transport Geography
  • "The equity of tree distribution in the most ruthlessly hot city in the United States: Phoenix, Arizona" (2021), Urban forestry & urban greening

Grubesic frequently publishes in venues such as Harvard Dataverse, Journal of Urban Affairs, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal of Transport Geography, and PLoS ONE.

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of coauthors that includes Edward Helderop, Jake R. Nelson, Kelly M. Durbin, Ran Wei, and Danielle Wallace, indicating active engagement in multidisciplinary research teams.

Best Publications

  • On the use of ZIP codes and ZIP code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) for the spatial analysis of epidemiological data.

    Tony H Grubesic;Timothy C Matisziw

  • Spatio-Temporal Interaction of Urban Crime

    Tony H. Grubesic;Elizabeth A. Mack

  • Comparative Approaches for Assessing Network Vulnerability

    Tony H. Grubesic;Timothy C. Matisziw;Alan T. Murray;Diane Snediker

  • Critical infrastructure : reliability and vulnerability

    Alan T Murray;Tony H Grubesic

  • Constructing the divide: Spatial disparities in broadband access

    Tony H. Grubesic;Alan T. Murray

  • Zip codes and spatial analysis: Problems and prospects

    Tony H. Grubesic

  • Waiting for Broadband: Local Competition and the Spatial Distribution of Advanced Telecommunication Services in the United States

    Tony H. Grubesic;and Alan T. Murray

  • A Methodological Overview of Network Vulnerability Analysis

    Alan T. Murray;Timothy C. Matisziw;Tony H. Grubesic

  • On The Application of Fuzzy Clustering for Crime Hot Spot Detection

    Tony H. Grubesic

  • Critical network infrastructure analysis: interdiction and system flow

    Alan T. Murray;Timothy C. Matisziw;Tony H. Grubesic

  • Vital Nodes, Interconnected Infrastructures, and the Geographies of Network Survivability

    Tony H. Grubesic;Alan T. Murray

  • Strategic Network Restoration

    Timothy C. Matisziw;Alan T. Murray;Tony H. Grubesic

  • A spatial taxonomy of broadband regions in the United States

    Tony H. Grubesic

  • Alcohol Outlets and Community Levels of Interpersonal Violence Spatial Density, Outlet Type, and Seriousness of Assault

    William Alex Pridemore;Tony H. Grubesic

  • Spatial Clustering Overview and Comparison: Accuracy, Sensitivity, and Computational Expense

    Tony H. Grubesic;Ran Wei;Alan T. Murray

  • Alcohol outlets and clusters of violence

    Tony H Grubesic;William Alex Pridemore

  • Inequities in the broadband revolution

    Tony H. Grubesic

  • Exploring the GIS Knowledge Domain Using CiteSpace

    Fangwu Wei;Tony H. Grubesic;Bradley Wade Bishop

  • A GIS-based planning approach to locating urban rail terminals

    Mark W. Horner;Tony H. Grubesic

  • Exploring the vulnerability of network infrastructure to disruption

    Timothy C. Matisziw;Alan T. Murray;Tony H. Grubesic

Frequent Co-Authors

William Alex Pridemore
William Alex Pridemore University of Georgia
Matthew Zook
Matthew Zook University of Kentucky
Morton E. O'Kelly
Morton E. O'Kelly The Ohio State University
Luc Anselin
Luc Anselin University of Chicago
Alessandro Vespignani
Alessandro Vespignani Northeastern University
Tatiana Foroud
Tatiana Foroud Indiana University
Bernice A. Pescosolido
Bernice A. Pescosolido Indiana University
Olaf Sporns
Olaf Sporns Indiana University
Anantha Shekhar
Anantha Shekhar Indiana University
Robert LaRose
Robert LaRose Michigan State University

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