The Ohio State University Center for Urban and Regional Analysis

Publications

Publications

Since the Center's founding in 2001, CURA students, faculty, and staff have published impactful papers on a variety of urban issues. View CURA's most recent work as well as an archive of past publications.

 

2026

  •  Mostafavisabet, M., Sadvari, J., Alam, M., Lin, Y., Xiao, N., and Miller, H.J. (2026) “Using Sanborn Fire Insurance maps for urban historical research and reconstructions: A review and c….” Journal of Map & Geography Libraries, 22, 187-220.1080/15420353.2026.2690910

  • Miller, H.J., Xiao, N., Lewis, M., Alam, M., Gwyn, O., Ha, T.M., Hooper, M., Kerdolff, K., Levine, G., Li, Y., Mostafavisabet, M., Sadvari, J., Stiver, J., Swaim-Fox, J., Thakkar, S., Tokey, A. I., Toone, S. and Wang, D. “From historical maps to lived experiences: A community-engaged approach to 3D urban modeling of neighborhoods prior to urban highways and urban renewal,” International Journal of Digital Humanities, in press.  
  • Kar. A., Miller, H.J., Alshaikh, E., Williams, N., Recker, R. and Yang, J. “Associations of road and visual environment characteristics with speeding behaviors among high risk teen drivers,” Journal of Safety Research, 97, 174-182.
  • Kar, A., Zhang, F., Wheeler, K., Miller, H. J. and Yang, J. “Analyzing teen drivers’ exposure to crash: An activity space-based approach,” Urban Studies, online first; https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980251396008.

 

2025

  • Tokey, A., Liu, L. and Miller, H.J. “Measuring the impacts of sidewalks on public transit first mile/last mile accessibility and their association with social and demographic factors,” Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 33, 101576.
  • Frazier, A.E., Nelson, T., Kedron, P., Shook, E., Dodge, S., Murray, A., Goodchild, M., Battersby, S., Blanford, J.I., Claramunt, C., Holler, J., Koylu, C., Lee, A., Manson, S., Şalap-Ayça, S., Wildon, J. P., Zhao, B., Bennett, L., Cabrera-Arnau, C., Franklin, R., McKenzie, G., Miller, H.J., Oshan, T., Rey, S., Rowe, F., Spielman, S. “Rethinking GIScience education in an age of disruptions,” Transactions in GIS, 29, e70048.
  • Wolf, K., Stiles, J., Miller, H.J., Dawson, R.J., Mills, J.P., Blythe, P. and Morley, J. “Building enduring smart city data platforms to provide urban management support: Lessons learnt from UK Urban Observatories and the US Smart Columbus Operating System,” Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 7:1512847.
  • Nelson, T., Frazier, A.E., Kedron, P., Dodge, S., Zhao, B., Goodchild, M., Murray, A., Battersby, S., Bennett, L., Blanford, J.I. and Cabrera-Arnau, C., Claramunt, C., Franklin, R., Holler, J., Koylu, C., Lee, A., Manson, S., McKenzie, G., Miller, H.J., Oshan, T., Rey, S., Rowe, F., Şalap-Ayça, S., Shook, E., Spielman, S., Xu, W., and Wilson, J.  “A research agenda for GIScience in a time of disruptions,” International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 39, 1-24.
  • Liu, L. and Miller, H.J. “Accessibility derivative: Measuring the accessibility contribution of public transit routes,” Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 4,882-898.

 

2024

  • Liu, L., Porr, A., and Miller, H. J. (2024). Measuring the impacts of disruptions on public transit accessibility and reliability. Journal of Transport Geography, 114, Article 103769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103769
  • Stiles, J., & Miller, H. (2024). The built environment and the determination of fault in urban pedestrian crashes: Toward a systems-oriented crash investigation. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 17(1), 97–113. https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2024.2335.
  • Liu L., Lee J., & Miller, H. (2024). Evaluating accessibility benefits and ridership of bike-transit integration through a social equity lens. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Volume 112, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2024.102150. 
  • Liu, L., & Miller, H. J. (2024). Accessibility derivative: Measuring the accessibility contribution of public transit routes. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241272098. 
  • Kar, A., Xiao, N., Miller, H., & Le, H. (2024). Inclusive accessibility: Analyzing socio-economic disparities in perceived accessibility. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 114. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2024.102202. 
  • Nelson, T., Frazier, A. E., Kedron, P., Dodge, S., Zhao, B., Goodchild, M., Miller, H. J., … Wilson, J. (2024). A research agenda for GIScience in a time of disruptions. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 39(1), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2024.2405191.