Mobilkit: A Python Toolkit for Urban Resilience and Disaster Risk Management Analytics using High Frequency Human Mobility Data

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Main Authors: Ubaldi, Enrico, Yabe, Takahiro, Jones, Nicholas K. W., Khan, Maham Faisal, Ukkusuri, Satish V., Di Clemente, Riccardo, Strano, Emanuele
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Published: 2021
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author Ubaldi, Enrico
Yabe, Takahiro
Jones, Nicholas K. W.
Khan, Maham Faisal
Ukkusuri, Satish V.
Di Clemente, Riccardo
Strano, Emanuele
author_facet Ubaldi, Enrico
Yabe, Takahiro
Jones, Nicholas K. W.
Khan, Maham Faisal
Ukkusuri, Satish V.
Di Clemente, Riccardo
Strano, Emanuele
contents Increasingly available high-frequency location datasets derived from smartphones provide unprecedented insight into trajectories of human mobility. These datasets can play a significant and growing role in informing preparedness and response to natural disasters. However, limited tools exist to enable rapid analytics using mobility data, and tend not to be tailored specifically for disaster risk management. We present an open-source, Python-based toolkit designed to conduct replicable and scalable post-disaster analytics using GPS location data. Privacy, system capabilities, and potential expansions of \textit{Mobilkit} are discussed.
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spellingShingle Mobilkit: A Python Toolkit for Urban Resilience and Disaster Risk Management Analytics using High Frequency Human Mobility Data
Ubaldi, Enrico
Yabe, Takahiro
Jones, Nicholas K. W.
Khan, Maham Faisal
Ukkusuri, Satish V.
Di Clemente, Riccardo
Strano, Emanuele
Computers and Society
Social and Information Networks
Physics and Society
J.2
Increasingly available high-frequency location datasets derived from smartphones provide unprecedented insight into trajectories of human mobility. These datasets can play a significant and growing role in informing preparedness and response to natural disasters. However, limited tools exist to enable rapid analytics using mobility data, and tend not to be tailored specifically for disaster risk management. We present an open-source, Python-based toolkit designed to conduct replicable and scalable post-disaster analytics using GPS location data. Privacy, system capabilities, and potential expansions of \textit{Mobilkit} are discussed.
title Mobilkit: A Python Toolkit for Urban Resilience and Disaster Risk Management Analytics using High Frequency Human Mobility Data
topic Computers and Society
Social and Information Networks
Physics and Society
J.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.14297