Your Behavior Affects Your City - Takahiro Yabe, New York University
Assistant Professor Takahiro Yabe analyzed anonymous mobile phone data from over a million devices across five major cities to understand how economic disruptions create ripple effects. The research revealed that airports significantly impact businesses up to 2.5 kilometers away, while large retail stores and colleges influence establishments within a 1.5-kilometer radius. "Using our 'dependency networks' approach, our predictions of business resilience during disruptions became 40 percent more accurate than traditional models," Yabe explained.
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Takahiro Yabe
Assistant Professor
