Geospatial

Leveling Socioeconomic Disparities: The Role of Service Availability in School Dropout Rates

*Purpose:* Adolescent school dropout remains a major concern in the United States, accounting for 5.3% of the entire high school students in 2022. This study aims to investigate the relationships between socioeconomic status (SES), the availability …

Predicting the Success of Local Gatherings: A Comparison of Organizer- and Participant-side Success in Meetup

This study examines the dynamics of local community gatherings facilitated by EventBased Social Networking platforms, a growing mode of social interaction in urban settings. While these platforms are increasingly used to organize real-world events, …

Two-sided Cultural Niches: Topic Overlap, Geospatial Correlation, and Local Group Activities on Event-based Social Networks

As event-based social networks (EBSNs) such as Meetup.com and Facebook Events gain popularity in managing local events like farmers' markets and social gatherings, they create two-sided cultural niches where event organizers and participants benefit …