Selected Publications

Hesong Dong, Zhibang Xu, Jinzhou Wu, Ting Lan, Lin Wang, Guofan Shao, Lina Tang (2025). High-precision airborne LiDAR remains essential for urban forestry: Revealing the limitations of recent large-scale canopy height products in urban contexts. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 143(104791).

Cui Li, Zhibang Xu, Cuiping Wang, Lei Nie, Haowei Wang (2025). Local Land Use Simulation in Migrant-Receiving Xiamen Under National Population Decline: Integrating Cohort-Component and PLUS Models. Land, 14(09)(1713).

Gang Xu, Mengyan Zhu, Bin Chen, Muhammad Salem, Zhibang Xu, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Xuecao Li, Neema Simon Sumari, Xiaoling Zhang, Limin Jiao, Peng Gong (2025). Underlying rules of evolutionary urban systems in Africa. Nature Cities, 2025(2)(327-335).

Zhibang Xu, Gang Xu, Ting Lan, Xi Li, Zuoqi Chen, Hao Cui, Zhengzi Zhou, Haowei Wang, Limin Jiao, Christopher Small (2025). Global consistency of urban scaling evidenced by remote sensing. PNAS Nexus, 4(2)(pgaf037).

Zhibang Xu, Yiyi Huang, Weiqian Lei, Ting Lan, Haowei Wang, Lei Nie (2024). Evolving scaling dynamics between urban green space and population in China from 2000 to 2020(in Chinese). Acta Ecologica Sinica, 44(24)(11121-11131).

Zhibang Xu, Xiaoqi Duan, Ting Lan, Yashi Wu, Cuiping Wang, Yang Zhong, Haowei Wang (2024). Tracking the scaling of urban open spaces in China from 1990 to 2020. Scientific Reports, 14(1)(11891).

Gang Xu, Mengyan Zhu, Bin Chen, Muhammad Salem, Zhibang Xu, Xuecao Li, Limin Jiao, Peng Gong (2023). Settlement scaling law reveals population-land tensions in 7000+ African urban agglomerations. Habitat International, 142(2023).

Xiaoqi Duan, Tong Zhang, Zhibang Xu, Qiao Wan, Jinbiao Yan, Wangshu Wang, Youliang Tian (2023). Discovering urban mobility structure: a spatio-temporal representational learning approach. International Journal of Digital Earth, 16(2): 4044-4072.

Ting Lan, Guofan Shao, Zhibang Xu, Lina Tang, Hesong Dong (2023). Considerable role of urban functional form in low-carbon city development. Journal of Cleaner Production, 392(136256).

Weiqian Lei, Limin Jiao, Zhibang Xu, Gang Xu, Zhengzi Zhou, Xi Luo (2022). Effects of local, network and systemic dependence on urban development. Sustainable Cities and Society, 86(104134).

Zhibang Xu, Limin Jiao, Yu Wang (2022). Comparison of urban land expansion between urban physical and administrative areas in China from 1988 to 2018 (in Chinese). ACTA Geographica SINICA, 77(10)(2514-2528).

Zhibang Xu, Limin Jiao, Ting Lan, Zhengzi Zhou, Hao Cui, Chengpeng Li, Gang Xu, Yaolin Liu (2021). Mapping hierarchical urban boundaries for global urban settlements. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 103(102480).

Weiqian Lei, Limin Jiao, Zhibang Xu, Zhengzi Zhou, Gang Xu (2021). Scaling of urban economic outputs: insights both from urban population size and population mobility. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 88(101657).

Zhibang Xu, Limin Jiao, Qiqi Jia, Weiqian Lei, Ting Lan, Rui Zhao, Gang Xu (2021). Assessment of multidimensional performance for Chinese cities based on urban scaling law (in Chinese). Geographical Research, 40(06)(1595-1609).

Wenda Wang, Zhibang Xu, Dongqi Sun, Ting Lan (2021). Spatial Optimization of Mega-City Fire Stations Based on Multi-Source Geospatial Data: A Case Study in Beijing. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(5)(282).

Ting Lan, Guofan Shao, Zhibang Xu, Lina Tang, Lang Sun (2021). Measuring urban compactness based on functional characterization and human activity intensity by integrating multiple geospatial data sources. Ecological Indicators, 121(107177).

Gang Xu, Zhibang Xu, Yanyan Gu, Weiqian Lei, Yupiao Pan, Jie Liu, Limin Jiao (2020). Scaling laws in intra-urban systems and over time at the district level in Shanghai, China. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 560(125162).

Limin Jiao, Zhibang Xu, Gang Xu, Rui Zhao, Jiafeng Liu, Weilin Wang (2020). Assessment of urban land use efficiency in China: A perspective of scaling law. Habitat International, 99(102172).

Weilin Wang, Limin Jiao, Ting Dong, Zhibang Xu, Gang Xu (2019). Simulating urban dynamics by coupling top-down and bottom-up strategies. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 33(11)(2259-2283).

Zhibang Xu, Liang Zhou, Ting Lan, Zhonghui Wang, Li Sun, Rongwei Wu (2018). Spatial optimization of mega-city fire station distribution based on Point of Interest data: A case study within the 5th Ring Road in Beijing (in Chinese). Progress in Geography, 37(04)(535-546).

Zhibang Xu, Zhonghui Wang, Haowen Yan, Fang Wu, Xiaoqi Duan, Li Sun (2018). A method for automatic road selection combined with POI data (in Chinese). Journal of Geo- information Science, 20(02)(159-166).

Zhibang Xu, Zhonghui Wang, Liang Zhou, Huirong Wang (2017). The Spatial Distribution Characteristics and Driving Factors of “Taobao Village”in China (in Chinese). Economic Geography (in Chinese), 37(01)(107-114).