Changelog & Citations

All notable changes to Urbanity are listed here. See the GitHub releases for the full history.

[0.5.19] – Latest

• Made pyrosm optional for faster base installation
• Added graceful fallback when pyrosm is not installed

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Citation

If you use Urbanity in your research, please cite the relevant papers below.

Core package

Yap, W., Stouffs, R. & Biljecki, F. Urbanity: automated modelling and analysis of multidimensional networks in cities. npj Urban Sustainability 3, 45 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-023-00125-w

Street view imagery

Yap, W., Chang, J. H., & Biljecki, F. (2023). Incorporating networks in semantic understanding of streetscapes. Environment and Planning B, 50(6), 1416–1437. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221138832

Global network dataset

Yap, W., Biljecki, F. A Global Feature-Rich Network Dataset of Cities. Scientific Data 10, 667 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02578-1

Urban graph analytics

Yap, W., Biljecki, F. (2025). Leveraging Urban Graphs for Multi-Scalar Urban Analytics. CUPUM 2025. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/ABYQH

Building energy

Yap, W., Wu, A. N., Miller, C., & Biljecki, F. (2025). Revealing building operating carbon dynamics for multiple cities. Nature Sustainability, 8(1), 1199–1210. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01615-8