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Investigating the effect of industry-specific economic distance on the prediction of intercity population movement Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Yuxia Wang, Xin Yao, Jianying Wang, Chaogui Kang, Xing Meng, Guohua Hu, Yu Liu, Xia Li
Intercity population movement has been extensively studied since it is closely related to human society. Currently, city industry structures play dominant roles in the direction of population movement. Yet, the extent to which different kinds of industry proximity influence human mobility remains unclear. In this study, we introduce the concept of intercity industry proximity, regarded as economic
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Benchmarking real and ideal cities - a multicriteria analysis of city performance based on urban form Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 João Monteiro, Nuno Sousa, João Coutinho-Rodrigues, Eduardo Natividade-Jesus
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Detection of infill development and contributing factors using deep learning and multilevel modeling Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Hee-Jung Jun, Dohyung Kim, Ji-Hwan Kim, Jae-Pil Heo
Infill development, which refers to the development of built-up urban areas, is considered a pleasing alternative to urban sprawl. Identifying the location of infill development and its contributing factors can aid in better guiding smart growth. This study aimed to detect residential infill development and analyze the factors associated with it in the City of Los Angeles. For the empirical analysis
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The fading light of urban regeneration in a sewing neighbourhood in Seoul: Anthropological perspectives Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jaeyoung Kim
This paper presents an ethnographic study of the Changsin-dong neighbourhood in Seoul, specifically focusing on urban development issues in the area, in which small-scale sewing workshops are agglomerated in the heart of the city. Under the names ‘community alive’ and ‘existing urban manufacturing area,’ Changsin-dong was designated as a leading area for urban regeneration in Seoul, and urban regeneration
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Advancing equitable ‘resilience imaginaries’ in the Global South through dialogical participatory mapping: Experiences from informal communities in Brazil Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Vangelis Pitidis, Jon Coaffee, Fernanda Lima-Silva
Over recent years, and as a result of the recent global health pandemic, resilience has become increasingly central to contemporary policy discourses in urban planning and development in both the Global North and Global South. Drawing from ongoing empirical studies of community resilience and everyday practices that have been co-designed and co-produced alongside Brazilian marginalised communities
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Socially vulnerable people and stormwater infrastructure: A geospatial exploration of the equitable distribution of gray and green infrastructure in Washington D.C. Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Minkyu Park, Priscila Barros Ramalho Alves, Rachel Marie Whiteheart, Marccus D. Hendricks
Green Infrastructure (GI) has gained recognition for its notable role in climate change mitigation and urban resilience. Meanwhile, there is a growing body of literature revealing the uneven distribution of GI from environmental justice perspective. Given the role of GI, the distribution should also be explored in a social vulnerability context and combining green and gray infrastructure. However,
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Enhanced planning capacity in urban renewal: Addressing complex challenges using neutrosophic logic and DEMATEL Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Tiago A.A. Cordeiro, Fernando A.F. Ferreira, Ronald W. Spahr, Mark A. Sunderman, Neuza C.M.Q.F. Ferreira
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Discovering urban block typologies in Seoul: Combining planning knowledge and unsupervised machine learning Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Na Li, Steven Jige Quan
Urban blocks are fundamental elements of urban form and play an important role in urban development. Identification of their typologies has been a long-standing challenge in urban planning and design. Traditionally, expert-based classification has been used, but recent studies have shifted towards data-driven clustering to achieve better results. However, most studies tend to use only one of these
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MarinaAlbertiCities that think like planets: Complexity, resilience, and innovation in hybrid ecosystems2016University of Washington PressSeattle and London9780295743677309($40.00) Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Kesisoglou Doukeni
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The role of artificial intelligence in the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 11: Fostering sustainable cities and communities Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Walter Leal Filho, Marcellus Forh Mbah, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Laís Viera Trevisan, Deborah de Lange, Ashish Mishra, Bianca Rebelatto, Tarek Ben Hassen, Yusuf A. Aina
Addressing the global urgency for improved sustainable cities and communities, as per the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, requires innovative and disruptive approaches, which also include applying artificial intelligence (AI). While AI holds significant potential to address complex socio-economic and environmental challenges in cities, a comprehensive analysis of its applications
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Application and future of local climate zone system in urban climate assessment and planning—Bibliometrics and meta-analysis Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-14 Hongchi Zhang, Jin Bai, Jun Zhao, Fei Guo, Peisheng Zhu, Jing Dong, Jun Cai
In recent years, the concept of Local Climate Zone (LCZ) has been widely used in various cross-cutting areas of urban climate planning and has the potential to become a generalized assessment tool. Although the underlying framework for detailed LCZ theory and mapping has been proposed, a generalized methodology and multidisciplinary cross-cutting applicability arguments are still lacking, which is
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Which generation should migration promotion measures target to shortly achieve a compact structure for shrinking cities? Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Takashi Aoki
Streamlining urban areas to appropriate sizes based on the current population structure is an important and urgent issue. Therefore, Japan enacted the Location Normalization Plan in 2014, and a shift toward a more compact regional structure is underway. However, this plan cannot force people to migrate to the target area. Consequently, the formation of a compact regional structure is expected to persist
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Uses, attitudes and perceptions of urban green spaces according to the sociodemographic profile: An exploratory analysis in Spain Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Paloma Egea-Cariñanos, Pedro Calaza-Martínez, Daniel López Roche, Paloma Cariñanos
This exploratory work analyzes the uses and attitudes of a sample of Spanish population towards urban green spaces (UGS), through a questionnaire that reviews aspects such as the perception they have before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. The identification of profiles related to fear in UGS at night and the degree of user acceptance regarding services and disservices of these spaces will also be
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Metropolitan fringes as strategic areas for urban resilience and sustainable transitions: Insights from Barcelona Metropolitan Area Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Andresa Lêdo Marques, Angélica Tanus Benatti Alvim
In an urbanized world, the challenges posed by climate change need to be met through innovative planning for cities and regions. Urban resilience demands that cities adopt new models centered on carbon neutrality, ecosystem services and biodiversity enhancement, circularity, and social inclusion. In light of the multiple interdependencies of metropolitan systems and the natural and territorial potentialities
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Housing costs are not a monolith: The association between neighborhood energy burdens and eviction filing rates Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Megan E. Hatch, Michelle Graff
Housing cost burden, defined as the percentage of income spent on rent/mortgage and utilities, is a growing problem as rents, mortgage interest rates, electricity, and gas costs have all increased exponentially. Many studies on housing cost burden and housing precarity focus on families' overall housing costs, leaving an important component of housing precarity—energy bills—unexplored. The purpose
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Commercial urban agriculture for sustainable cities Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Deise de Oliveira Alves, Letícia de Oliveira, Diego Durante Mühl
Food production in cities has great potential to increase food security and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development objectives. Urban agriculture initiatives correspond to one of the main strategies adopted by different countries, aiming at combating urban poverty and improving the well-being of the population. This study aims to know the commercial urban agriculture of Porto Alegre
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Neighborhood abandonment and quality of life: A comparison of neighborhood satisfaction and housing value measures Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Ryun Jung Lee, Galen Newman, Wayne Day
The neighborhood environment plays a significant role in shaping neighborhood perceptions and, as a result, on quality of life. Little research, however, has been conducted on the role of neighborhood environment when neighborhood disorders, such as structural abandonment, exist. Using the American Housing Survey data, this research explores the relationship between neighborhood abandonment and quality
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Rotterdam in the 21st century: From ‘sick man’ to ‘capital of cool’ Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Gijs Custers, Jannes J. Willems
This City Profile presents a multi-disciplinary perspective on the development of Rotterdam, analysing its transformation from a “sick man” to the “capital of cool” between 1995-current. Our profile integrates insights from five policy domains and presents them as a new framework. First, Rotterdam witnessed the rise of the populist right and established a new safety regime through a zero-tolerance
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Morphology of brothels: An investigation of spatial censorship and stigmatization - the case of Adana, Turkey Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Büşra İnce, Olgu Çalışkan
The fabric of the modern city is reproduced through standardized and sanitized spatial orders controlled by legal building codes and steered by inherited socio-spatial norms. In this context, marginal areas (i.e., slums, refugee camps, brothels) are deemed as deviations in which the ‘legitimate’ spatial syntax is interrupted and deformed. As marginal spaces pose a threat to moral concerns and the city's
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An assessment framework of global smart cities for sustainable development in a post-pandemic era Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Xuesheng Qian, Mengfan Chen, Fuchun Zhao, Hong Ling
The urgent decline of global progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the post-COVID-19 era necessitates immediate action in the field of smart cities. This paper proposes a new framework to assess the performance of global smart cities, emphasizing the vitality and potential of sustainability-oriented smartness for global smart cities, as well as the role of benchmarking
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Evaluating the effects of land-use strategies on future flood risk reduction in urban areas Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Chia-An Ku
Extreme flooding events have brought severe damages to cities around the world. In order to reduce the possible effects of flooding in urban areas, spatial planning is increasingly considered to be one of the most feasible solutions. In order to assess the effectiveness of land use management strategies in cities, this study develops an integrated modelling framework for capturing dynamic relationships
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Global diversity in spatial (rural-urban) well-being in over 100 countries Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Victor Counted, Richard G. Cowden, Timothy Lomas
This study uses three years of repeated cross-sectional data ( = 386,654) from the multinational Gallup World Poll (representing >90 % of world's population) to explore differences in the well-being of rural and urban inhabitants. We performed a series of descriptive analyses comparing rural and urban residents on 30 indicators of well-being, both in the overall sample and by regional, sex, educational
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I am a promotion-focused person, and I live in a city of speed and fast-paced, nonstop action Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Guy Moshe Ross
Models of residential location choice suggest that the decision where to live depends on various economic, social, and environmental factors, including housing prices, lifecycle stage, household structure, job accessibility, and commuting time. By focusing on the motivational dimension of choice, and by linking the concept of regulatory focus to residential location preferences, the present paper extends
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Spatial city image and its formative factors: A street-based neighborhood cognition analysis Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Yuki Oyama
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Neighborhood planning: A path-dependent perspective on the gap between discourse and practice, the Israeli case Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Yael Savaya, Nurit Alfasi
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Size does matter: A maturity model for the special needs of small and medium-sized smart cities Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Christian Anschütz, Katharina Ebner, Stefan Smolnik
A significant amount of people live in small and medium-sized cities. In the context of smart cities and their further development, these are still often neglected in scientific considerations. We present a maturity model developed by a design science approach on the basis of theory and practice, specifically for the needs of small and medium-sized cities, in order to support them in their development
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City-forming role of the Metro in Warsaw Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Sławomir Goliszek
The article analyses the continuous transformations in the spatial development of the western part of Warsaw from 2001 to 2022. The study utilises cartographic materials and temporal analysis, considering pedestrian travel times to planned metro stations in the Bemowo district. An investment analysis of single and multi-family buildings was conducted throughout the Bemowo district and near metro stations
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Implication of institutional informality in the historical urban evolution of Morocco: Case studies of Fes and Oujda Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Noussayba Rahmouni, Izuru Saizen
This paper is concerned with the role of informality in the spatial and institutional development of post-colonial cities. The study uses a historical institutionalist approach to trace the historical evolution of Morocco's Fes and Oujda as two former French colonies. It analyzes the historical urban growth of both cities through archival research, policy analysis, and complements its findings with
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Land rights, bases of informal settlements and bogus contract documents as a means of urban fringe legal land transactions in Ethiopia Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Masresha Belete Asnakew, Minale Kassahun Amogne, Kindu Temesgen Abebe, Melkam Ayalew Gebru
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Does governance matter to underprivileged communities? Qualitative evidence from the Ghanaian slums Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Anthony Nkrumah Agyabeng
This study examines how slum dwellers are involved in governance and to what extent they make sense of policies affecting their livelihoods in Ghana. The study used education and health programmes as a lens to evaluate slums' involvement in policies and how they make-sense effect on their livelihood. The phenomenological strategy used among 25 participants chosen from six slum communities for in-depth
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Air pollution, perceived health risk, and trip decision-making: Environmental justice considerations Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Suji Kim, Yekang Ko, Kitae Jang
This study evaluates the impacts of air pollution on trip decision-making and the determinants associated with perceived health risk from air pollution, socioeconomic status, and trip routine. To analyze its impacts based on a comprehensive mechanism, we developed a conceptual framework for trip decision-making process via perceived health risk from air pollution through an extensive literature review
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The dual organization services and governance for creative cities: A case of Hengdian World Studios Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Fangyu Liu, Juncheng Dai, Yuchen Liu, Siyi Cheng, Yuhang He
Creative industries have emerged as a powerful catalyst for urban development, prompting inquiries into how to foster the city attachment and subjective well-being of the creative class. This study develops a conceptual framework to elucidate the relationships among government public services, social organization services, city attachment, and subjective well-being. Through a case study of the Hengdian
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Challenging the ‘reticent’ state? Grassroots organizations, COVID-19 and the local government Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Antonin Margier
As pointed out by some scholars, the public response to homelessness and poverty changed dramatically with the pandemic (Parsell et al., 2020) as public stakeholders decided to spend additional fundings for homelessness and poverty policies. However, these interventions were often thought of as a means to reduce the threat to the health of the non-homeless population (Parsell et al., 2020) and were
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Urban transformation and population decline in old New Towns in the Osaka Metropolitan Area Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Haruka Kato, Atsushi Takizawa
In shrinking cities, old New-Towns have emerged as an urban issue in recent years as the population ages. New-Towns were quiet residential areas that flourished as neighborhoods that provided housing during the population boom from 1960 to 1990. New-Towns were developed on the design principle of Perry's neighborhood unit model. However, New-Towns have become “old New-Towns” with many older adults
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Coastal satellite urbanization in the global south: Dynamics, sustainability dilemmas, and pathways for Martil, Morocco Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Ahmed Derdouri, Narjiss Satour, Yuji Murayama, Takehiro Morimoto, Toshihiro Osaragi, Adil Salhi
This paper presents an in-depth city profile analyzing Martil—an emerging coastal satellite urban center in northern Morocco. Situated within a rapidly urbanizing context, Martil exemplifies organic satellite city dynamics in the Global South. The analysis tracks Martil's demographic, spatial, economic, social, environmental, and planning transformations since the 1970s. Accelerated rural-urban migration
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Temporal-VCA: Simulating urban land use change using coupled temporal data and vector cellular automata Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Yao Yao, Kun Zhou, Chenxi Liu, Zhenhui Sun, Dongsheng Chen, Linlong Li, Tao Cheng, Qingfeng Guan
Vector cellular automata (VCA) are effective models for cadastral-scale land use change modeling, leveraging fine spatial granularity information from cadastral plot data. The temporal dimension has the potential to improve the performance of VCA further. However, it is challenging to precisely capture long sequence information of cadastral plot temporal data for VCA while ensuring accurate capture
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Crowdedness information and travel decisions of pedestrians and public transport users in the COVID-19 era: A stated preference analysis Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Maria Karatsoli, Eftihia Nathanail, Socrates Basbas, Oded Cats
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted people's everyday lives, as avoiding being in crowded places became the number one societal rule. Crowdedness has therefore increasingly affected decisions such as a place visit via a specific path, the selection of a public transport stop, itinerary, etc., thereby making related information increasingly relevant. The objective of this study is to examine the route
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The City of Boys: An ethnographic survey into the experiences of apprentices and urbanization of Onitsha City, Nigeria Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Mathias Chukwudi Isiani, Lovelyn Adaobi Isiani, Ngozika Anthonia Obi-Ani, Alexander Isiani, Paul Obi-Ani, Oluchukwu Juliet Isiani
This research critically examines the post-civil war apprenticeship system, unveiling its pivotal role in shaping Onitsha into a thriving urban economic hub through robust human capital development. The apprenticeship system forged between a trader-mentor and a mentee over a specific timeframe act as a conduit for passing on trade expertise. The symbolically rich mentorship process propels the mentee
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Urban density and the urban forest: How well are cities balancing them in the context of climate change? Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Zhaohua Cheng, Lorien Nesbitt, Cynthia Girling, Stephen Sheppard, Cecil Konijnendijk, Sophie Nitoslawski
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Threshold regressions for more objective urban and regional policies Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Steven Bond-Smith, Chris Leishman
Achieving policy goals often requires different policies for different places, but the assignment of places to policies is often arbitrary, political, or based on anecdotal evidence. We argue that there are simple analytical techniques to improve policy by allocating places into corresponding ‘policy regimes’ in a more objective manner. We show how to implement this approach using a threshold model
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Where will older adults reside? Evidence from Calgary, Canada Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Kwangyul Choi, Yeonjung Lee
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How heritage promotes social cohesion: An urban survey from Nara city, Japan Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Hongyu Li, Konomi Ikebe, Takeshi Kinoshita, Jie Chen, Daer Su, Jing Xie
Research on sustainable development and urban heritage currently focuses more on the economic realm rather than the social dimension. Social cohesion plays an important role in achieving sustainability goals. Although it has been argued that urban heritage contributes to social cohesion, this has not been adequately tested from an empirical perspective. Therefore, this study aims to using a hierarchical
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City sizes and economic roles: Urban typologies within the Australian urban system Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Yi Ho, Somwrita Sarkar, Tooran Alizadeh
The aim of this paper is to investigate the empirical correlations between inter-city population distribution, intra-city urban economic structures, and networked inter-city relationships to propose a conceptual classification framework for the Australian urban system. This paper sets the pre-COVID-19 benchmark for future research which will investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the economic geography
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The promise and pitfalls of early project notification meetings; illuminating Santa Ana's sunshine ordinance Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Douglas Houston, Michelle E. Zuñiga, Maria Ceja
Despite the promise that early public participation could enhance transparency and information access, little is known about which public engagement processes and techniques are most effective at the initial stages of plan development and whether development notification meetings enhance inclusion for impacted residents. Responding to these uncertainties, we analyzed the promise and potential pitfalls
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Modeling self-organized urban growth by incorporating stakeholders' interactions into the neighborhood of cellular automata Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Bin Zhang, Xuecao Li, Haijun Wang, Sanwei He, Haoran Zeng, Xiaoxu Cao, Youcheng Song, Chih-Lin Tung, Shougeng Hu
Urban modelers have long interpreted urban growth as a coupled evolution of two processes, namely spontaneous and self-organized processes. However, most scholars have always paid attention to the exploration of the driving mechanisms of the spontaneous process. While for the self-organized process, most simulations based on cellular automata (CA) simply abstract it as the clustering process between
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Commercial gentrification revisited: Social capital and community governance in regenerated neighborhoods of South Korea Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Gyu Seomun, Hyun Kim, Kyle Maurice Woosnam, Hyewon Kim
In this study, we examine the potential roles of social capital and community governance in commercial gentrification and protection against commercial gentrification, and how rising rent costs as an outcome of commercial gentrification, can be moderated through a win-win agreement within a South Korean metropolitan city. Utilizing an in-depth case study approach with surveys, interviews, and document-based
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Inequalities in urban green space distribution across priority population groups: Evidence from Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Yijun Zhang, Jinfeng Zhao, Suzanne Mavoa, Melody Smith
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Social prescribing of urban agriculture: The importance of minimizing risks from soil contamination Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Luke Beesley, Michael Hardman
The value of Green Social Prescribing (GSP) of Urban Agriculture (UA) is well proven, with many cities witnessing a rise in such activities. However, with burgeoning interest, there comes an increased need to understand the potential risks associated with these practices. City officials, from planners to policy makers, are keen to scale-up the concept, particularly through supporting a wide range of
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Defining urban boundaries through DBSCAN and Shannon's entropy: The case of the Mexican National Urban System Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Camilo Alberto Caudillo-Cos, Jorge Alberto Montejano-Escamilla, Rodrigo Tapia-McClung, Felipe Gerardo Ávila-Jiménez, Itzia Gabriela Barrera-Alarcón
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Retreat from flood zones: Simulating land use changes in response to compound flood risk in coastal communities Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Yu Han, Xinyue Ye, Kayode Atoba, Pallab Mozumder, Changjie Chen, Bastian van den Bout, Cees van Westen
Coastal communities are increasingly vulnerable due to sea level rise and population growth. Managed retreat is commonly recognized as a strategy that yields multifaced benefits in community adaptation. However, limited studies have explored the cumulative effects of sea level rise, population migration, and managed retreat on the community resilience. This study presents a parcel-level land use change
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On a critical walk: The politicisation of pedestrian planning as a tension in participatory planning Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Annaliina Niitamo
This paper analyses urban walking during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 as an object of urban planning in Helsinki. The paper investigates planners' experiences of planning for temporary spatial solutions during a time of exceptionality in urban life. The paper is motivated by the wish to determine the influence of residents' environmental critique on official urban planning processes
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Effective affordable housing provision in developing economies: A deductive analysis of informal housing strategies in Lagos, Nigeria Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Timothy Akinwande, Eddie C.M. Hui
In the face of numerous research efforts and policy interventions, housing the urban poor in a suitable manner has been a persistent challenge across the world. This prevailing difficulty calls for more resourcefulness in addressing affordable housing (AH) provision. To achieve this, this study thoroughly investigated the informal housing strategies of the urban poor, examining their informal housing
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An economic appraisal of the SE(C)AP public interventions towards the EU 2050 target: The case study of Basilicata region Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Luigi Santopietro, Silvia Solimene, Manuela Lucchese, Ferdinando Di Carlo, Francesco Scorza
Since 2008, among the European initiatives related to energy efficiency, the Covenant of the Mayors (CoM) has been one of the most important because of the significant engagement of small municipalities. The scope of the study is to understand how adherence to the EU CoM initiative by the municipalities has affected their expenditures in supporting and developing public energy efficiency investments
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Are Generation Z Less Car-Centric Than Millennials? A Nationwide Analysis Through the Lens of Youth Licensing Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Kailai Wang
Are young Americans becoming less car-centric? The National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) data reveals a noticeable decline in the rate of driver's license acquisition among teens aged 16–20 years, with 65.4 % holding a driver's license in 2017. The percentage is 8.3 % and 8.1 % lower than in 2001 and 2009, respectively. This research compares the differences in driver's license acquisition between
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Does increased temperature affect residential mobility? A 20-year nationwide evidence in Australia Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Siqin Wang, Wenhui Cai, Qian Chayn Sun, Yan Liu
People adapt to changes in livelihoods and risks caused by summer high temperature in the era of global warming, which may also lead to residential mobility at the individual level and migration flow at the aggregate level. However, little evidence is available to show the long-term localized impact of summer temperature on residential mobility. Our study aims to conduct a 20-year nationwide investigation
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A new measurement method of parental perception of child friendliness in neighborhoods to improve neighborhood quality and children's health and well-being Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Xiaoli Gong, Pauline van den Berg, Theo Arentze
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Walkability defined neighborhoods for sustainable cities Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Joao Tiago Aparicio, Elisabete Arsenio, Francisco C. Santos, Rui Henriques
The concept of 15-min cities has recently received a lot of attention in recent research. However, the clear definition of a measurement for this concept has not yet been done at a neighborhood and city level across all continents and encompassing topological constraints. Yielding the question if 15 min is even the right indicator. In this study, we propose a method for determining how closely a city
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Examining the relationship between car ownership, car use, and exercise: Role of the built environment Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Chun Yin, Yiyi Chen, Bindong Sun
Although owning a car allows people to access distant fitness centers and may promote exercise, car use may encourage sedentary behavior and reduce exercise. There is no empirical evidence on the relationship between car ownership, car use, and exercise, and whether improving the built environment is useful to encourage exercise by affecting car ownership and usage. Through a survey of 1049 respondents
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Evaluation of urban nightlife attractiveness for Millennials and Generation Z Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Cheeun Lee, Eun Hak Lee
Nightlife attractiveness plays a significant role in the local economy as it contributes to various sectors such as hospitality, entertainment, and tourism. Millennials and Generation Z (Gen MZ) are the primary leaders of nightlife activities. This study aims to evaluate the nightlife attractiveness of Seoul focusing on Gen MZ all-nighters. Specifically, the nightlife attractiveness is evaluated based
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Linking neighborhood green spaces to loneliness among elderly residents—A path analysis of social capital Cities (IF 6.077) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Yiqing Su, Xiaoyin Zhang, Yuan Xuan
Population aging poses a central challenge to human society in the 21st century, and a notable correlation has been found between loneliness and age, particularly old age. Loneliness not only substantially impacts the physical and mental well-being of elderly residents but also escalates the burden of old-age care and medical services. As the global trend of aging continues to intensify, tackling population