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Does Airbnb raise local rent in Seoul? Spatial 2SLS model approach International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-09-08 Meilan He, Jangik Jin
Airbnb has become increasingly important to the tourism industry as the sharing economy has grown. It is closely linked to the rental market as it converts residential housing into short-term renta...
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Replicate and generalize to make urban research coherent International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-08-07 A. Sudmant, F. Creutzig, Z. Mi
Scientific approaches to urban research are a century in the making but have long remained tangled in debates and disagreements. Here, we reflect on how current enthusiasm for a scientific urbanism...
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The effect of building height regulation in Seoul International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-29 Jae Min Lee, Hyekyung Lee
This study investigates the effect of building height regulations in Seoul, South Korea, leveraging the city's unique urban landscape and planning policies. Seoul's distinct centers, Gwang Hwa Mun ...
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The role of cultural amenities in cities for employment growth of industrial clusters: evidence from a panel VAR model International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-28 DaHyun Kim, Jae Seung Lee, Saehoon Kim
Industrial clusters are critical economic drivers of city growth, and this study suggests strategies for increasing employment in clusters experiencing a lack of employees. Cities have an important...
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Does inequality exist in attaining sustainable development goals within a city? A case study in Pune city, India International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Jyoti Chandiramani, Sabyasachi Tripathi, Shuchi Benara Misra, Gargi Patil, Ashvini Shende
A significant portion of the advancement of Sustainable Development Goals hinges on how well it is implemented locally, such as at the city level. In this study, we answer the following two questio...
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The use of gamification for participatory smart city planning of Indonesia's new capital International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-26 Poeti Nazura Gulfira Akbar, Mareta Maulidiyanti, Ngurah Rangga Wiwesa, Anisatul Auliya
The implementation of participatory planning has encountered numerous challenges, including the exclusion of certain groups such as children, whose aspirations and participation are often overlooke...
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A fine-grained investigation on the predictors of urban green space growth in Nanjing International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Conghui Zhou, Zhao Jin, Shining Zhang
Existing studies have primarily examined urban green space (UGS) evolution in isolation from the urban development context, neglecting the dynamicity of the factors affecting UGS growth in differen...
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on characteristic of bike-sharing systems near metro and bus stations International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Fatemeh Nourmohammadi, Zahra Nourmohammadi, Inhi Kim, Heechan Kang
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on various modes of mobility as it spread rapidly worldwide, leading to changes in the landscape of transportation. This research focuses on compa...
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The spatial interlocking of commercial office real estate and advanced producer services: a central flow theory lens International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-29 Kathy Pain, Bing Zhu, Ben Derudder, Peter J. Taylor
The paper extends geographical enquiry into the external urban relations described by central flow theory in an exploration of the roles of commercial office real estate (CORE) and advanced produce...
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The liveability of school-district housings within a 15-minute life circle: a case study of Hohhot in western China International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Yafeng Zou, Yufei Rao, Xu Guo, Chengfeng Yi, Feng Luo, Yan Song
Exploring the liveability of a community quantifies the residents' quality of life at the microscale, contributing to urban planning and management at the macro scale. However, the comprehensive as...
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A joint model of residential mobility and location choice decisions International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Muntahith Mehadil Orvin, Annesha Enam, Mahmudur Rahman Fatmi
Residential relocation is a process involving the interdependent decisions of mobility (i.e. the decision to move) and location choice. Location choice is a discrete choice decision, whereas mobili...
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Spillover effects of business improvement districts on residential housing values: a focus on the northern region in Los Angeles county, California International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Youngre Noh, Taehyun Kim, Ayoung Woo
In response to the decline in commercial areas, there has been a growing interest in the implementation of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in large developed cities in North America. However,...
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Negotiating urban entities: marginalized citizens, participation, and the Indian smart city International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-23 Maitrayee Mullick, Archana Patnaik
Smart cities in India guarantee the promotion of citizen participation in the urban transformation processes. However, when it comes to marginalized citizens, scholars find urban transformation pro...
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Influences of COVID-19 pandemic on travel patterns across past, present, and future International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Tae-Hyoung Tommy Gim, Yunmi Park
As societies strive to return to pre-COVID-19 norms, there's growing recognition of the profound changes people have experienced over the past two and a half years. This has prompted discussions on...
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Metropolitan spatial structure based on commuting pattern: a comparison between Jakarta and Surabaya metropolitans International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-26 Adiwan F. Aritenang, Sifa R.S. Ginting, Anjar Dimara Sakti
Different urban structures can present different problems. Therefore, it is important to organize the spatial structure of the city to ensure the movement and welfare of city residents. Metropolita...
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The promotion of Shanghai’s position and function in the global container shipping network International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Liehui Wang, Zhaopei Tang, Yui-yip Lau, Jingen Zhou, Maneerat Kanrak
Shanghai’s container throughput has ranked first worldwide for 13 consecutive years beginning in 2010, indicating that Shanghai has built an international shipping centre capable of allocating reso...
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A trajectory data-driven approach for traffic risk prediction: incorporating variable interactions and pre-screening International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-05 Dan Wu, Jaeyoung Lee, Ye Li
Although historical crash data and trajectory data have been widely applied to crash and risk predictions, both types of data have their own limitations. As a solution, this study investigates the ...
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Rigidness of planning law causing fragile grounds for crafting planning tools: neoliberal power and ideology immersed on urban space International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Tugce Sanli, F. Nihan Ozdemir Sonmez, Tuba Ilhan, Kadir Ozdur
This study undertakes an in-depth examination of the planning and privatization process in Istanbul, Turkey, with a particular focus on the interplay of capital, networking, and implicit relationsh...
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Communicating particulate matter risk: the effects of empoweredness and trust in government information on protective behaviour International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Joohee Lee, Soeun Yang, Chris A.B. Zajchowski, Hana Kim
In response to increasing concerns about the health risks associated with air pollution, air quality information and behavioural recommendations are more available to the public through risk commun...
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Still prefer, but not that much: the premium of subway access on house prices during the COVID-19 pandemic period International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Dongwoo Hyun
Rail access has traditionally been considered a factor that enhances the amenity value of urban areas, resulting in a price premium for properties located near these stations. However, the Covid-19...
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Enabling infrastructure: seeing infrastructure as the urban common International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Bae-Gyoon Park, Ju Hyun Lee, Didi Kyoung-ae Han, Seoungwon Lee, Yilsoon Paek, Hanbyul Shim
In response to the unprecedented urban challenges, there is an urgent call for alternative system of communal support that enable humanity to respond collectively to the crises it faces. In particu...
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Impact of social trust on young adults’ childbearing intention: why does South Korea show ultra-low fertility? International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Heejong Kwag, Songhee Baek, Myounggu Kang
Existing literature pointed that the economic opportunity cost of having children and gender inequality are the key factors of low fertility. Given the findings, South Korea spent more than 200 bil...
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A machine learning application to Google Maps Reviews as a participatory planning tool International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Melike Akkaya, Özlem Özçevik, Emre Tepe
Public participation is vital to achieving successful plan outcomes, whereas meaningful participation requires at least informing and consulting the public. However, collecting frequent feedback fr...
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Urban vibrancy and air pollution: avoidance behaviour and the built environment International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Bo Wang, Becky P. Y. Loo, Jixiang Liu, Yaqin Lei, Liang Zhou
Urban vibrancy can be captured by people’s out-of-home mobility. It is an essential indicator of the ‘liveliness’ of cities. Nowadays, many cities, however, are suffering from air pollution, which ...
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The construction of smart city community environment under the application of animation immersion technology integrated into southern Fujian Folk Culture International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Sichao Wu, Xiaoyu Huang, Wee Hoe Tan
With the rapid development of global information technology, data resources play an increasingly prominent role in society. Countries have issued ‘smart city’ strategic plans one after another, tak...
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Sustainability and smartness interplay within city–renewables nexus: a bibliometric analysis from 1992 to 2022 International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Alexandru Gavriș
Sustainability, smartness and renewable energy represent areas of utmost importance able to contribute to the progress of urban environments. The paper investigates the interplay of these concepts,...
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Framework for hourly demand forecasting of bike-sharing stations: case study of the four main gate areas in Seoul International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Jungyeol Hong, Eunryong Han, Dongjoo Park
Shared bicycles represent a sharing economy for solving complex urban traffic problems. Therefore, their demand has been steadily increasing since the introduction of shared bicycles in Seoul. The ...
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Sociodemographic characteristics influencing the participation of residents in geotourism International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Yeeun Kim, Hyun Kim
As sustainable geotourism can revitalize local economies and conserve resources, it is increasingly becoming a research focus. One of the most important elements of sustainable geotourism is the pa...
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Examining the impact of bicycle-oriented multimodality on accessibility and transport equity in the metropolitan area of Athens, Greece International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Stefanos Tsigdinos, Panagiotis G. Tzouras, Ioannis Kosmidis, Efthimios Bakogiannis, Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou
Bicycle-oriented multimodality (cycling and fixed-route public transport) could be considered as an efficient tool in developing a sustainable transport system offering adequate transport services ...
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Modeling the intermodality between public transport and bike-sharing using smartcard trip Chain data International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Christian Kapuku, Shin Hyoung Park, Shin-Hyung Cho
Intermodality of public transit mitigates the negative impacts in an urban area, and many cities are opting for developing a more sustainable and integrated public transport system. This study deve...
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The interaction between smartness and the urban economy International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Seungil Yum
While many studies have tried to measure the magnitude of smart cities, they have not highlighted the degree of smartness and the interaction between smartness and the urban economy across all regi...
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Factors associated with pedestrian-vehicle collision hotspots involving seniors and children: a deep learning analysis of street-level images International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Hee-Jung Jun, Suyoung Jung, Seungyeoup Kang, Taewan Kim, Cheol-Ho Cho, Won Young Jhoo, Jae-Pil Heo
This study aimed to examine the factors associated with pedestrian–vehicle collision hotspots involving seniors and children. For the empirical analysis, we first quantified street-level images of ...
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Artificial intelligence enabled participatory planning: a review International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Jiaxin Du, Xinyue Ye, Piotr Jankowski, Thomas W. Sanchez, Gengchen Mai
Participatory planning is a democratic spatial decision-making process involving multiple stakeholders. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) methods in participatory planning has the pot...
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Intercity networks and urban performance: a geographical text mining approach International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Wang Tongjing, Evert Meijers, Ziyu Bao, Huijuan Wang
Compared to the burgeoning literature discussing the importance of agglomeration externalities for development, limited attention has been given to network externalities. This is largely due to lim...
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Green infrastructure modelling for UHI control to urban thermal comfort: a case study of Temanggung urban area International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Hendra Sumaryana, Imam Buchori, Anang Wahyu Sejati
The Temanggung urban area in Central Java (Indonesia) already has considerable urban Green Infrastructure (GI), but the phenomenon of Urban Heat Island (UHI) has expanded to 268% in the last seven ...
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The cost of working: measuring physical and virtual access to jobs International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Jing Chen, Mengying Cui, David Levinson
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the incentive to work-from-home (WFH) in many countries and well-developed information and communication technology (ICT) provides strong support to do so with n...
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Relationship between the degree and spatial pattern of urban shrinkage based on nighttime light data: a case study of the old industrial area in Northeast China International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Hongri Sun, Guolei Zhou, Yanjun Liu, Hui Fu
Urban shrinkage is a common phenomenon worldwide, but the relationship between the degree and spatial pattern of urban shrinkage is unclear. This paper takes the old northeastern industrial base, a...
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Revealing the mechanism of urban form affecting energy footprint and carrying capacity: an empirical analysis of Nanjing, China International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Ping Yu, Shuainan Zhang, Peng Wang
Exploring the factors that affect energy supply and demand is the basis of solving energy problems. And the influence of urban form has brought widespread concern. However, the complex role of urba...
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Spatial othering in fragmented societies: different others or different housings? International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 S. Labbaf, M. Norouzi
The sudden emergence of different housing types in a homogenous neighbourhood can cause social distance, negative perceptions, and housing stigmatization. In the Navvab area in Tehran, the social r...
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No retreat from the heat: temperature-related risk of violent assault is increased by being inside International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-14 Heather R. Stevens, Petra L. Graham, Paul J. Beggs, Ivan C. Hanigan
Studies finding an association between increasing temperature and violent crime have largely overlooked the potential effect modification of crime location. This study analysed 13 years of reported...
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Do subjective measures of transit mode attributes better explain commute satisfaction than objective ones? Empirical evidence from commuters in the Seoul Metropolitan Area International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Sungtaek Choi, Joonho Ko, Randall Guensler
The present study investigates determinants affecting commute satisfaction in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, South Korea. In particular, two types of mode attributes including objective (actual commu...
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The megaregion – forms, functions, and potential? A literature review and proposal for advancing research International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Brian Woodall, Mariel Borowitz, Kari Watkins, Maria Costa, Angela Howard, Perrine Kemerait, Michelle Lee, Gavin Rolls, Yuji Takubo, Rachel Titshaw, Maria Winstead, Jessica Zhang, Daisy Zhou
The megaregion is viewed as a platform from which to address a variety of issues. Despite agreement that a megaregion is a large, globally connected urban agglomeration, there is no consensus as to...
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Reshuffling city life: spatial and functional dynamics of urban activity in Tokyo during COVID-19 International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-31 Vadim Boratinskii, Maarten Loopmans, Toshihiro Osaragi
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the measures to curb it have profoundly affected the geography of urban activities in the past years. In this paper, we discuss its effects on urban activity in Tokyo dur...
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Value of travel time savings of autonomous vehicle commuters: a segmented valuation for local and inter-city travel International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Sungtaek Choi, Daejin Kim, Joonho Ko, Jonghan Park, Yongseok Ko
In this study we aim to identify how the adoption of autonomous vehicles (AVs) affects the value of travel time savings (VOTTS) for commuting trips under different trip distance scenarios (local an...
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Finding the old in the new: Smart cities in the national and local trajectories of urban development International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-12-11 Anders Riel Müller, Joon Park, Jung Won Sonn
Published in International Journal of Urban Sciences (Vol. 27, No. sup1, 2023)
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A critical review of activity participation decision: a key component of activity-based travel demand models International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-12-11 Suchismita Nayak, Debapratim Pandit
Activity-based travel demand models (ABM) have gained popularity during the last three decades and are currently in use in several urban areas. In ABM, special emphasis is given to modelling indivi...
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The nature of urban sprawl in Western Balkan cities International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Zora Živanović, Branka Tošić, Natalija Mirić, Nikola Vračević
The paper draws attention to the process of urban growth in the Western Balkans, which is principally reflected in the physical expansion into the surrounding area, leading to the conversion of lan...
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The spatial spillover effect of technological innovation network in cities: a case of the high-tech industry of Yangtze River Delta International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Young-Hyun Song, Jung Wook Kim
ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate the formation of the inter-city technology innovation network and its economic effects on the Yangtze River Delta (YRD). To examine the innovation network, this study utilizes high-tech industry registered patent data that provide for a more substantial formation of the inter-city technology network. First, this study finds that a solid technology innovation
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Exploration on prior driving modes for automated vehicle collisions International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-06 Subasish Das, Xiaoqiang “Jack” Kong, Md Mahmud Hossain
The emergence of automated vehicles (AV) has been occurring rapidly as these vehicles have the potential to reduce/eradicate human driving faults and related collisions. To enhance AV safety, the N...
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Urban life cycle and long-run violence: Colombia 1938–2018 International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Nestor Garza, Ivan Verbel-Montes, José Ramos-Ruiz
This paper revisits and improves upon the traditional urban life cycle theory, using it as a long-term conceptual baseline model to assess the effect of the Colombian internal armed conflict on urb...
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The reciprocal relationship between social capital and community development in a Korean Chinese enclave: the case of Daerim 2-dong in Seoul International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Hee-Jung Jun
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between social capital and community development as well as the interaction mechanism between different types of social capital in community development in a Korean-Chinese enclave in Seoul, Korea. For empirical analysis, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 community members in Daerim 2-dong, the largest Korean-Chinese enclave in Korea. The
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Emergy analysis-based study of the sustainable development of Kunming’s urban eco-economic system International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Hui Li, Lei Cao, Youbin Chen, Huiyi Qiu, Xue Huang, Wanqi Guo, Shuntao Wang, Weiguo Sheng, Yilu Zhou, Qing Xu
ABSTRACT We studied Kunming’s urban eco-economic system’s evolution from 2009 to 2018, using the emergy theory and method; with the entropy evaluation method, we analyzed the system’s natural, social and economic subsystems to know its sustainable development capacity. The results show that the system’s emergy structure has clearly improved, and its renewable resources’ emergy has been rationally employed
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Factors influencing fatal vehicle-involved crash consequence metrics at spatio-temporal hotspots in South Korea: application of GIS and machine learning techniques International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-16 Reuben Tamakloe, D. Park
ABSTRACT Studies have employed several techniques to identify the effect of individual risk factors influencing crashes at hotspot locations. Nevertheless, as crashes are sometimes influenced by a combination of risk factors, identifying the chains of factors collectively contributing to fatal crashes at hotspot locations could provide added insights for improving traffic safety. By employing fatal
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Creating a state strategic innovation space: the development of the Zhangjiang Science City in Shanghai International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-10 Kan Zhu, Fangzhu Zhang, Fulong Wu
The development of science parks has been studied extensively. Understanding these innovation spaces requires us to investigate the development context beyond local knowledge dynamics. This paper e...
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Spatiotemporal change in duration of households with every member out-of-home: a case in Kumamoto, Japan International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-09-12 Kenta Kikuchi, Takuya Maruyama
ABSTRACT Nobody-at-home situations can cause several problems, such as home-delivery failures and burglaries. A recent study demonstrated temporal profiles of households with every member out-of-home (HEMO) situation by using household travel surveys. However, the spatial distribution of HEMO and its transition were not examined, and the effect of household attributes on HEMO was not analyzed statistically
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Visualization of urban heat and light at the pedestrian level International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-09-07 Kévin Boiné, Claude M. H. Demers, Mojtaba Parsaee, André Potvin
ABSTRACT This research aims at developing a methodology for integrated visualization of diurnal/nocturnal urban heat and light exposed to pedestrians. Heat and light are major environmental qualities affecting the visual and non-visual experiences of pedestrians in urban spaces. The configuration of urban layouts, including built-up area, density, and surface features, could modify the quality of heat
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Socio-spatial differentiation in a Latin American metropolis: urban structure, residential mobility, and real estate in the high-income cone of Santiago de Chile International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-30 Luis Fuentes Arce, María Inés Ramírez, Sebastián Rodríguez, Andrés Señoret
ABSTRACT The High-Income Cone (HIC) is characteristic of the urban structure of Latin-American metropolises, consisting of a delimited area of the city where inhabitants of high socioeconomic status are located, consolidating the patterns of social segregation and inequality that are typical of those societies. Despite the urban transformations experienced by the metropolises of the continent in the
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The effects of antecedent dry days and land use types on urban runoff quality in a semi-Arid region International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-25 Shahokh Soltaninia, Lobat Taghavi, Seyed Abbas Hosseini, Baharak Motamedvaziri, Saeid Eslamian
ABSTRACT This study simulated the effects of land-use changes on runoff pollution in a catchment of Tehran, Iran. The catchment has a semi-arid climate, a relatively long period from dry summer to rainy autumn and highly varying precipitation levels. Urban runoff samples were collected from six stations including five different land-based activities and a mixed land-use, which supported all land-use
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Neighbourhood rental market integration and private rent trajectories – evidence from the city of Vienna International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Selim Banabak
ABSTRACT The urban housing regime in Vienna is often regarded as one of the last integrated rental markets once described by Kemeny. Thus, according to the theory, private landlords should be forced to charge lower rents due to direct competition from the social sector. This paper formally tests this hypothesis on a very local level by linking private rent trajectories across Viennese subdistricts
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Evolution of the smart city: three extensions to governance, sustainability, and decent urbanisation from an ICT-based urban solution International Journal of Urban Sciences (IF 2.9) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Joon Park, Seungho Yoo
ABSTRACT The smart city, which emphasizes more effective urban management using information and communication technologies (ICT), now has greater implications. This paper first reviews the evolving features of the smart city focusing on its extension from an ICT-based urban solution to the domains of governance, sustainability, and decent urbanisation. Expectations and concerns about advanced ICT as