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Open AccessUnderstanding pedestrian movement using urban sensing technologies: the promise of audio-based sensors
While various sensors have been deployed to monitor vehicular flows, sensing pedestrian movement is still nascent. Yet walking is a significant mode of travel in many cities, especially those in Europe, Africa...
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Open AccessLandscape values of large-scale civic infrastructure from visitors’ spatial perception: a content analysis
Many studies have investigated the improvement and evaluation of urban landscape development. However, only a few have discussed how to implement and align landscape values embedded in large-scale civic infras...
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Open AccessSolar energy for low carbon buildings: choice of systems for minimal installation area, cost, and environmental impact
Solar application in buildings is limited by available installation areas. The performance of photovoltaic (PV) and solar collectors are compared in meeting the heating and cooling demand of a residential hous...
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Open AccessA systematic framework for the complex system engineering of city data governance
The importance of data governance in the information age has become a deep consensus among all sectors. Under this context, data-driven urban governance has also become a key requirement for city development. ...
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Open AccessAssessment of ecological quality in Northwest China (2000–2020) using the Google Earth Engine platform: Climate factors and land use/land cover contribute to ecological quality
The ecological quality of inland areas is an important aspect of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The ecological environment of Northwest China is vulnerable to changes in climate an...
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Open AccessAn urban infrastructure assessment system built on geo-tagged images and machine learning
In modern era, the maintenance of public infrastructure often takes up a large share of financial budget for a city. The management of these urban assets is supported by a frequently updated inventory reflecti...
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Open AccessDesigning Mixed Reality-Based Indoor Navigation for User Studies
Mixed reality (MR) is increasingly applied in indoor navigation. With the development of MR devices and indoor navigation algorithms, special attention has been paid to related cognitive issues and many user s...
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Open AccessUnderstanding the urban life pattern of young people from delivery data
Young people are the backbone of urban development and an important pillar of social stability. The growth of young floating population in China has given rise to urban land expansion. Understanding the urban ...
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Open Access“What should be computed” for supporting post-pandemic recovery policymaking? A life-oriented perspective
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused various impacts on people’s lives, while changes in people’s lives have shown mixed effects on mitigating the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Understanding how to capture such ...
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Open AccessThe ecological mechanisms of Acetes blooms as a threat to the security of cooling systems in coastal nuclear power plants
Recently, there have been an increasing number of reports on the shutdown of coastal nuclear power plants because of outbreaks of marine organisms, such as jellyfish and fish. These organisms clog the pipes du...
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Open AccessHow Complex Is a Fractal? Head/tail Breaks and Fractional Hierarchy
A fractal bears a complex structure that is reflected in a scaling hierarchy, indicating that there are far more small things than large ones. This scaling hierarchy can be effectively derived using head/tail ...
