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Urban Landscapes
Urban landscapes comprise cities or urban centers along with their suburban and more rural, exurban surroundings. While obviously rather different...
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Roundtable discussion: progress of urban informatics in urban planning
With the rapid development of computer technology, urban informatics, as a new discipline in the field of urban planning, has gradually attracted...
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Using urban pasts to speak to urban presents in the Anthropocene
With more people now living in urban areas than outside of them, urbanism is becoming an increasingly important socioeconomic and ecological arena...
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Forecasting and managing urban futures: machine learning models and optimization of urban expansion
This paper presents a novel method for predicting and controlling urban growth by combining convolutional neural networks (CNN) with Spider Monkey...
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Assessing Urban Water–Energy–Food Security: A Case of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration
Water–energy–food (WEF) risks and security are widely concerned, but there are few quantitative studies on WEF security assessment, especially...
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Urban Development and Urban Complexity
In this chapter, we will first outline the context that is at the heart of this book: urban development and its complexity. Urban development...
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Daily rhythm of urban space usage: insights from the nexus of urban functions and human mobility
As urban density increases, it becomes increasingly common for multiple functions to coexist within the same space, intensifying the complexity of...
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Identifying mindsets for urban sustainability transformation: insights from Urban Labs
Increasing calls for transformation to address climate change and related challenges underscore the societal imperative to shift from mindsets that...
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The diagnosis of worn texture in urban villages—Case study: Lale** urban village
The present study examines the effectiveness of the physical parameters of micro-density, impermeability, and instability in the diagnosis of worn...
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Analyzing Urban Drinking Water System Vulnerabilities and Locating Relief Points for Urban Drinking Water Emergencies
Urban water is known as a critical sector of urban environments which significantly impacts the life quality and wellbeing of reinstates. In the...
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Polycentric urban development with state-led administrative division adjustment: A policy insight for urban spatial transformation
Polycentric urban development has profound impacts on urban development worldwide. Most studies have identified its complex drivers of social economy...
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Characterization of urban agriculture and farmers’ climate change adaptation: the case of Urban Wa, Ghana
Urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa has the potential to significantly improve urban food security and feed the underprivileged when promoted. In...
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Urban Regimes and Socially Significant Projects of Transformation of the Urban Environment in the Russian Federation
AbstractThe authors of the article aim to identify the principles and patterns of mutual influence of socially significant projects for...
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Urban land use, land cover change and urban microclimate dynamics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Land surface temperature (LST) increases and urban heat island (UHI) variability are the major urban climatology problems arising in urban...
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Urban Ventilation
This chapter focuses on ventilationVentilation to achieve satisfactory indoor air qualityIndoor air quality and provide thermal comfortThermal...
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Paradigm Shift in urban village policy in China: Shenzhen urban village policies shift as case
This study explores the recent shifts in urban policy in Shenzhen, China, through the analytical lens of Peter Hall’s policy paradigm theory. China...
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Does Urban Shrinkage Inhibit Residents' Welfare? From the Perspective of Urban–Rural Development in China
Eliminating poverty and improving welfare are the value pursuit of global development. Based on the panel data of prefecture-level cities in China...
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Assessment of urban-to-urban interaction and its impact on urban development: a study on a backward district of Eastern India
Rapid population increment of big towns, creation of numerous small-towns, increasing demand for better urban-related facilities from the big towns...
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Ultrasonics and urban greening: an exploratory study on ultrasound presence in urban spaces
Airborne ultrasound is a frequently overlooked feature of our environment as it is not audible to humans, and little is known of its health effects...
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Impacts of Changes in Soil Moisture on Urban Heat Islands and Urban Breeze Circulations: Idealized Ensemble Simulations
Soil moisture plays important roles in land surface and hydrological processes, and its changes can greatly affect weather and climate. In this...
