Pub Date : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.013
Bowen Xiang , Mengyao Hong , Fang Guo , Wei Wei
Cross-city patient mobility reflects the geographic mismatch in medical resources, posing significant challenges for healthcare accessibility and equitable resource allocation. However, existing research methods inadequately capture the complex relationships between healthcare supply and demand as well as the proximity mechanisms influencing patient mobility. In this study, we used 500,120 patient online evaluations to build the 2023 Cross-city Patient Mobility Network (CPMN) for the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB), and analyzed its spatial structure and influencing factors using healthcare relative size index, dominant association analysis, and explainable machine learning modeling. The results show that: (1) There is a double logarithmic linear relationship between healthcare supply size and intensity (coefficient 0.627), and a weak negative correlation between demand size and intensity; (2) While the spatial organization of healthcare aligns with administrative boundaries and hierarchies, exceptions are observed in parts of Shanghai and Chongqing's healthcare catchment areas; (3) Social proximity, geographical proximity and institutional proximity are significant in patient mobility. This research contributes new data and methods to health geography and offers theoretical and empirical insights critical for optimizing healthcare resource allocation in the YREB, ultimately addressing the challenges of equitable healthcare access.
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Pub Date : 2024-12-06DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.012
Sona Karim , Yaning Chen , Patient Mindje Kayumba , Ishfaq Ahmad , Hassan Iqbal
Lahore, a UNESCO city in Pakistan, is projected to rise from the sixth to the third fastest-growing city worldwide by 2030. This rapid urbanization challenges its commitment to cultural and ecological preservation, positioning it as an international case study in urbanization research. Thus, the Lahore Development Authority emphasizes the need for ongoing monitoring of urban dynamics to support effective planning and achieve sustainability targets, including Sustainable Development Goal 11. To contribute, we used high-resolution Landsat imagery to analyze the spatial diverging patterns of urban extent from 1998 to 2023 in Lahore. Additionally, we employed a Cellular Automata (CA) Markov Chain model to project urban growth over the next 25 years. As of 2023, we estimated that approximately 53.6% (92,660.9 ha) of Lahore is urbanized, while 46.4% remains unaffected by urban activities. Projections for 2048 suggest that the urban footprint may expand to 75.8% (131,031.5 ha), leaving only 24.2% of the area free from urbanization. Our analysis also revealed divergent urban expansion patterns significantly impacting local ecosystems. It showed a 31% reduction in inland water bodies, a 39.8% loss of vegetation, and a 60.1% decrease in sparse areas, all attributable to urban development. As natural landscapes are replaced by built environments, Lahore is likely facing increasing challenges that could jeopardize the city's green growth and urban ecological balance. Therefore, we urge land use managers, urban planners, and stakeholders in Pakistan to promote initiatives that enhance urban resilience, particularly through smart city planning and creating green and blue spaces. By focusing on Lahore, this study also provides valuable insights that can serve as a benchmark for other rapidly urbanizing cities facing similar challenges.
{"title":"Comprehensive geospatial analysis of urban expansion dynamic in Lahore, Pakistan (1998–2023)","authors":"Sona Karim , Yaning Chen , Patient Mindje Kayumba , Ishfaq Ahmad , Hassan Iqbal","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lahore, a UNESCO city in Pakistan, is projected to rise from the sixth to the third fastest-growing city worldwide by 2030. This rapid urbanization challenges its commitment to cultural and ecological preservation, positioning it as an international case study in urbanization research. Thus, the Lahore Development Authority emphasizes the need for ongoing monitoring of urban dynamics to support effective planning and achieve sustainability targets, including Sustainable Development Goal 11. To contribute, we used high-resolution Landsat imagery to analyze the spatial diverging patterns of urban extent from 1998 to 2023 in Lahore. Additionally, we employed a Cellular Automata (CA) Markov Chain model to project urban growth over the next 25 years. As of 2023, we estimated that approximately 53.6% (92,660.9 ha) of Lahore is urbanized, while 46.4% remains unaffected by urban activities. Projections for 2048 suggest that the urban footprint may expand to 75.8% (131,031.5 ha), leaving only 24.2% of the area free from urbanization. Our analysis also revealed divergent urban expansion patterns significantly impacting local ecosystems. It showed a 31% reduction in inland water bodies, a 39.8% loss of vegetation, and a 60.1% decrease in sparse areas, all attributable to urban development. As natural landscapes are replaced by built environments, Lahore is likely facing increasing challenges that could jeopardize the city's green growth and urban ecological balance. Therefore, we urge land use managers, urban planners, and stakeholders in Pakistan to promote initiatives that enhance urban resilience, particularly through smart city planning and creating green and blue spaces. By focusing on Lahore, this study also provides valuable insights that can serve as a benchmark for other rapidly urbanizing cities facing similar challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 2","pages":"Pages 577-589"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143948067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-06DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.014
Ju He , Yongzhong Tan
As the governance modernization and new-type urbanization deepens, China's urbanization process is gradually entering the "second half". Understanding the policy practices and transformation logic of China's urban spatial growth in a systematic perspective is significant in clarifying the enhancement path of future urban spatial growth governance. This study, based on the perspective of spatial governance, focuses on the basic elements of urban spatial growth governance such as goals, actors, methods, and objects. It comprehensively examines the evolution of China's urban spatial growth governance since the reform and opening-up, and analyzes the underlying logic of the transformation. The study finds that the governance of urban spatial growth in China has gone through four main stages, with the multidimensional shifts in governance goals, subject relations, governance methods, and spatial objects behind each stage constituting the basic storyline of governance evolution, influenced by a combination of macro environment, system reforms, spatial issues, and technological changes. In the future, clarifying the governance concepts of urban spatial growth in the new stage, shaping interactive and collaborative subject relations, improving institutional systems and innovative technological tools, and designing differentiated governance strategies based on the characteristics of spatial objects will become important directions for enhancing China's urban spatial governance capacity and even spatial governance modernization.
{"title":"Evolution logic of urban spatial growth governance and its enlightenment in China: From a perspective of spatial governance","authors":"Ju He , Yongzhong Tan","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As the governance modernization and new-type urbanization deepens, China's urbanization process is gradually entering the \"second half\". Understanding the policy practices and transformation logic of China's urban spatial growth in a systematic perspective is significant in clarifying the enhancement path of future urban spatial growth governance. This study, based on the perspective of spatial governance, focuses on the basic elements of urban spatial growth governance such as goals, actors, methods, and objects. It comprehensively examines the evolution of China's urban spatial growth governance since the reform and opening-up, and analyzes the underlying logic of the transformation. The study finds that the governance of urban spatial growth in China has gone through four main stages, with the multidimensional shifts in governance goals, subject relations, governance methods, and spatial objects behind each stage constituting the basic storyline of governance evolution, influenced by a combination of macro environment, system reforms, spatial issues, and technological changes. In the future, clarifying the governance concepts of urban spatial growth in the new stage, shaping interactive and collaborative subject relations, improving institutional systems and innovative technological tools, and designing differentiated governance strategies based on the characteristics of spatial objects will become important directions for enhancing China's urban spatial governance capacity and even spatial governance modernization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 2","pages":"Pages 590-606"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143948068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-06DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.011
Mafrid Haydar, Sakib Hosan, Al Hossain Rafi
This study examines the governing factors and susceptibility zones for urban expansion in Bangladesh's major urban areas, including Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, Comilla, Narayanganj, Gazipur, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Rangpur, and Mymensingh. The main goals of this research are to determine the impact of governing factors and to identify susceptibility zones for urban expansion in major urban units using a data-driven approach. By using governing factors (DEM, Slope, LST, NDVI, Population, distance to (industry, growth center, settlement, facilities, waterbody, road), and machine learning (Random Forest) and geostatistical approach (Binary Logistic Regression), the research identifies the most important factors influencing urban expansion, including NDVI, LST, waterbodies, roads, and settlements. The RF model's ROC-AOC values showed the highest accuracy (1.00) in Comilla and Mymensingh, moderate accuracy (0.99) in Barisal, Chittagong, Narayanganj, Gazipur, Khulna, and Rajshahi, and lower accuracy in Dhaka (0.98), Sylhet (0.89), and Rangpur (0.85). For the Binary Logistic Regression model, Comilla, Narayanganj, Gazipur, and Mymensingh had the best fit (Nagelkerke R2 = 1.00), while Sylhet had the lowest significance (0.482). Furthermore, Khulna, a major urban unit, is the highest urban expansion susceptibility zone which is 35.72%. Rajshahi and Barisal are the moderate and low urban expansion susceptibility where 83.17% and 0.88% respectively. This unplanned and rapid urban expansion zone has also confronted policymakers and planners with an insurmountable challenge and stressed local governments' ability to manage and use their scarce land-based resources with geospatial data. Thus, this study's machine learning and geostatistical findings will help explain land cover change and urban expansion in Bangladesh's eleven metropolitan areas. This study will improve urban development understanding in Bangladesh. Findings will help planners, stakeholders, and policymakers understand urban expansion patterns, enabling better environmental planning.
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Pub Date : 2024-12-05DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.015
Lindan Zhang , Guangjie Wang , Li Peng , Wenfu Peng , Ji Zhang
The terrain complexity of mountain cities often limits the rational layout and agglomeration distribution of newly added urban land. To this end, this paper proposes an innovative urban growth boundary optimization model —— Pareto Frontier theory and Ball-Tree algorithm optimized model (SP-BT). By treating newly added urban land as agents, the model dynamically optimizes the land patch locations based on the two goals of urban landscape compactness degree and suitability for urban construction. The SP-BT model is unique in that its optimal search and update process always unfolds along the Pareto front, achieving a balance between urban land agglomeration and suitability. In addition, compared with Suitability Optimum Evaluation Model (SOE), Artificial Neural Network in Cellular Automata (ANN-CA), and Ant Colony Optimization Model (ACO), the model has simplified parameter setting, fast evolution speed, flexible output results, and excellent defragmentation effect, especially suitable for mountain cities under complex terrain conditions. In the empirical study taking Bazhong city, China as an example: (1) SP-BT model significantly increased the mean size of urban landscape patch from 8.86 to 22.74–95.88, and the decrease of urban total suitability was controlled at 3.14%. (2) The SP-BT model excels in handling urban planning in mountainous cities, particularly in reducing landscape fragmentation, making it suitable for practical urban planning in mountainous environments. In general, the model proposed in this paper provides an efficient and flexible solution to the problem of new land use optimization under the complex terrain conditions of mountainous cities, which has important practical application value and can provide planners with more scientific and practical decision support tools.
{"title":"Applying pareto frontier theory and ball tree algorithms to optimize growth boundaries for sustainable mountain cities","authors":"Lindan Zhang , Guangjie Wang , Li Peng , Wenfu Peng , Ji Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The terrain complexity of mountain cities often limits the rational layout and agglomeration distribution of newly added urban land. To this end, this paper proposes an innovative urban growth boundary optimization model —— Pareto Frontier theory and Ball-Tree algorithm optimized model (SP-BT). By treating newly added urban land as agents, the model dynamically optimizes the land patch locations based on the two goals of urban landscape compactness degree and suitability for urban construction. The SP-BT model is unique in that its optimal search and update process always unfolds along the Pareto front, achieving a balance between urban land agglomeration and suitability. In addition, compared with Suitability Optimum Evaluation Model (SOE), Artificial Neural Network in Cellular Automata (ANN-CA), and Ant Colony Optimization Model (ACO), the model has simplified parameter setting, fast evolution speed, flexible output results, and excellent defragmentation effect, especially suitable for mountain cities under complex terrain conditions. In the empirical study taking Bazhong city, China as an example: (1) SP-BT model significantly increased the mean size of urban landscape patch from 8.86 to 22.74–95.88, and the decrease of urban total suitability was controlled at 3.14%. (2) The SP-BT model excels in handling urban planning in mountainous cities, particularly in reducing landscape fragmentation, making it suitable for practical urban planning in mountainous environments. In general, the model proposed in this paper provides an efficient and flexible solution to the problem of new land use optimization under the complex terrain conditions of mountainous cities, which has important practical application value and can provide planners with more scientific and practical decision support tools.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 2","pages":"Pages 468-484"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143948055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-04DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.009
Md. Mehedi Hasan , Malay Pramanik , Iftekharul Alam , Atul Kumar , Ram Avtar , Mohamed Zhran
Urbanization disrupts natural water, energy, and nutrient cycles, but integrating green and blue infrastructures (BGI) can mitigate these effects by facilitating processes like evapotranspiration, soil water infiltration, and root nutrient absorption. In Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR), escalating urbanization poses challenges to these natural cycles. Mapping Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) and identifying green infrastructure locations are crucial for effective urban planning, sustainable development, and environmental conservation amidst rapid urban growth. Continuous monitoring of dynamic urban areas is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and costly. Previous research primarily focused on land use and land cover classification followed by BGI identification. An automated classification system focusing solely on BGI can greatly enhance efficiency, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness in land classification for urban planning and decision-making. However, automating this system remains a significant challenge for the remote sensing community. Therefore, the research is first to develop a cloud based artificial intelligence tools such as Smile Random Forest and Smile CART integration with Google Earth Engine (GEE) to identify BGI for BMR. For this analysis, we have used open-sources and mostly used satellite images (e.g., Landsat and Sentinel) and consider to analyze seasonal changes for waterbodies, natural vegetations and human intervened vegetations with developing cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI). Surprisingly, Landsat-9 data demonstrated superior accuracy compared to Sentinel-2, indicating that the advanced technology of Landsat 9 may be more effective for BGI classification using AI. The study revealed a most distinct transition from deep green to green infrastructures during the transition from summer to monsoon season, whereas significant changes in blue infrastructure occurred between the monsoon and winter seasons. Seasonal variations in BGI are complex and influenced by factors such as the types of BGI implemented and the nuances of local climatic conditions. These advancements could provide precise insights for urban managers and policymakers, offering valuable tools to identify and understand BGI dynamics across various urban scales.
城市化破坏了自然的水、能量和养分循环,但整合绿色和蓝色基础设施(BGI)可以通过促进蒸散、土壤水分渗透和根系养分吸收等过程来缓解这些影响。在曼谷都市圈(BMR),不断升级的城市化对这些自然循环提出了挑战。在城市快速发展的背景下,绘制土地利用和土地覆盖(LULC)地图以及确定绿色基础设施位置对于有效的城市规划、可持续发展和环境保护至关重要。对充满活力的城市地区进行持续监测既耗时又费力,而且成本高昂。以往的研究主要集中在土地利用和土地覆盖分类,其次是华大基因识别。一个完全以华大基因为中心的自动分类系统可以大大提高城市规划和决策的土地分类的效率、准确性和成本效益。然而,该系统的自动化仍然是遥感界面临的重大挑战。因此,本研究首先开发基于云的人工智能工具,如Smile Random Forest和Smile CART与谷歌Earth Engine (GEE)的集成,以识别BMR的BGI。在这项分析中,我们使用了开源的卫星图像(例如Landsat和Sentinel),并考虑通过开发基于云的人工智能(AI)来分析水体、自然植被和人为干预植被的季节变化。令人惊讶的是,与Sentinel-2相比,Landsat-9的数据显示出更高的精度,这表明Landsat 9的先进技术可能更有效地利用人工智能进行华大基因分类。研究表明,在夏季到季风季节的过渡期间,基础设施从深绿色到绿色的转变最为明显,而在季风和冬季之间,基础设施的蓝色发生了显著变化。BGI的季节变化是复杂的,并受到诸如实施的BGI类型和当地气候条件的细微差别等因素的影响。这些进步可以为城市管理者和政策制定者提供精确的见解,为识别和理解不同城市规模的华大基因动态提供有价值的工具。
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Pub Date : 2024-11-30DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.008
Yi Ren , Jinniu Zhang , Yuan Tian
The rational allocation of value chain space can effectively promote regional development. In China, various regions have optimized their National Value Chain (NVC) by participating in the Global Value Chain (GVC), forming a structure of Dual-Circulation Value Chain (DCVC) dominated by NVC. This study aims to integrate multiple analytical models to construct an analytical method for studying the DCVC, thereby addressing the existing gaps in the literature in this field. When considering each province in China as the research subject, the following conclusions can be drawn: ①Point analysis results indicate that provinces such as Beijing and Jiangsu excel in connecting domestic and international markets, while resource-rich regions like Tibet and Xinjiang exhibit lower coupling between the NVC and the GVC. Coastal cities such as Shanghai and Guangdong are primarily situated in the mid-to-downstream segments, closely linked to the GVC; in contrast, resource-rich areas like Xinjiang and Shanxi predominantly occupy upstream positions. The effects of value creation and value transfer contribute to the relatively low value rate of return in provinces such as Beijing and Jiangsu. ②Area analysis further reveals that the coupling degree of the dual circulation value chain presents an east-to-west gradient, with domestic circulation as the dominant component, gradually forming a structure centered on the domestic cycle. The division of labour in the value chain is linear: inland areas focus on upstream resource production, central regions emphasize primary processing, and coastal areas are concentrated in downstream manufacturing and trade. Overall, the value chain return decreases from west to east, indicating that despite higher production levels in coastal regions, actual profits remain relatively low.
{"title":"Tracing the dual-circulation value chain: Measurement on the embedding characteristics and evidence from China","authors":"Yi Ren , Jinniu Zhang , Yuan Tian","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rational allocation of value chain space can effectively promote regional development. In China, various regions have optimized their National Value Chain (NVC) by participating in the Global Value Chain (GVC), forming a structure of Dual-Circulation Value Chain (DCVC) dominated by NVC. This study aims to integrate multiple analytical models to construct an analytical method for studying the DCVC, thereby addressing the existing gaps in the literature in this field. When considering each province in China as the research subject, the following conclusions can be drawn: ①Point analysis results indicate that provinces such as Beijing and Jiangsu excel in connecting domestic and international markets, while resource-rich regions like Tibet and Xinjiang exhibit lower coupling between the NVC and the GVC. Coastal cities such as Shanghai and Guangdong are primarily situated in the mid-to-downstream segments, closely linked to the GVC; in contrast, resource-rich areas like Xinjiang and Shanxi predominantly occupy upstream positions. The effects of value creation and value transfer contribute to the relatively low value rate of return in provinces such as Beijing and Jiangsu. ②Area analysis further reveals that the coupling degree of the dual circulation value chain presents an east-to-west gradient, with domestic circulation as the dominant component, gradually forming a structure centered on the domestic cycle. The division of labour in the value chain is linear: inland areas focus on upstream resource production, central regions emphasize primary processing, and coastal areas are concentrated in downstream manufacturing and trade. Overall, the value chain return decreases from west to east, indicating that despite higher production levels in coastal regions, actual profits remain relatively low.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 2","pages":"Pages 418-433"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143948285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-29DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.007
Dexin Wang, Shijun Li
Constructing a sustainable community renewal model and effectively resolving social conflicts are key issues in urban governance and social stability in contemporary China. This study focuses on the social conflicts arising from the commercialization-driven renewal of the Workers' Village community in Chengdu. Using a combination of case study methods, structured interviews, and participant observation, we explore the public value conflicts and their resolution pathways in the process of community renewal. The study reveals that the formation of public values is a dynamic process characterized by the interplay of multiple value systems, with various public value conflicts emerging in the commercialization of communities. To resolve these social conflicts, it is essential to fully consider the diverse interests of different groups and contexts, as well as the varying public values at stake. By promoting democratization and institutionalization, the different public values that arise from these conflicts can be transformed into a widely recognized value consensus. Grounded in public value theory, this study proposes a social conflict resolution model that transcends traditional approaches. It not only examines the key stakeholders involved in social conflicts during community renewal and the manifestations of value conflicts among them, but also emphasizes the importance of integrating and transforming divergent public values through active dialogue and negotiation. This process, involving multiple stakeholders, follows a trajectory from the aggregation of public values to negotiation and ultimately to value reshaping. The proposed model provides a new governance framework and methodological support for addressing social conflicts in community renewal, offering innovative insights into the integration and reconciliation of public values.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.006
Xiaotong Ye , Yuankai Wang , Jiajing Dai , Waishan Qiu
Safety perception is widely considered a fundamental aspect of urban life, which significantly influences citizens' well-being and quality of life as well as having crucial impact on the nighttime economy. However, there is a scarcity of understanding of nighttime safety despite the fast-growing body of urban scene auditing research based on daytime street view imagery (SVI). To fill the gap, this study collected ∼1000 pairwise day-and-night SVIs to train a day-to-night (D2N) SVI generator to effectively predict nighttime SVI based on daytime counterpart using generative adversarial network (GAN). The accuracy of fake nighttime image was evaluated with commonly-used GAN metrics (e.g., structural similarity index, inception score) and human validation. Then, an online visual survey with 46 participants was conducted to collect their perceived safety on street scenes during daytime and nighttime (D&N), and the results become training labels for machine learning models to predict D&N safety perceptions. Our results revealed significant discrepancies in D&N safety perception. First, through correlation analysis, we found that the sky and building features matter to the prediction accuracy of generated nighttime SVIs. Second, the micro-level streetscape features (e.g., pavements, roads, and buildings) play influential roles in perceived safety. Third, higher safety perceptions are consistently found in areas with higher building density regardless of whether they are daytime or night. In contrast, untended trees and grass reduce perceived safety at night. This study provides a valuable reference for improving the accuracy of generating nighttime images from daytime SVIs. It also reveals how streetscapes affect D&N safety perceptions in high-density cities like Hong Kong, providing empirical evidence for urban design policies to facilitate nighttime attractiveness and prosperity.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-26DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.11.005
Viriya Taecharungroj , Nikos Ntounis
The effective categorisation of neighbourhoods is a critical component of urban planning and development, providing a systematic framework for identifying and addressing the distinct characteristics and needs of different areas. This study utilises data from the open-source platform OpenStreetMap (OSM) to propose a novel approach to neighbourhood categorisation, with a focus on amenities as key elements. Data were collected on 4,121,900 points of interest (POIs) across 7213 subdistricts in Thailand, and the categorisation was conducted using the Affinity Propagation (AP) clustering technique. Through this approach, ten distinct neighbourhood clusters in Thailand were identified, demonstrating the efficacy of integrating OSM data with AP clustering. The findings underscore the necessity for more evidence-based planning policies aimed at enhancing amenities, vibrancy, and overall quality of life in neighbourhoods by promoting innovation and the development of creative districts. Furthermore, the study advocates for the consideration of ecological urbanism as an alternative pathway for neighbourhood development, a concept that has yet to be thoroughly explored in Thailand.
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