A longstanding line of research in urban studies explores how cities can be understood through their appearance. However, what remains unclear is to extent dwellers' everyday life explained by the visual clues environment. In this paper, we address question applying a computer vision model 27 million street view images across 80 counties United States. Then, use spatial distribution notable features identified images, such as furniture, sidewalks, building façades, and vegetation, predict...

Applying a novel approach based on the fusion of social media data, land use data and other information, this paper examines spatio-temporal patterns public responses towards urban flooding in Nanjing city during July 1–21, 2016. Spatially, "pockets" high concern were found areas with low altitude, percentage water bodies, rapid construction recent years. Temporally, tend to peak rainstorm period, rather than prior that. Within day, behavioural emotional changes relation most discernable...

Aging in place can be a challenge for seniors living cities, where the infrastructure and associated services are typically designed working population to enhance efficiency productivity. Through surveying community-dwelling seniors, we ask these research questions: How is neighborhood environment related physical mental health of Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo? make cities more age-friendly encourage aging place? To answer questions, both observational questionnaire surveys used....

Traffic noise is a growing threat to the urban population. Prolonged exposure traffic has been linked negative health consequences such as annoyance, sleep disturbances and cardiovascular diseases. While electric vehicles are known have lower profiles, impacts of mobility on noise, especially for electrified heavy-duty vehicles, not thoroughly examined. This study aims examine both light-duty buses levels in highly urbanized city. along source line pedestrian network was first estimated...

Construction is a major source of carbon emissions. Moreover, it faces various other sustainability challenges, such as construction waste, noise, vehicular traffic near sites, dust and air water pollutants, safety well-being workers. Poorly designed constructed buildings will continue to affect the their occupants overall energy efficiency throughout building lifecycle. Hence, accelerating transformation industry towards smart or 4.0 an important topic. The ways that technology can help...

In this paper, a two-level sustainable mobility strategy for future cities is suggested and the potential key role of transit-oriented development (TOD) discussed with reference to both internal external movements people. particular, people-oriented place-based approach advocated. Governments should endeavour move beyond simply pledging reduce carbon emission specific level by certain year but adopt life cycle in guiding planning cities. There may need be shift system different balance...

An ageing population poses various challenges to a society. Improvements in the medical system and transportation network are both needed maintain improve quality of life elderly population. In this study we first analyze travel patterns residents health care facilities (HCFs) Hong Kong. Then, focus on walking from major transit stops HCF for as case study. particular, microscale walkability assessment is performed by taking into account elements including pedestrian safety, comfort,...

An ageing population poses long-term challenges for a nation's health, labour force market, housing and transport, affecting economic growth, living standards government finances. With increasingly rapid in both developed developing countries, how to develop future transport frameworks, taking into account the large their travel needs, has been emerging as major challenge urban policy development. This review explores demographic changes an society associated patterns of changing older...

This paper aims to pursue and strengthen a paradigm shift in transport. It offers fresh perspective on how the vehicle-oriented has been translated into specific biased practices priorities transport policy research that jeopardized walkability. Then, it examines transformational role of walking sustainable urban mobility transition. By considering as an experience, shares people-oriented place-based framework for measuring promoting walkable cities based local context Hong Kong. On way...

Aging in place enables seniors to live at home and their familiar neighborhoods as long health conditions allow. To date, few efforts have been made examine the linkage between physical social aspects of neighborhood environment, activity-travel patterns, overall effects on life satisfaction. Therefore, this study aims contribute existing literature by examining relationship older people's person–environment fit, sense community, Seemingly unrelated regression was applied analyze...

In road safety research, bus crashes are particularly noteworthy because of the large number passengers involved and challenge that it puts to network (with closure multiple lanes or entire roads for hours) public health care system injuries need be dispatched hospitals within a short time). The significance improving is high in cities heavily relying on buses as major means transport. recent paradigm shifts design from primarily vehicle-oriented people-oriented urge us examine street...