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Harnessing Street Canyons for Comprehensive Nature-Based Solutions

Land
Transport areas in urban environments typically cover 10–20% of a city’s area. Due to their hierarchical structure and network layout, they present a unique opportunity to integrate Nature-based Solutions (NbSs) within cities strategically.
Gabriela Maksymiuk, Joanna Adamczyk, Renata Giedych, Dorota Pusłowska-Tyszewska, Magdalena Kuchcik, Agata Cieszewska   +5 more
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Digitally Facilitated Gentrification in Shanghai's Historic Urban Landscapes: The (Re)distribution of Aesthetic Sensibilities Through Social Media Platforms

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Drawing on Rancière's “politics of aesthetics,” this paper frames digitally facilitated gentrification as a battleground for visibility and associated value extraction between different stakeholders and investigates how aesthetic sensibilities are redistributed through social media.
Chenxin Wan, Shenjing He
wiley   +1 more source

Automatic method to predict visual pleasantness and unpleasantness of streetscapes and identify key microscale components for improving pedestrian environments

Developments in the Built Environment
Despite advances in computer vision-based streetscape evaluation, studies often overlook the influence of diverse microscale components and attributes like materials and combinations.
Meesung Lee, Byungjoo Choi, Sungjoo Hwang   +2 more
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The Impact of Urban Design on Utilitarian and Leisure Walking—The Relative Influence of Street Network Connectivity and Streetscape Features

Urban Science
Road network connectivity determines the accessibility of urban activities for pedestrians, while streetscape characteristics have an impact on route attractiveness. Methods used to measure the influence of connectivity and streetscape characteristics on
Mauro F. Pereira, Paula Santana, David S. Vale   +2 more
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Unveiling the Non-Linear Influence of Eye-Level Streetscape Factors on Walking Preference: Evidence from Tokyo

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Promoting walking is crucial for sustainable development and fosters individual health and well-being. Therefore, comprehensive investigations of factors that make walking attractive are vital.
Lu Huang, Takuya Oki, Sachio Muto, Yoshiki Ogawa   +3 more
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The Effect of Streetscape Characteristics on the Distinctiveness of Place Identity in the Kayutangan Corridor According to Visitors' Perceptions

RUAS
Place identity is an important aspect in the development of historic areas, particularly in strengthening the visual appeal and cultural value of a region. The Kayutangan Corridor is one of the iconic areas in the center of Malang City that has been
Nadhilah Nur’izzah, Jenny Ernawati, Herry Santosa   +2 more
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Spatial evaluation and capitalization effect of urban streetscape based on semantic segmentation models: A case study of Hangzhou main urban area(基于语义分割模型的城市街景空间评价与资本化效应研究)

Zhejiang Daxue xuebao. Lixue ban
The pursuit of residential environmental quality is a concrete manifestation of residents' aspirations for a better life in the new era, and the surrounding streetscape environment, residential properties gradually become a critical consideration in home
张凌(ZHANG Ling), 陈庚(CHEN Geng), 张钊(ZHANG Zhao)   +2 more
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Measuring physical disorder of architectural façades for informing better urban renewal using deep learning and space syntax

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
With the emergence of human-centered urban development goals and the increasing pursuit of a better quality of life, the architectural façades of cities are receiving growing attention.
Huiyue Xing, Haojun Shi, Yufan Sun
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Melbourne Streetscape: a critical review

Landscape Review, 2000
The systematic renovation of streets in cities for the purposes of street-side recreation has institutionalised streetscape as a primary focus of landscape architecture. These streetscape works are tied to strategic planning contexts and documents.
Julian Raxworthy
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Safe, attractive and active: a model to improve walkability in historic park communities

Urban, Planning and Transport Research
Communities are working to become places where people want to live, work, play and learn, and many use placemaking strategies to attract and retain residents and business owners. One placemaking technique is walkability.
Robert Dalton, Don Burger, Elizabeth Tofte   +2 more
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