Buildings, 2023 Global warming, the urban heat island effect (UHI), and the risks of fossil fuel depletion necessitate a re-evaluation of traditional settlements that have been adapted to local climatic conditions, topography, and available resources, including ...
Yigang Liu, Hongtao Zhou
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Building running-friendly cities: effects of streetscapes on running using 9.73 million fitness tracker data in Shanghai, China [PDF]
BMC Public HealthThe association between built environment and physical activity has been recognized. However, how and to what extent microscale streetscapes are related to running activity remains underexplored, partly due to the lack of running data in large urban ...
Huagui Guo +4 more
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Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2020 The present study examined the importance and performance of streetscapes at a tourism destination in Makassar, Indonesia, from the residents’ perspectives using the importance–performance analysis method. Thus, six attributes of the streetscapes in four
Hiroyuki Shibusawa +1 more
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Socioeconomic Disparities in the Diversity, Abundance, Structure and Composition of Woody Plants in Residential Streetscapes: Insights for Transitioning to a More Environmentally Just City [PDF]
PlantsVegetation in residential areas plays a crucial role in biodiverse and sustainable cities as it enhances biological diversity, environmental quality, and the human well-being of city residents. However, the distribution of vegetation among these areas is
Sandra V. Uribe +3 more
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Effects of neighborhood streetscape on the single-family housing price: Focusing on nonlinear and interaction effects using interpretable machine learning. [PDF]
PLoS ONEPrevious studies using the conventional Hedonic Price Model to predict existing housing prices may have limitations in addressing the relationship between house prices and streetscapes as visually perceived at the human eye level, due to the constraints ...
Jaewon Han, Ayoung Woo, Sugie Lee
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Visual perception of landscape renovation in Qinyang’s historical and cultural streets: evidence from eye tracking of static streetscape images [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyUsing eye-tracking technology, this study examined how landscape renovation schemes for historical and cultural streets (HCSs) influence public visual attention allocation under static streetscape image-viewing conditions.
Weiwei Zhang +5 more
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Investigating the Association between Streetscapes and Mental Health in Zhanjiang, China: Using Baidu Street View Images and Deep Learning [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Shiyan Zhai, Xiaoxiao Liu, Anjing Zhang
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BuildingsUrban streetscapes are among the most frequently encountered spatial environments in daily life, and their restorative visual features have a significant impact on well-being.
Pohsun Wang, Ni Kang
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Heritage, 2023 While the community of Australian planning professionals is familiar with the identification, interpretation and application of heritage conservation areas, this is not a concept that is familiar to the general public.
Dirk H. R. Spennemann
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Streetscapes as Surrogate Greenspaces During COVID-19?
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021 In 2020, the spread of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) globally led to severe crisis, disruption and hardship in both private and public life. In such times of distress, access to urban greenspaces is essential for physical and mental wellbeing.
Leonie K. Fischer, Divya Gopal
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