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A Study on Urban Built-Up Area Extraction Methods and Consistency Evaluation Based on Multi-Source Nighttime Light Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study of Wuhan City

Remote Sensing
Accurate delineation of urban built-up areas is critical for urban monitoring and planning. We evaluated the performance and consistency of three widely used methods—thresholding, multi-temporal image fusion, and support vector machine (SVM)—across three
Shiqi Tu, Qingming Zhan, Ruihan Qiu, Jiashan Yu, Agamo Qubi   +4 more
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The South Side: An Urban Analysis and Design Portfolio

, 2018
This book is a compilation of research and design by students of the senior architecture class at Carnegie Mellon University . The projects illustrated herein were developed as part of two urban design studios.
Urban Design Laboratory (5427314)
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Analysis of the Correlation Between the Accessibility of Built Environment Elements and Residents’ Self-Rated Health in New Rural Communities

Land
In the contexts of rapid urbanization and the Healthy China Strategy, understanding how the built environment affects residents’ health has become a pressing issue for the development of new rural communities.
Xiu Yang, Chao Liu, Wei Liu, Ximin Hu, Kehao Li   +4 more
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What Value if Urban Design?

, 2006
most urban design literature is assertively premised on value being added to urban environments that receive design attention. However hard evidence in support of this is rarely provided.
Holden, Gordon
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Values in urban design: A design studio teaching approach [PDF]

, 2017
Since 2000, research into the value of urban design has been utilised in consultancy and policy-making with regard to understanding the value of public investment.
Plimmer, F, Chiaradia, A.J.F., Plimmer, F., Sieh, L., Chiaradia, AJF, Sieh, L   +5 more
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Adaptive Urban Transformation

, 2023
This open access book provides a cross-sectoral, integrative and multi-scale design and planning approach for adaptive urban transformation of fast urbanising deltas, taking the Pearl River Delta (China) as a case study.

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Urban green space, perceived everyday discrimination and mental health among rural-to-urban migrants: a multilevel analysis in Wuhan, China

BMC Public Health
Background While the mental health benefits of urban green spaces (UGS) are increasingly recognized, less is known about how these relationships vary for socially marginalized groups.
Hanbei Cheng, Zhigang Li, Feicui Gou, Zilin Wang, Wenya Zhai   +4 more
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Spatial Relationships and Driving Mechanisms of Ecosystem Health in Urbanization: A Case Study of Wuhan, China

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
Rapid urbanization has markedly affected urban ecosystem health (EH), making it imperative to explore the relationships between EH and urbanization, as well as to identify the key factors influencing EH.
Qiaoling Luo, Xi Wang, Junfang Zhou, Mingxing Liu, Jiayu Rong   +4 more
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The Value of Urban Design

, 2012
Proving the value of urban design is an on-going necessity. Urban Design is a slow acting force but a powerful one that requires continuing advocacy. The first part of this paper presents the methodology that underpinned the reliability of findings from
Holden, Gordon
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Tropical urban design in Australia

, 2013
[Extract] At the expense of sounding clichéd, the tropics are 'different' to other places. Whether it is because of the heat, torrential rain or even cyclones, the tropical world presents a challenge and opportunity for urban designers. Many envy the '
Law, Lisa, Anderson, Allison
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