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Urban Studies
Shihang Zhang, Eva Heinen, Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Hitomi Sato, Jie Gao
Summary: This study utilized Netherlands data to identify distinct travel attitude classes for household couples based on different modes of transportation, revealing gender differences and the impact of life events on travel behavior and attitudes. Men were more likely to favor cars and dislike public transport, while women showed a preference for cycling and were more open to using trains and buses. The findings suggest that personal and household life events can influence travel pattern transitions, and further longitudinal studies are needed to explore these dynamics.
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Urban Studies
Kaitlin F. Strange, Hug March, Mar Satorras
Summary: This study investigates the case of San Francisco as a forerunner in climate action and a city experiencing inequality. It found that San Francisco's focus in climate planning has shifted from technology and science to addressing justice concerns and resident needs. Although efforts have been made to develop climate justice plans, further research is needed to fully integrate climate justice into implementation.
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Urban Studies
Lien-Chieh Lee, Yuan Wang, Lanxin Zhang, Liying Ping, Jian Zuo, Hongyu Zhang
Summary: The travel restriction has caused significant economic loss to the tourism industry, but it has also led to conservation of water and energy resources. The study reveals the massive output loss triggered by tourism consumption loss, as well as the alleviation of water and energy pressures in certain regions due to reduced tourism consumption.
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Ecology
Daniele Codato, Francesca Peroni, Massimo De Marchi
Summary: This study examines climate justice in the Ecuadorian Amazon Region (EAR), highlighting the multiple injustices caused by oil extraction activities. Using spatial analysis, the study shows that the EAR has been a major producer of oil since 1972, leading to environmental impacts such as oil spills and pollution. The results emphasize the need to include these territories in climate justice discussions and promote the rights to a non-toxic environment.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Jingli Yan, Wendy Y. Chen, Zixiao Zhang, Wenxing Zhao, Min Liu, Shan Yin
Summary: Vegetation barriers are an effective strategy in urban planning to mitigate traffic-induced air pollution and reduce exposure. This study uses field measurements and numerical modeling to show that constructing vegetation barriers with short bushes can effectively reduce PM2.5 pollution in open-road environments, while higher coverage of tall bushes may worsen the pollution.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Di Chen, Jie Yin, Chia-Pin Yu, Shengjing Sun, Charlotte Gabel, John D. Spengler
Summary: Observational and experimental studies have shown that exposure to greenness is beneficial for long-term health and well-being. However, more evidence is needed regarding the short-term health impacts of nearby nature in urban areas. This study used immersive virtual reality technology to investigate how transitions between built and natural environments affect urban residents. Results showed that transitioning from built to natural environments led to reductions in negative mood and transient anxiety, while transitions from natural to built environments had the opposite effect. Additionally, participants showed more emotional responses to nature through physiological measures. The study also highlighted the influence of contextual factors, such as physical health conditions, stress levels, experience with nature, and growth environments, on stress recovery. Overall, this study provides empirical evidence supporting the promotion of nearby nature in urban built environments.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Urban Studies
Matthijs van Oostrum
Summary: This paper explores the impact of colonial planning practices on walkability and urban permeability in contemporary African cities. The study suggests a reassessment of existing policies on walkability to improve urban permeability.
Review
Urban Studies
Wei Qi, Yu Deng
Summary: Accurately defining the size of cities is crucial for urban studies, and China, as the country with the largest urban population, has gone through significant changes in its definition of city size. The optimization of China's city size definition includes the use of lower-level administrative units to match city entities and the use of residential population to indicate size. China's city size distribution has shifted from predominantly small and medium-sized cities to being dominated by large cities.
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Urban Studies
Pengfei Wang, Hongbo Li, Zhenbin Huang
Summary: This paper integrates low-carbon development with economic resilience, proposing the concept of Low-carbon Economic Resilience (LER). Through an empirical analysis of inter-regional trade in Chinese cities, it is found that many cities can only achieve economic resilience or low-carbon development, while only a few cities can achieve LER. The differences in environmental-economic benefits from inter-regional trade cause trade inequality, benefiting major cities in achieving LER.
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Ecology
Timothy Fraser, Olivia Feeley, Andres Ridge, Ava Cervini, Vincent Rago, Kelly Gilmore, Gianna Worthington, Ilana Berliavsky
Summary: This study examines the inequality of social infrastructure in Boston, finding significant racial and income disparities in access. These disparities have implications for the health and resilience of neighborhoods.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Urban Studies
Fernando Merino, Maria A. Prats, Carlos-Javier Prieto-Sanchez
Summary: This paper analyzes the impact of connectivity on the demography of small localities. The results show that digital connectivity is a determining factor for population growth, regardless of the technology used. However, physical distance also plays a significant role in explaining the population growth of each locality.
Article
Development Studies
Mingjie Dai, Shenjing He
Summary: This research reveals the domino effects of social capital in mediating the relationship between social mix and residents' wellbeing in urban China. It shows that the trigger point of these effects is the occurrence of public familiarity. However, due to socioeconomic disparity, the effects halt at certain forms, which are particularly beneficial for life chances.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2024)
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Urban Studies
Cheng Liu, Weixuan Song
Summary: This study presents a flexible framework that integrates computer vision with geographical patterns and processes in social and environmental sciences. The results show that domain-driven rules and nonbuilding change masking mechanism can significantly improve the accuracy of a computer vision model. Furthermore, attention should be given to less resourcing neighborhoods in constantly gentrifying areas, and housing subsidy policies need to be formulated and implemented.
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Urban Studies
Rafael H. M. Pereira, Daniel Herszenhut, Marcus Saraiva, Steve Farber
Summary: This study examines the impact of ride-hailing services on access to opportunities in urban areas and finds that they can significantly improve employment accessibility for short trips and as a first-mile connection to transit. However, affordability barriers limit the accessibility benefits to high-income groups.
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Urban Studies
Mykola Habrel, Malgorzata Denis, Anna Majewska, Mykhailo Habrel, Maciej Izdebski, Oleksandr Fenchuk
Summary: In this paper, the principles of metropolitan area zoning and the differences and similarities in the development of metropolitan areas in Ukraine and Poland are discussed. The impact of the ongoing war in Ukraine highlights the importance of well-connected settlement complexes. Ukraine faces challenges in the development of metropolitan areas and could benefit from the experience of Poland.
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Urban Studies
Anna Wojewnik-Filipkowska, Anna Gierusz-Matkowska, Patrycja Krauze-Maslankowskac
Summary: The aim of this study is to propose a new hybrid concept of city and develop an index to support strategy implementation and monitoring in urban development. The research methods include literature analysis and linear ordering. The results identify a concept of a resilient smart sustainable city and develop a Fundamental Power of the City Index. The index is tested in 18 Polish cities and can support stakeholders in developing resilient smart sustainable cities.
Article
Urban Studies
Eka Permanasari, Feby Hendola, Surya Tarigan, Issa Tafridj, Fitria Aurora
Summary: The phenomenon of urban expansion in Southeast Asia has increased since the 1960s, with private developers transforming rural areas into new cities for real estate projects, resulting in rapid urban sprawl. These new cities are well-equipped with amenities but due to heavy protection and gated environments, they have become segregated communities, creating disparities with surrounding kampongs which may lead to societal issues.
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Urban Studies
Luca Battisti, Giovanni Giacco, Massimiliano Moraca, Giacomo Pettenati, Egidio Dansero, Federica Larcher
Summary: This study aims to identify the neighborhoods in the city where Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can be implemented to maximize their social impact. The authors used the 3-30-300 rule and proposed an index to identify neighborhoods for prioritized NbS implementation. The results highlight 10 neighborhoods in the city with a high need for NbS implementation.
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Urban Studies
Christian A. Nygaard
Summary: Green infrastructure and nature-based solutions are increasingly used in urban planning and development for sustainable and healthy urban transitions. This study analyzed 120 years of green infrastructure in London's low-income neighborhoods and found that urban greening had little independent effect on socioeconomic characteristics. Instead, processes of social, economic, and technological adjustment were more likely responsible for gentrification.
Article
Urban Studies
Anna Kurniewicz, Pawel Swianiewicz, Julita Lukomska
Summary: This article presents empirical tests comparing the impact of Polish reforms, implemented in 1975 and 1998, on the development of cities that gained or lost their regional capital functions. The study concludes that gaining the status of regional capital had a more evident impact on city development as a result of the 1975 reform compared to the consequences of losing that status in 1998.
