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Urban Science, Volume 5, Issue 4

December 2021 - 24 articles

Cover Story: Studies of microscale urban design are underrepresented in comparison with macroscale urban design, especially from low- and middle-income countries in Asia, where urban forms are traditionally compact, complex and have multiple layers and varied urban typologies. The study evaluated the microscale urban design qualities of streets (n = 40) across five urban typologies in Hanoi and found that urban typologies and their characteristics have particular impacts on urban design qualities. Old and high-density urban typologies tend to report higher urban design qualities than modern and low-density typologies. Compared to Western cities, the urban design qualities in Hanoi are substantially different, especially in terms of imageability and complexity, reflecting the differences in urban design and cultural context between cities from various regions. View this paper.
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Articles (24)

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,220 Views
23 Pages

13 December 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a social and economic disruptor on a global scale, severely curtailing people’s ability to travel and engage in many recreation activities. Periodic lockdown and stay-at-home orders have exacerbated the si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
12,248 Views
23 Pages

1 December 2021

As urban populations increase, there is growing interest in developing innovative technologies, sustainable urban farming practices, policy measures, and other strategies to address key barriers in urban agriculture that impede improved food security...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,093 Views
18 Pages

An Integrated System for Urban Parks Touring and Management

  • Kostis Pristouris,
  • Harry Nakos,
  • Yannis Stavrakas,
  • Konstantinos I. Kotsopoulos,
  • Theofanis Alexandridis,
  • Myrto S. Barda and
  • Konstantinos P. Ferentinos

23 November 2021

Urban parks are important recreational spaces of environmental interest for citizens and city visitors. Targeted and attractive promotion of these areas can help develop alternative forms of “green tourism” and increase environmental awar...

  • Viewpoint
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,108 Views
5 Pages

How COVID-19 Exposed Water Supply Fragility in Florida, USA

  • Mary G. Lusk,
  • Lisa S. Krimsky and
  • Nicholas Taylor

18 November 2021

Healthcare demand for liquid oxygen during the COVID-19 pandemic limited the availability of oxygen needed for ozone disinfection of drinking water in several urban areas of Florida. While the situation reduced the state’s capacity to provide normal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,865 Views
22 Pages

3D LiDAR Scanning of Urban Forest Structure Using a Consumer Tablet

  • Gursel Y. Çakir,
  • Christopher J. Post,
  • Elena A. Mikhailova and
  • Mark A. Schlautman

17 November 2021

Forest measurements using conventional methods may not capture all the important information required to properly characterize forest structure. The objective of this study was to develop a low-cost alternative method for forest inventory measurement...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,076 Views
12 Pages

Understanding Spatial Distribution of Retirement Villages: An Analysis of the Greater Brisbane Region

  • Bo Xia,
  • Jiaxuan E,
  • Qing Chen,
  • Laurie Buys,
  • Tan Yigitcanlar and
  • Connie Susilawati

17 November 2021

The nature of the increasingly ageing populations of developed countries places residential issues of these populations at the heart of urban policy. Retirement villages as housing options for older adults in Australia has been growing steadily in re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,758 Views
12 Pages

Characterization of Visitors’ Perception of Landscape Heterogeneity in Urban Green Spaces

  • Alice Meyer-GrandBastien,
  • Françoise Burel,
  • Emmanuelle Hellier and
  • Benjamin Bergerot

4 November 2021

In the current context of global urbanization, interdisciplinary research is needed to identify planning and management practices in urban green spaces (UGS) that would enhance both biodiversity and visitors’ well-being. The perception of landscape h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,112 Views
17 Pages

4 November 2021

Structural analysis in a transit network is a key aspect used to evaluate in a planning process. In this sense, the use of network science was applied in this work to generate a framework of the main structural features of a transport network. In thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,724 Views
28 Pages

Application of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model and Expert Choice Software for Coastal City Vulnerability Evaluation

  • Milad Bagheri,
  • Zelina Zaiton Ibrahim,
  • Shattri Mansor,
  • Latifah Abd Manaf,
  • Mohd Fadzil Akhir,
  • Wan Izatul Asma Wan Talaat and
  • Amin Beiranvand Pour

1 November 2021

Climate change is regarded as a serious threat to both environment and humanity, and as a result, it has piqued worldwide attention in the twenty-first century. Natural hazards are expected to have major effects in the coastal cities of the globe. At...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,522 Views
20 Pages

1 November 2021

From 1990 to 2018, built-up areas in Tallinn, Estonia’s capital city, increased by 25.03%, while its population decreased by −10.19%. Investigating the factors affecting urban expansion and modeling it are critical steps to detect future expansion tr...

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