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Urban Science, Volume 7, Issue 2

June 2023 - 35 articles

Cover Story: Sustainable development has attracted the attention of social, economic, spatial well-being and cultural continuity advocates across the world. The study focused on Greece showed that the indicators of urbanization quality are crucial to achieving different SDGs. There is a significant link between integrated land use strategies and SDGs. The goal of sustainable urban development is to build or reinforce the city’s sustainability-related economic, social, cultural, and environmental aspects. Urban sustainability and the proper use of land require structural changes and fundamental shifts at all societal levels. This research emphasizes the critical role of strong governance institutions and decentralization for a global approach to land management and sustainable development achievement. View this paper
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Articles (35)

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,919 Views
17 Pages

Walkability is considered a vital component of the urban configuration; urban spaces should promote pedestrian walking, which is healthier and increases social sustainability by connecting people in urban spaces. This article aims to find the link be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,863 Views
15 Pages

Energy and Economic Analysis of Renewable Energy-Based Isolated Microgrids with AGM and Lithium Battery Energy Storage: Case Study Bigene, Guinea-Bissau

  • Jesús Armando Aguilar-Jiménez,
  • Luis Hernández-Callejo,
  • José Alejandro Suástegui-Macías,
  • Victor Alonso Gómez,
  • Alfonso García-Álvaro,
  • Raúl Maján-Navalón and
  • Lilian Johanna Obregón

By the year 2020, 90% of the population with access to electricity worldwide was surpassed. However, the reality is very different for many countries, especially for those on the African continent that had more than 572 million people without electri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,871 Views
19 Pages

Pedestrian Flows Characterization and Estimation with Computer Vision Techniques

  • Federico Karagulian,
  • Carlo Liberto,
  • Matteo Corazza,
  • Gaetano Valenti,
  • Andreea Dumitru and
  • Marialisa Nigro

This work describes a straightforward implementation of detecting and tracking pedestrian walking across a public square using computer vision. The methodology consists of the use of the well-known YOLOv3 algorithm over videos recorded during differe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,415 Views
15 Pages

Predicting Gentrification in England: A Data Primitive Approach

  • Jennie Gray,
  • Lisa Buckner and
  • Alexis Comber

Geodemographic classifications are useful tools for segmenting populations and have many applications but are not suitable for measuring neighbourhood change over time. There is a need for an approach that uses data of a higher spatiotemporal resolut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,046 Views
27 Pages

Spatiotemporal Analysis of Emergency Calls during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case of the City of Vaughan

  • Ali Asgary,
  • Adriano O. Solis,
  • Nawar Khan,
  • Janithra Wimaladasa and
  • Maryam Shafiei Sabet

Cities have experienced different realities during the COVID-19 pandemic due to its impacts and public health measures undertaken to respond to and manage the pandemic. These measures revealed significant implications for municipal functions, particu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,123 Views
15 Pages

To meet electricity requirements and provide a long-term, sustainable existence, remote areas need to promote renewable projects. Most of the time, wind and solar power sources are selected as renewable energy technologies to help satisfy some of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,344 Views
21 Pages

Mapping Public-Planner Conflicts in SUDS Implementation Using Cultural Dimensions—A Case Study

  • Bridget Thodesen,
  • Erlend Andenæs,
  • Rolf André Bohne and
  • Tore Kvande

The timely implementation of climate adaptation measures for the urban environment is essential to the creation of robust cities. Within Norway, these adaptation measures are undertaken at the municipal level. Unfortunately, the implementation of ada...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,801 Views
24 Pages

Investigation of Spatial and Cultural Features in Contemporary Qatari Housing

  • Asmaa Al-Mohannadi,
  • Mark David Major,
  • Raffaello Furlan,
  • Rashid Saad Al-Matwi and
  • Rima J. Isaifan

Housing is a basic human need and a fundamental component of settlement status. The architectural form and spatial provisions of housing evolve in line with—and transform to meet—a specific era’s needs. Globalization has been respon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,254 Views
22 Pages

Investigation into the Rationale of Migration Intention Due to Air Pollution Integrating the Homo Oeconomicus Traits

  • Quan-Hoang Vuong,
  • Tam-Tri Le,
  • Viet-Phuong La,
  • Thu-Trang Vuong and
  • Minh-Hoang Nguyen

Air pollution is a considerable environmental stressor for urban residents in developing countries. Perceived health risks of air pollution might induce migration intention among inhabitants. The current study employed the Bayesian Mindsponge Framewo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,300 Views
16 Pages

Planning Tools to Revitalise Urban Vacant Land from Ecological Perspectives: A Systematic Review

  • Izyan Ayuni Mohamad Selamat,
  • Sreetheran Maruthaveeran,
  • Mohd Johari Mohd Yusof and
  • Mohd Fairuz Shahidan

Urban vacant land availability offers revitalisation opportunities in the form of improving ecological functions. However, less is known about the available planning tools with which to mobilise this effort. Hence, this systematic review adopts ecolo...

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Urban Sci. - ISSN 2413-8851