Journal of Urban Planning and Development
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EISSN:1943-5444|ISSN:0733-9488|Disc:The Journal of Urban Planning and Development covers the application of civil engineering to such aspects of urban planning as area-wide transportation, the coordination of planning and programming of public works and utilities, and the development and redevelopment of urban areas. Subjects include environmental assessment, esthetic considerations, land use planning, underground utilities, infrastructure management, renewal legislation, transportation planning, and evaluation of the economic value of state parks |Priority:4|Publisher:American Society of Civil Engineers|
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Perceived Socioenvironmental Determinants of Neighborhood Attachment: Empirical Evidence among Children in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Perceived neighborhood characteristics are linked to individual well-being and quality of life. However, it is still unclear how neighborhood walkability and the social environment influence place attachment among children, ... -
Nonlinear Effects of the Built Environment on Subways at Station Level: Average Travel Distance Changes under the Influence of COVID-19
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The travel behavior of subway passengers has shown systematic differences with the onset and progression of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study focused on subway stations in Xi’an and systematically analyzed the spatiotemporal ... -
Multifunctional Role of Land-Use Planning in Peri-Urban and Urban Agricultural Drylands: The Mediating Effect of Urbanization Level
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The phenomenon of rapid urbanization indeed presents a complex array of challenges for land-use planning, especially in the context of agricultural drylands transitioning into peri-urban and urban lands. Urbanization trends ... -
Multicriteria Evaluation of Service Performance of Tram Stops: A Case Study in Eskişehir, Türkiye
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Urban transport operators seek to identify development areas to attract more passengers. Considering the importance of stops in the desirability of public transport, this study presents a methodology for evaluating the ... -
Methodology for Determining Key Regeneration Contents of Urban Regeneration Projects Considering Systematic Characteristics and Intricate Interactions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Urban regeneration projects (URPs) play a vital role in promoting urban development because they encompass a wide range of complex and systematic initiatives related to buildings, facilities, and environments. Mindlessly ... -
Interplay of Industrial Transformation, Diversified Governance, and Talent Gathering on the Ruralization of China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper examines the evolution from urbanization to ruralization in China, highlighting the role of national strategies in promoting the coordinated development of urban and rural areas. By introducing the concept of ... -
Impact of Urban Waterfront Green Spaces on Public Health and Well-Being Based on User Perspectives
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Urban waterfront green spaces (UWGSs) boost economic and cultural activities as an iconic urban landscape element. They impact public health and well-being (PHW) with the aesthetic landscape, open spaces, historical ... -
Impact of Accessibility on Residential Location Choice: A Case Study of Hangzhou, China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study examines the factors that influence households’ location choice in the context of rapid urbanization in Hangzhou, China, where new housing and transportation infrastructure are expanding. A conditional logit ... -
From Neighborhood Life Circles to Commuting Life Circles: Insights into the Job–Housing Imbalance in China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Global disparities in housing and job availability pose a serious threat to urban sustainable development. This study presents a new concept of a 15-min commuting life circle, which is based on four job categories and four ... -
Flood Risk Assessment through Spatial Planning Approach: Study of Bhoj Wetland Catchment within the Zone of Influence, India
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Urbanization has increased drastically in recent years, endangering the biodiversity of wetlands. Wetland health is directly influenced by the type of development in its catchment area and zone of influence (ZOI). To ... -
Exploring the Economic Performance of Metropolitan Areas: Evidence from the Alteration of Spatial Structures in Central Cities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The economic performance of a metropolitan area is a crucial indicator of its economic health. Changes to the spatial organization of the central city will unavoidably affect the functioning of the metropolitan area's ... -
Exploring Combinations of Landscape Features in Urban Green Spaces and Their Recovery Effects on Minor Depression
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)While increasing scholarly research from various perspectives has affirmed the therapeutic role of urban green spaces for individuals with depression, there is a notable gap in understanding how different landscape features ... -
Effects of Superblocks on Travel Demand: A Cost–Benefit and System Dynamics Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Car-oriented urban development has led to congested and polluted cities. Wide use of private vehicles reduces the public space for other transport modes, pedestrians, and other activities. So, there is a need to reorganize ... -
Different Travel Behavior between Self-Employed and Salaried Workers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study highlights the different travel behavior between self-employed (SE) and salaried (S) workers based on 8,174 individuals in the Albuquerque Metropolitan Planning Area, NM, that employed Tobit and multinomial logit ... -
Diachronic Analysis of Urban Regeneration Policies in Shanghai: Instruments, Modes, and Methods
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)With growing concern toward sustainable urban regeneration (UR) and the inability of existing UR policy instrument frequency studies to distinguish the blurring content in policies, a systematic framework quantitatively ... -
Developing and Applying a Multidimensional Sustainability Model for Periurban Areas
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Despite having vast periurban areas (PUAs) with natural, ecological, and spatial characteristics, many Iranian cities have experienced rapid population growth and urban sprawl. In most of these areas, unplanned or unmanaged ... -
Defining Service Areas and Establishing a Multidimensional Evaluation Framework for High-Density City Parks: A Perspective on the Lifeworld of Older People
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Parks play a crucial role as venues for daily activities for older individuals, making fairness and justice in their services a paramount concern for policymakers. This study developed a multidimensional assessment framework ... -
Crowdsourced Insights: Shaping Origin–Destination Matrix Estimation Utilizing Transportation Data on Demand
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)In transportation system modeling, the origin–destination matrix estimation (ODME) is a critical facet that relies on traffic assignment. Extracting origin–destination (O–D) demand matrices from regional travel demand ... -
Classifying Urban Functional Zones by Integrating the Homogeneity and Structural Similarity of POIs
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The classification of urban functional zones helps to understand the spatial structure of urban functions. However, achieving high classification accuracy is challenging, because of the complexity and randomness of urban ... -
Classifying Urban Functional Zones by Integrating Place2Vec and GCN
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Urban functional zones play a crucial role in urban management and planning. The study on urban functional zone classification has become a current hotspot. In these studies, point of interest (POI) is an important data ...