Journal of Urban Planning and Development: Recent submissions
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Determinants of Housing Prices in Dalian City, China: Empirical Study Based on Hedonic Price Model
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)Housing price is one of the most popular topics in urban studies. Among all the determinants of housing price, transportation accessibility is an essential factor that people often consider when purchasing a house. Using ... -
Local State Responses to Crisis-Induced Shrinkage in the <i>World’s Factory</i> Dongguan, China: Regional Resilience Perspective
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Since the beginning of the 21st century, the phenomenon of urban shrinkage, accompanied by symptoms of a structural crisis in urban areas, has spread on a global scale. The recent 2008 global economic crisis has been proven ... -
Optimal Block Size for Improving Urban Vitality: An Exploratory Analysis with Multiple Vitality Indicators
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)The increasing interest in fine-grained blocks requires a deeper understanding of the impact of block size on urban vitality. To date, limited empirical tests of the underlying relationships at the city level have been ... -
Accessibility-Based Equity Assessment of Urban Parks in Beijing
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Urban parks have an important impact on the health of urban residents. Normally, the first step is to identify whether the accessibility of urban parks is equitable; however, multiple models that were applied in previous ... -
Quantitative Relationship between Urban Green Canopy Area and Urban Greening Land Area
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)The urban green space ratio (GSR) is the ratio of the urban greening land area to the built-up area and is an indicator for controlling land use for greening in urban development in China. However, the statistical process ... -
Increasing Bicycling for Transportation: A Systematic Review of the Literature
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)Bicycling for transportation improves health, reduces pollution and congestion, and produces economic rewards for communities. This paper presents a targeted update and appraisal of the current literature on the factors ... -
City Size Effect on Migration and Poverty: Study of Million-Plus Cities in India
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)City size plays an important role in the context of growing urbanization in developing countries, such as India. In the backdrop of this fact certain questions are pertinent: whether economic activities are concentrated ... -
Urban Policymaking for a Developing City Using a Hybridized Technique Based on SWOT, AHP, and GIS
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)The high rate of population growth in the 21st century is causing mass migration from rural to urban settlements. Rapid urbanization in developing countries generally follows unregulated growths, urban sprawls, and ... -
Using DMSP/OLS and NPP/VIIRS Images to Analyze the Expansion of 21 Urban Agglomerations in Mainland China
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)This study combines the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program's Operational Linescan System (DMSP/OLS) nighttime light data with the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership satellite visible infrared imaging radiometer ... -
Methodological Framework for Understanding Urban People Flow from a Complex Network Perspective
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)Cities are connected by their functions and so are the spaces within cities. With the emergence of multisource data containing abundant urban residents’ mobile information and the introduction of complex network methods ... -
Freight Loading Space Provision: Evidence from the US
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)Limited freight loading space provision in city centers increases illegal loading behaviors such as double parking or parking in bicycle lanes or sidewalks. Such traffic violations have caused concerns among urban planners, ... -
Suitability of Underground Space Development in Plateau Cities Based on Geological Environment Analysis: Case Study in Kunming, China
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)Geology forms the basis for underground space development. In mountainous plateau areas, developing underground spaces requires detailed analyses and appraisal. This study used the index scale analytic hierarchy process ... -
Redevelopment Strategies and Building Ages
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)An improved real option pricing model that incorporates the depreciation effect for two-stage redevelopment projects will be demonstrated to estimate the redevelopment project values in a wide range of scenarios. Based on ... -
Evaluation of Spatial Matching between Urban Green Space and Population: Dynamics Analysis of Winter Population Data in Xi’an
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)From the perspective of city dynamics, the spatial matching relationships between urban green space (UGS) and population are of great significance to the construction of an eco-livable city. In this study, Xi’an was taken ... -
Complete Streets: Promises and Proof
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)The Complete Streets movement has been steadily gaining attention in the United States over the last 16 years. Adoption of policies that encourage street designers to consider the needs of all users—and not only automobile ... -
Analysis of the Pedestrian System Indicators of City Blocks Based on the Real Walking Network: A Case Study of Jinan, China
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)Over the last few decades, cities have been committed to building efficient, coordinated, and energy-saving transportation modes. As the most flexible and green travel mode, walking provides effective connections for various ... -
Neighborhood-Specific Traffic Impact Analysis of Restaurant Meal Delivery Trips: Planning Implications and Case Studies in Chicago
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)This study explores how strategic planning may help avoid unnecessary increases in the transportation impacts of growing urban delivery services. Restaurant meal delivery (RMD) is studied as an example to demonstrate how ... -
Nonmotorized Commuting Behavior of Middle-Income Working Adults in a Developing Country
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)Although nonmotorized transport (NMT) offers economic, environmental, and health benefits to individuals and communities, understanding nonmotorized travel behavior is a challenging task due to complex interactions of a ... -
Divergence of Urban Function and Its Influences on Urban Land Prices: Evidence from Cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China
(ASCE, 9/1/2021)China's urban land price has experienced a long-term increase that has been accompanied by urbanization. This paper will analyze the divergence of urban function between cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 2009 ... -
Identifying Priority Crosswalk Locations in Urban Road Networks
(ASCE, 6/1/2021)Pedestrian crosswalks are not always placed at optimal locations, and some crosswalks cause walkers to detour from their shortest routes. Some walkers run the risk of jaywalking to avoid detours, and it becomes the cause ...