Journal of Urban Planning and Development: Recent submissions
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Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Crimes in Urban Public Spaces
(ASCE, 9/1/2020 1)Urban public spaces, especially in big cities, are the spaces most prone to criminal activities. Parks are among the most important public spaces designed for walking, sport, and other recreational activities of an urban ... -
Elderly Fitness-Oriented Urban Street Design: Case Study in Nanchang, China
(ASCE, 3/1/2020 1)Urban streets are a prominent component of building environments that enable movement and characterize neighborhoods, offering the public spaces for social participation. Considering the increasingly aging society, this ... -
Performance Analysis of Metropolitan Bus Rapid Transit Line via Generalized Stochastic Petri Nets
(ASCE, 3/1/2020 1)This paper addresses the problem of assessing quality measures of a public transportation line, including factors such as reliability, commercial speed, and ride comfort. Many mathematical models can simulate the behavior ... -
Evaluation of Public Spaces in Historical Centers of Small Towns: Case Study
(ASCE, 3/1/2020 1)Historical centers of small towns are a unique example of public space. They are often the most representative feature of a town, as well as a tourist attraction, but they are also residential districts. The unique character ... -
Exploring the Impact of Urban Green Space on Residents’ Health in Guangzhou, China
(ASCE, 3/1/2020 1)China’s rapid urbanization has exerted long-lasting effects on socioeconomic development in cities and on the living conditions of urban Chinese. However, few studies have focused on understanding the effects of urban green ... -
Travelers’ Potential Demand toward Flex-Route Transit: Nanjing, China, Case Study
(ASCE, 3/1/2020 1)As an innovative combination of conventional fixed-route transit and demand-responsive services, flex-route transit is a promising transit option that can address the travel needs of residents in growing low-density suburban ... -
Achieving Compact City Form through Density Distribution: Case of Indian Cities
(ASCE, 3/1/2020 1)Higher average population density, which is a compact city ingredient, is one of the major characteristics of Indian cities. However, there will be an increase in urban built-up area in growing Indian cities, and gross ... -
Evolving Approaches to Place Tagging in Social Media
(ASCE, 2020)As social media platforms are maturing, their approach to location tagging increasingly emphasizes ontologies of named places: cities, neighborhoods, and predefined points of interest. As recently as 2015, millions of ... -
China's City Network Structural Characteristics Based on Population Flow during Spring Festival Travel Rush: Empirical Analysis of “Tencent Migration” Big Data
(ASCE, 2020)With the advent of the Internet era, network data have become an important carrier characterizing residents' geography behavior. Tencent Migration big data can fully, dynamically, immediately, and visually record a population ... -
Modeling and Evaluating the Impact of City Block Size on Traffic Performance
(ASCE, 2020)This paper investigates how block size influences traffic by dividing the travel distance, time, and number of turning maneuvers into two parts: the one that happens inside the block, and the one outside. We develop ... -
Pedestrian Characteristics That Favor Desire Lines Despite Closure
(ASCE, 2020)Desire lines are unpaved tracks which are commonly used by pedestrians alongside paved paths wherever they are available. These tracks are generally shorter to travel, but unsafe due to uneven surface, insect bite, and ... -
Study of Factors Influencing Quality of Life through Matches between Demand and Satisfaction of Cultural Services in Urban Parks
(ASCE, 2020)Quality of life is increasingly a concern for city dwellers, and it is widely accepted that it can bring benefits to urban developments. As the only natural element in modern cities, urban parks can provide cultural services ... -
Challenges of Spatial Decision-Support Tools in Urban Planning: Lessons from New Zealand’s Cities
(ASCE, 2020)Urban planning decision-makers face wicked problems and are required to make complex decisions regarding the functioning of cities. Spatial decision-support tools (SDSTs) have the potential to change the way decisions are ... -
Nested Logit Joint Model of Travel Mode and Travel Time Choice for Urban Commuting Trips in Xi'an, China
(ASCE, 2020)Commuter trips are an important part of urban travel, and studying the influencing factors, changing rules, and choice behaviors of urban commuting trips is of great significance for optimizing the urban trip structure. ... -
Fragmented Urban Greenspace Planning in Major Mexican Municipalities
(ASCE, 2020)Urban greenspaces are garnering attention for their myriad ecosystems and because of the key role they play in making cities sustainable. Despite their relevance, there is no one definition for the term greenspace. Therefore, ... -
Measuring the Spatial and Temporal Diffusion of Urban House Prices in East China
(ASCE, 2020)Based on a spatial vector autoregression (VAR) model and generalized spatiotemporal impulse responses, this paper analyzes urban house price diffusion in East China. The results suggest that a certain amount of spatial and ... -
Theoretical Framework of Inclusive Urban Regeneration Combining Nature-Based Solutions with Society-Based Solutions
(ASCE, 2020)In recent years, there has been a surge in research with respect to urban regeneration worldwide. Urban regeneration is usually regarded as a path for economic growth through the reconstruction of dilapidated urban areas ... -
Hierarchical Linear Model for Investigating Effect of Built Environment on Bus Transit
(ASCE, 2020)Because proper urban planning and design can improve transit sharing, the impact of the built environment on transit use has attracted the attention of many researchers. Factors with different geographical scales such as ... -
Crowdsourced Data Mining for Urban Activity: Review of Data Sources, Applications, and Methods
(ASCE, 2020)The penetration of devices integrated with location-based services and internet services has generated massive data about the everyday life of citizens and tracked their activities happening in cities. Crowdsourced data, ... -
Impacts of an Urban Environmental Event on Housing Prices: Evidence from the Hangzhou Pesticide Plant Incident
(ASCE, 2020)Environmental pollution incidents affect urban residents and the natural environment. This article employs hedonic price models and a difference-in-difference (DID) approach to examine how widely in space an environmental ...