Journal of Urban Planning and Development: Recent submissions
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Mobility Patterns for Newly Proposed Metro System in Kuwait
(ASCE, 2020)The main objective of this work was to study the mobility patterns and characteristics of the city of Kuwait by implementing a detailed modulization of these patterns and characteristics. The goal of this modulization was ... -
Effects of Urban Road Centrality on Property Values: Spatial Hedonic Analysis of the Housing Market in Wuhan, China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Road infrastructure plays a crucial role in shaping urban spatial configurations and may generate price premiums in the housing market. In hedonic studies, the externalities of road infrastructure are represented by a set ... -
Land-Transfer Events’ Effects on the Housing Market: Empirical Evidence from Hangzhou, China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The relationship between land and housing prices in China is gaining considerable interest because of the rapid development of the real estate industry, but a clear consensus about this topic is yet to be reached. This ... -
Determinants of Bus Rapid Transit Ridership: System-Level Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)As one type of transit mode, bus rapid transit (BRT) systems have gained popularity worldwide for providing fast and easy access for citizens to fulfill their transportation needs. Current literature in the field does well ... -
Multitasking during Travel in Mumbai, India: Effect of Satiation in Heterogeneous Urban Settings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Multitasking is an essential aspect of an individual’s overall activity participation and time allocation behavior, and travel is one of the few activities which provides the scope for natural multitasking. This study ... -
Empirical Analysis of Factors Influencing Potential Demand of Customized Buses in Shanghai, China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The customized bus (CB) is an emerging commute mode in China, and it is operated flexibly with schedules arranged based on online reservations. However, a CB can only be operated with sufficient travel demand. This paper ... -
Modeling Urban Spatial Expansion Considering Population Migration Interaction in Ezhou, Central China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Against the background of rapid social and economic reform, urban space systems are unceasingly reconstituted. Population migration, which is a popular social phenomenon, has become an important driving force affecting ... -
Clustering Analysis of Ridership Patterns at Subway Stations: A Case in Nanjing, China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Better understanding of urban mass transit trip mobility patterns will be helpful to increase public transit ridership and improve transit services of large cities. Therefore, a station-oriented clustering analysis on ... -
Assessing Degree of Landscape Naturalness in a Mediterranean Coastal Environment Threatened by Human Activities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Naturalness is one of the most studied concepts in spatial planning; it is considered an important criterion, especially for nature conservation. The objective of assessing naturalness is to identify landscape character ... -
Designing a Road Network Using John Rawls’s Social Justice Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Financial resources for road network developments are commonly distributed in such a way that wealthy regions gain more benefit, which would gradually intensify the socioeconomic gap among regions. By presenting a short ... -
An Accessibility-Oriented Optimal Control Method for Land-Use Development
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The performance of transport systems is seldom considered when designing land-use development planning, which could result in a deteriorated transport system. One of the major goals of a transport system is to improve ... -
Spatial Access to Metro Transit Villages and Housing Prices in Seoul, Korea
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)As many cities face traffic congestion, pollution, and urban sprawl, transit villages with transit-oriented development (TOD) and higher ridership have been a core theme for academics and professionals. Evaluating access ... -
Street Sections Design Based on Real Traffic Data: Case Study of Málaga, Spain
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Knowledge of the real-time behavior of a city would encourage making decisions in urban design in a dynamic way, adapting to what the city constantly needs, without further large periodic studies. This paper proposes a ... -
A Transdisciplinary Approach for the Validation of Neighborhood Landscape Design Guidelines
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Although numerous planning and design guidelines have been developed to guide landscape implementation in urban areas, there is scant information on how they are validated before their application. Validation, defined in ... -
Double-Aspect Method for Identifying Spatial Patterns of Inefficient Land in Inner-City Zhanjiang, China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)The term inefficient land refers to developed or built-up land that has little worth, below expected worth, or unsatisfactory utilization. It is necessary to identify the spatial pattern of inefficient land. Remote-sensing ... -
Association of Nondwelling Attributes with Residential Satisfaction in Segregated Urban Environments
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This study is an assessment of residential satisfaction with nondwelling components in segregated urban Jos, Nigeria. Data from 318 household heads collected through self-administered questionnaires were analyzed using ... -
Influence of Built Environment on Urban Vitality: Case Study of Shanghai Using Mobile Phone Location Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Although a successfully built environment has been widely accepted in urban planning as a method of promoting urban vitality in China, the related theories were proposed in Western cities, and these have not been empirically ... -
Framework Analysis of E-Commerce Induced Shift in the Spatial Structure of a City
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)With the operational advancement of e-commerce, the need for retail stores and facilities in commercial cores is somewhat challenged. The shift toward virtual shopping limits the need for physical and purpose-oriented trips ... -
Quantitative Analysis of the Ecological Security Pattern for Regional Sustainable Development: Case Study of Chaohu Basin in Eastern China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)Rapid urbanization and irrational land use seriously threaten ecological security. Quantitative analysis optimization of ecological security patterns (ESPs) could ensure the sustainable development of ecosystems. Identifying ... -
Fringe-Belt Phenomenon in a Historic Chinese City: The Case of Foshan
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019)This paper explores the fringe-belt phenomenon in Foshan, which, unlike the large majority of historical cities in China, lacked city walls throughout its history. By tracing the stages in the transformation of the physical ...