Quality of life in the urban environment and primary health services for the elderly during the Covid-19 pandemic: An application to the city of Milan (Italy)

C Guida, G Carpentieri - Cities, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The outbreak of the Coronavirus during the first months of 2020 completely reshaped urban
lives because of the need to limit the spread of the disease and ensure essential services to …

[HTML][HTML] Transitioning to electrified, automated and shared mobility in an African context: A comparative review of Johannesburg, Kigali, Lagos and Nairobi

BK Sovacool, C Daniels, A AbdulRafiu - Journal of Transport Geography, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This article focuses on the drivers and barriers afforded by three innovations—automated
vehicles, electric mobility, and ridesharing and bike-sharing—in the four African urban areas …

Map** minibuses in Maputo and Nairobi: engaging paratransit in transportation planning in African cities

JM Klopp, C Cavoli - Transport Reviews, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
Often called paratransit because of their flexible stops, schedules and routes, minibuses
make up the bulk of public transport in African cities. Despite their ubiquity and importance …

Distributional effects of transport policies on inequalities in access to opportunities in Rio de Janeiro

RHM Pereira, D Banister, T Schwanen… - Journal of Transport and …, 2019‏ - JSTOR
The evaluation of social impacts of transport policies has been attracting growing attention in
recent years. Yet studies thus far have predominately focused on developed countries and …

Air quality assessment in three East African cities using calibrated low-cost sensors with a focus on road-based hotspots

A Singh, MJ Gatari, AW Kidane, ZA Alemu… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Poor air quality is a development challenge. Urbanization and industrial development along
with increased populations have brought clear socio-economic benefits to Low-and Middle …

Urban expansion and differential accessibility by car and public transport in the Greater Kumasi city-region, Ghana—A geospatial modelling approach

RA Acheampong, SB Asabere - Journal of Transport Geography, 2022‏ - Elsevier
There is a growing recognition of the worsening problems of accessibility in Africa's major
urban centres and city-regions. Yet, research assessing differential accessibility in these …

Spatial drivers and effects of urban food accessibility: Comparison of conventional and online-to-offline services

L Li, R Feng, J **, F Wang - Applied Geography, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Nowadays, online-to-offline food delivery services have grown rapidly. However, the factors
determining the spatial distribution of online-to-offline food delivery restaurants (O2O-FDR) …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling commuters' preference towards sharing paratransit services

D Das, E Bhaduri, NR Velaga - Transport Policy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The transportation sector in India faces significant issues, such as congestion and air
pollution, and is in dire need of sustainable strategies. Sharing vehicles is one of the popular …

Multimodal spatial availability: A singly-constrained measure of accessibility considering multiple modes

A Soukhov, J Tarriño-Ortiz, JA Soria-Lara, A Páez - Plos one, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
Place-based accessibility measures communicate the potential interaction with opportunities
at a zone that populations can access. Recent research has explored the implications of …

Restored quality of life-based approach (REQUALIFE) for urban seismic resilience assessment: Quantitative method

S Pan, Z Zhao, HW Lim, N Li, D Fang - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
With rapid urbanization, today's cities are increasingly vulnerable to unpredictable and
catastrophic environmental hazards such as earthquakes. A quantitative approach for …