A review of urban physical environment sensing using street view imagery in public health studies

Y Kang, F Zhang, S Gao, H Lin, Y Liu - Annals of GIS, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Urban physical environments are the physical settings and built environments in
neighbourhoods and cities which provide places for human activities. Evidence suggests …

Systematic review of the use of Google Street View in health research: Major themes, strengths, weaknesses and possibilities for future research

A Rzotkiewicz, AL Pearson, BV Dougherty… - Health & place, 2018 - Elsevier
We systematically reviewed the current use of Google Street View (GSV) in health research
and characterized major themes, strengths and weaknesses in order to highlight …

GeoAI: spatially explicit artificial intelligence techniques for geographic knowledge discovery and beyond

K Janowicz, S Gao, G McKenzie, Y Hu… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Recent progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, the large-scale availability of high-
quality data, as well as advances in both hardware and software to efficiently process these …

Measuring daily accessed street greenery: A human-scale approach for informing better urban planning practices

Y Ye, D Richards, Y Lu, X Song, Y Zhuang… - Landscape and Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
The public benefits of visible street greenery have been well recognised in a growing
literature. Nevertheless, this issue was rare to be included into urban greenery and planning …

Revealing spatio-temporal evolution of urban visual environments with street view imagery

X Liang, T Zhao, F Biljecki - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
The visual landscape plays a pivotal role in urban planning and healthy cities. Recent
studies of visual evaluation focus on either objective or subjective approach, while …

Measuring visual quality of street space and its temporal variation: Methodology and its application in the Hutong area in Bei**g

J Tang, Y Long - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2019 - Elsevier
Although it is widely known that quality of street space plays a vital role in promoting urban
vibrancy, there is still no consensus on how to quantitatively measure it for a large scale …

Quantifying the shade provision of street trees in urban landscape: A case study in Boston, USA, using Google Street View

X Li, C Ratti, I Seiferling - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2018 - Elsevier
Shade provision by street trees during the hot summer months is a primary factor for the
thermal comfort of people in urban areas. In this study we present a novel method to …

Assessing differences in safety perceptions using GeoAI and survey across neighbourhoods in Stockholm, Sweden

Y Kang, J Abraham, V Ceccato, F Duarte, S Gao… - Landscape and Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
The safety perception of the built environment, rather than the sheer number of crimes and
incivility behavior, is a fundamental driver of public policies intended to improve urban …

An automatic approach for tree species detection and profile estimation of urban street trees using deep learning and Google street view images

K Choi, W Lim, B Chang, J Jeong, I Kim… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tree species and canopy structural profile ('tree profile') are among the most critical
environmental factors in determining urban ecosystem services such as climate and air …

Measuring visual walkability perception using panoramic street view images, virtual reality, and deep learning

Y Li, N Yabuki, T Fukuda - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Measuring perceptions of visual walkability in urban streets and exploring the associations
between the visual features of the street built environment that make walking attractive to …