Rethinking walkability and develo** a conceptual definition of active living environments to guide research and practice

M Tobin, S Hajna, K Orychock, N Ross, M DeVries… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Walkability is a popular term used to describe aspects of the built and social
environment that have important population-level impacts on physical activity, energy …

From residence to movement: The nature of racial segregation in everyday urban mobility

J Candipan, NE Phillips, RJ Sampson… - Urban …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
While research on racial segregation in cities has grown rapidly over the last several
decades, its foundation remains the analysis of the neighbourhoods where people reside …

[BOK][B] Uneven innovation: The work of smart cities

J Clark - 2020 - degruyter.com
14. David Harvey,“The Right to the City,” New Left Review 53 (September/October 2008): 23–
40, https://newleftreview. org/issues/II53/articles/david-harvey-the-right-to-the-city. 15. In …

[HTML][HTML] A geographic data science framework for the functional and contextual analysis of human dynamics within global cities

A Calafiore, G Palmer, S Comber, D Arribas-Bel… - … Environment and Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study develops a Geographic Data Science framework that transforms the Foursquare
check-in locations and user origin-destination flows data into knowledge about the emerging …

Measuring tourism intensification in urban destinations: An approach based on fractal analysis

L Encalada-Abarca, CC Ferreira… - Journal of Travel …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This article provides an approach to the geographic and quantitative interpretation of tourism
intensification, drawing on the concepts of fractals, and fractal dimension (D). Exploring …

Climate actions on the neighbourhood level—Individual, collective, cultural, and socio-structural factors

CA Klöckner, M Brenner-Fliesser, G Carrus… - PLOS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This paper takes a multi-perspective approach to understand drivers and barriers of climate
action on the neighbourhood level. We start with the assumption that climate actions on the …

Using graph neural networks to predict local culture

TH Silva, D Silver - … and Planning B: Urban Analytics and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Urban research has long recognized that neighbourhoods are dynamic and relational.
However, lack of data, methodologies, and computer processing power have hampered a …

Road network structure and ride-sharing accessibility: A network science perspective

M Wang, Z Chen, L Mu, X Zhang - Computers, environment and urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
The prosperity of ride-sharing services has rippled in the communities of GIScience,
transportation, and urban planning. Meanwhile, road network structure has been analyzed …

Quantitative methods II: Big theory

R Franklin - Progress in Human Geography, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In this second report on quantitative methods, I consider the foundational triumvirate that
underpins the sub-discipline: data, methods, and theory. I argue that, although 'big data'and …

What Makes a City “Smart” and Who Decides? From Vision to Reality in the USDOT Smart City Challenge

JT Chin, A Guthrie - Journal of Urban Technology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of a “smart city” has gained currency in urban policy as a recognition of the
potentially transformative role advanced information technology will play in city operations …