IF 6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106071

Alejandro Pineda , Mina Hirose , Leticia Serrano-Estrada , Jorge Almazán , Pablo Martí

{"title":"Face-to-face interviews and location-based social networks: Comparing methods of mapping community spaces in the Tokyo suburb of Minamiashigara","authors":"Alejandro Pineda , Mina Hirose , Leticia Serrano-Estrada , Jorge Almazán , Pablo Martí","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106071","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106071","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many suburban areas worldwide are facing decline and demographic shifts. A common issue faced by many suburbs is that their dispersed and sprawling character makes it difficult to apply standard urban planning and revitalization prescriptions designed for denser settings. The first step towards more accurately assessing these dispersed communities' needs is to identify the sociological mapping approaches best suited to examining them, a notable gap in the existing research on the topic. Towards this end, this research compares how two major urban planning participation tools play out in a Tokyo suburb: the traditional approach of mapping via face-to-face interviews and an internet-based approach that relies on Location-Based Social Networks (LSBNs). We evaluate the contextual effectiveness of these tools in capturing the nuances of community attachment in Minamiashigara, a suburban municipality in the west of Tokyo. The results indicate that interviews and LBSNs offer complementary insights: interviews help to visualize localized, subjective experiences, while LBSNs provide much broader geographical coverage and scale for the time invested. This research suggests that suburban urban planners and policymakers can make their planning and regeneration processes more participatory and community-informed by blending these two approaches rather than employing only one or the other.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 106071"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144098931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Going off the rails? Metro as a hedge against the decapitalisation effects of state-backed reference price polices on housing values 偏离轨道？Metro作为对冲政府支持的参考价格政策对住房价值的资本化效应的工具

IF 6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106072

Fang Bian , Zhenghao Hu , You Zhou

{"title":"Going off the rails? Metro as a hedge against the decapitalisation effects of state-backed reference price polices on housing values","authors":"Fang Bian , Zhenghao Hu , You Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106072","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106072","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Housing prices represent the monetary equilibrium of the housing market, balancing the trade-off between housing and transportation costs, while still being subject to the imposition of price controls. In this research, we employed the hedonic difference-in-differences modelling approach to explore the role of metro stations in the (de-)capitalisation effects of price controls on resale property prices, using the imposition of the government reference price (GRP) policy in Shenzhen as an exogenous shock. Our findings indicate that metro stations act as a “hedge” against the decapitalisation impacts of the GRP policy, with properties located near metro stations experienced smaller price depreciations compared to those farther away. In addition, our study revealed that the “hedging effect” of metro stations decays as the distance from the metro station increases. The research findings provide policy implications that the implementation of price control measures must account for the spatially heterogeneous impacts of the GRP policy within and across the impact zones of metro stations. Ignoring these differences could widen the price gap between regulated and non-regulated properties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 106072"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144108069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Impacts of urban-rural migration on domain-specific satisfaction 城乡迁移对特定领域满意度的影响

IF 6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106056

Junya Kumagai , Sunbin Yoo , Shunsuke Managi

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Heat risk during hot weather is associated with poorer self-reported mental health: A cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China 炎热天气中的热风险与自我报告的心理健康状况较差有关：中国上海的一项横断面研究

IF 6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106078

Peng Zeng , Yuwen Sui , Yaoyi Liu , Hongchao Xu , Danyang Cheng , Yue Che , Marco Helbich

{"title":"Heat risk during hot weather is associated with poorer self-reported mental health: A cross-sectional study in Shanghai, China","authors":"Peng Zeng , Yuwen Sui , Yaoyi Liu , Hongchao Xu , Danyang Cheng , Yue Che , Marco Helbich","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106078","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106078","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>As global warming increases, hot weather is recognized as a mental health risk. Previous studies, however, mainly focused on the direct effects of heat hazards, overlooking heat exposure, sensitivity, and adaptation.</div></div><div><h3>Aim</h3><div>To assess the role of heat exposure, sensitivity, and adaptation in the heat hazard–mental health association during hot weather.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 1347 adults in Shanghai, China, in the summer of 2023 via the hazard-exposure-vulnerability framework. Mental health was self-reported based on the five-item Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5). We developed a moderated serial mediation model to examine the associations between heat risk and mental health, and heat hazard was represented as thermal comfort. Mediators included adaptive behaviors, a heat adaptation component, and outdoor activity duration, a proxy measure for heat exposure. Moderators included perceived sensitivity to heat hazards and adaptive conditions.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Increased heat hazards were associated with poorer mental health, with 88 % of the effect being direct, and 12 % mediated by adaptive behaviors that increased exposure risk and outdoor activity duration. The single mediating effect of adaptive behavior was associated with poorer mental health. The serial mediation of adaptive behavior and outdoor activity duration was associated with greater mental health. The moderators of perceived sensitivity to heat hazards and adaptive conditions were associated with poorer mental health.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>While direct heat hazards have the largest effect on mental health, our findings highlight the significant mediating and moderating roles of heat exposure, adaptive behaviors, and conditions, which should be considered.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 106078"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144098932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The information technology and relative poverty: An analysis based on the micro data of China family panel studies 信息技术与相对贫困：基于中国家庭面板研究微观数据的分析

IF 6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106029

Hui Mao , Yong Fu , Zheyi Zhu

{"title":"The information technology and relative poverty: An analysis based on the micro data of China family panel studies","authors":"Hui Mao , Yong Fu , Zheyi Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106029","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106029","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drawing o<u>n</u> the Information Effect, this study uses data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) to investigate the impact of information technology (IT) on relative poverty - defined as falling below the median income - among urban and rural Chinese households, and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms driving these effects. Our results show that IT usage can help alleviate relative poverty i<u>n</u> both urban and rural households. After addressing potential endogeneity using instrumental variables (IV), the effect still significant. The effect of IT is particularly pronounced in households with strong learning motivation, high learning capabilities, frequency internet use for learning, and frequency online social interactions. Additionally, the effect is most notable in male-headed households and those located in areas with better-developed transportation infrastructure. Further analysis indicates that IT influences relative poverty by promoting employment, access to credit, risk-taking, and entrepreneurship of urban and rural households. This implies that IT adoption can help aid families in making employment and credit decisions, increase their risk tolerance, and encourage entrepreneurial activities, thus helping to alleviate relative poverty. This study provides new evidence on the mechanisms through which IT impacts relative poverty and supports expanding IT's role in fostering economic development and reducing relative poverty. Overall, this study provides fresh empirical insights into how IT influences relative poverty and advocates for further expanding IT's role in promoting economic and social development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 106029"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144088789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Identifying World Sports Cities based on the network analysis of global sports diffusion from 1984 to 2022 基于1984 - 2022年全球体育扩散网络分析的世界体育城市识别

IF 6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106040

Yubin Ou , Xu Zhang , Gengzhi Huang , Mingjun Xu , Haokun Liu , Desheng Xue

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Managing sustainability conflicts in urban development projects: Planners' perceptions and strategies in Oceanhamnen, Helsingborg 管理城市发展项目中的可持续性冲突：赫尔辛堡Oceanhamnen的规划者的看法和策略

IF 6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106065

Elnaz Sarkheyli , Asger Anderton , Hannah Büker

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In the shadows: Dublin's immigrant policies in the context of highly centralized governance 阴影中：高度中央集权治理背景下的都柏林移民政策

IF 6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106057

Sofia Ntaliou

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Grant-of-use cooperative housing and its relation with health and wellbeing: A conceptual framework 合作社住房使用权授予及其与健康和福利的关系：一个概念框架

IF 6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106066

Alexia Reyes , Ana M. Novoa , Carme Borrell , Juli Carrere , Katherine Pérez , Cristina Gamboa , Lali Daví , Ana Fernández

{"title":"Grant-of-use cooperative housing and its relation with health and wellbeing: A conceptual framework","authors":"Alexia Reyes , Ana M. Novoa , Carme Borrell , Juli Carrere , Katherine Pérez , Cristina Gamboa , Lali Daví , Ana Fernández","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106066","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106066","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Grant-of-use (GoU) cooperative housing is based on the collective property of the building and the GoU as the housing tenancy, a self-managed organization and communal living. The objective is to propose a conceptual framework to explain the mechanisms involved in the relationship between GoU cooperative housing and health and wellbeing. Information was gathered through a literature review, as well as through in-depth interviews to participants living or designing GoU cooperative housing and a workshop with experts. The framework includes different dimensions placed as onion layers, where health and wellbeing are at the centre. The first dimension refers to the country's housing policies and housing system, the welfare state, and the culture and values in society. Another dimension includes residents' motivations and expectations and accessibility. The third dimension relates to the characteristics of housing cooperatives: GoU model, housing affordability, communal living, shared spaces, self-managed organization, sustainable housing, and relation with the neighbourhood. The fourth dimension includes the main proximal mechanisms that explain the impact of the GoU characteristics on health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 106066"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143946977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Why do cities go smart? Investigating the determinants of local engagement with smart cities technologies 为什么城市会变得聪明？调查当地参与智慧城市技术的决定因素

IF 6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-05-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106036

Julius A. Nukpezah , Jubilee T. Apalowo , Sawsan Abutabenjeh

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