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Cities Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106513

Maryam Bostanara , Sunhyung Yoo , Lee Roberts , Jinwoo Brian Lee

{"title":"Exploring and bridging the gap between recreational and school commute cycling","authors":"Maryam Bostanara , Sunhyung Yoo , Lee Roberts , Jinwoo Brian Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106513","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106513","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the cycling behaviours of high school students, with a particular emphasis on the distinctions between recreational and school commuter cyclists. While much of the existing research has predominantly addressed cycling to school, this study broadens the scope to identify insights that could encourage the transition from recreational cycling to school commuting. We surveyed 325 high-school students in Sydney, Australia, exploring their demographics, cycling attitudes, perceptions of safety, and environmental factors that influence their bicycle use. The data is analysed through two logistic regression models, one for recreational cycling and the other for school commuting, both reinforced by the synthetic minority oversampling technique to address class imbalances. Recreation emerged as the primary motivation for cycling, with students more likely to ride when accompanied by friends or family. There are more recreational cyclists than commuters, likely due to the lack of safe cycling routes, heavy loads during commuting, and insufficient bike parking at schools. The smaller group of commuting cyclists tends to use bicycles more consistently and frequently and exhibit greater risk acceptance towards cycling infrastructure. To encourage cycling to school, we recommend the establishment of dedicated bike lanes to schools completely separated from vehicular traffic and increased bike parking facilities at schools, as well as government subsidies and incentives for cargo racks and e-bike promotion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 106513"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145223042","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 impact of remote working on residential mobility in the metropolitan region of Madrid 远程工作对马德里大都市区居民流动性的影响

IF 6.6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106462

Simón Sánchez-Moral , Alfonso Arellano , Roberto Díez-Pisonero

{"title":"The impact of remote working on residential mobility in the metropolitan region of Madrid","authors":"Simón Sánchez-Moral , Alfonso Arellano , Roberto Díez-Pisonero","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106462","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106462","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Large cities are facing the interlocked effects of multiple crises. In particular, the pandemic crisis induced residential relocation changes with the support of remote working. Nevertheless, the spatial implications involved remain unclear due to a lack of studies empirically integrating this variable. This research aims to study the impact of remote working on residential changes in Madrid in the period 2019–2021 ceteris paribus other residential relocation determinants, i.e. distance to the workplace, dwelling attributes, transport facilities and amenities. A local indicator of propensity to remote working is estimated using the complete administrative registry of the Social Security Office. We conclude that remote working impacts significantly on the relocation of young and middle-aged adults, although some of them may stay in their location to take advantage of agglomeration economies and social interaction. In particular, remote working impacts significantly on movement from the core city to suburban and rural areas, whereas evidence for movement in the opposite direction is less conclusive. In addition to digital connectivity and remote working, the availability of certain amenities can attract and retain these individuals. The research allows us to reflect on implications for housing affordability and for urban planning and policy intervention.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 106462"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145223037","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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Space-based planning implications for age-friendly cities: Insights from spatial non-stationarity in multiple environment-health relationships 空间规划对老年友好型城市的影响：从多重环境-健康关系的空间非平稳性的见解

IF 6.6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106495

Linsen Wang , Suhong Zhou , Mei-Po Kwan , Dong Liu , Lin Zhang , Jiangyu Song

{"title":"Space-based planning implications for age-friendly cities: Insights from spatial non-stationarity in multiple environment-health relationships","authors":"Linsen Wang , Suhong Zhou , Mei-Po Kwan , Dong Liu , Lin Zhang , Jiangyu Song","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106495","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106495","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Extensive research on the relationships between environmental factors and older adults' health can inform urban planning for healthy and age-friendly cities. Past studies have predominantly considered such relationships as stable over space, with less emphasis paid to spatial non-stationarity and space-based rationale. Within Chinese cities' socio-economic spatial patterns, the different potential environment-health pathways corresponding to different space-based populations remain unclear. Further, limited types of environmental factors have been investigated, while diverse combinations of multiple environments have received less attention. This study thus examined how salient environmental factors may vary across spatial types and the spatial non-stationarity in the health-environmental relationship. Multi-source data characterized Guangzhou's multiple environments, and older adults' health patterns were mapped using self-rated health data. Subsequently, relationships between multi-environmental factors and older adults' health across spatial types were explored by ridge models. The results indicated that (i) There were obvious spatial differences in older adults' health, and significant relationships between multi-environmental factors and older adults' health were observed. (ii) Spatial non-stationarity in such relationships was evident, driven by space-based physicosocial contexts. (iii) Dominant factors notably varied across spatial types. The findings provide space-based planning insights for healthy and age-friendly cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 106495"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145223043","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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Place, tourism and cultural entrepreneurship: A critical engagement with cultural political economy 地点、旅游和文化创业：文化政治经济学的批判性参与

IF 6.6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106518

Rui Su , Aili Liu , Zhiyong Deng

{"title":"Place, tourism and cultural entrepreneurship: A critical engagement with cultural political economy","authors":"Rui Su , Aili Liu , Zhiyong Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106518","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106518","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The pandemic and economic uncertainties have reshaped our perception of culture. The emerging cultural and creative strategies encourage cultural entrepreneurship, which however faces skills shortages, financial vulnerability, marginalisation and industrial downsizing. These short- and long-term challenges call for systematic interventions to (re)engage cultural entrepreneurs, particularly in the post-pandemic era. Drawing on a Cultural Political Economy (CPE) approach, this study applies Lounsbury and Glynn’s model of cultural entrepreneurship to examine how cultural entrepreneurs engage with tourism as a practice of placed-based meaning-making. Given that cultural capital, cultural politics of place, and entrepreneurial storytelling are relational, the case study of Shakespeare Birthplace Trust demonstrates that cultural entrepreneurs must embed the unique place features while balancing digital innovations, cultural tourism activities, and entrepreneurial legitimacy. Achieving this requires skilled entrepreneurial storytelling to construct strong social and cultural ties with local communities, educators, business investors and urban planners.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 106518"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145223121","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 impact of urban acupuncture: Adopting a social innovation lens to assess the value of localized urban intervention 城市针刺的影响：以社会创新视角评估城市局部干预的价值

IF 6.6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106502

Danny Casprini , Alessandra Oppio , Andrea Di Tommaso , Giulia Datola , Marta Dell'Ovo , Francesca Torrieri , Marco Rossitti

{"title":"The impact of urban acupuncture: Adopting a social innovation lens to assess the value of localized urban intervention","authors":"Danny Casprini , Alessandra Oppio , Andrea Di Tommaso , Giulia Datola , Marta Dell'Ovo , Francesca Torrieri , Marco Rossitti","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106502","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106502","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In a world faced with grand societal challenges, sustainable and inclusive urban planning becomes a priority. Several tools and approaches to urban regeneration has been developed to involve communities in urban regeneration interventions. Among those, urban acupuncture represents a means to promote localized interventions to reclaim urban spaces. Interventions as such are conceptualized as sustainable social innovation bridging the gap between physical regeneration of the space and collaborative practices shared by participating individuals, groups and organizations. In this conundrum of planning and social practices, urban acupuncture can generate social, economic and environmental effects at the neighborhood level and ignite a transformation at the wider city level. Along these lines, the “Piazze Aperte” program implemented in Milan offered an opportunity to innovate urban planning tools by focusing on collaboration between public administrations and grassroots initiatives. To study the effects generated by 4 projects executed in the NoLo district, we developed a multi-dimensional evaluation model based on Multi-Attribute Value Theory (MAVT). Results indicate that urban acupuncture effectively foster social cohesion, improve quality of life, and stimulate collaboration. However, it faces limitations in achieving environmental sustainability and adaptability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 106502"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145183751","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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Path dependency of urban resilience to recurring COVID-19 waves: the role of initial invasion contexts and urban scaling structure 城市抵御新冠肺炎疫情的路径依赖：初始入侵背景和城市规模结构的作用

IF 6.6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106520

Ningyezi Peng , Xintao Liu

{"title":"Path dependency of urban resilience to recurring COVID-19 waves: the role of initial invasion contexts and urban scaling structure","authors":"Ningyezi Peng , Xintao Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106520","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106520","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>COVID-19 variants had emerged continuously and urban resilience to their invasion often relies on whether these variants can sustain transmission within urban population—potentially leading to new outbreaks or their extinction. In this process, the urban scaling structure that governs how local places interact and collectively shape scaling-distributed mobility patterns plays a critical role. This study built a spatially explicit agent-based model to explore how the origin place of new variants can influence subsequent transmission dynamics. We found small differences in initial invasion places had path-dependent effects on resilience outcomes. Structurally more important places can facilitate the occurrence of new outbreaks. However, surprisingly, outbreaks originated in structurally less important places show more explosive early spread. This early spread advantage can be attributed to survivorship bias: invasions originating from the less favourable environments had to be more vigorous to guarantee successful breakthroughs. Nevertheless, this early spread advantage was not sustained because the more dispersed waves of early spread may lead to greater energy loss in subsequent spread progression. These findings highlight the need to pay close attention to small but critical factors in urban systems, as they can accumulate over time to trigger unexpected disruptions and shape how cities respond to future challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 106520"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145223039","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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Green correction facilities: Lessons from case studies in sustainability in prisons 绿色惩教设施：监狱可持续性案例研究的经验教训

IF 6.6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106523

Walter Leal Filho , Valdemiro Rocha Junior , Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis , Johannes Luetz , Gisleine Aver , José Baltazar Salgueirinho de Andrade Guerra

{"title":"Green correction facilities: Lessons from case studies in sustainability in prisons","authors":"Walter Leal Filho , Valdemiro Rocha Junior , Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis , Johannes Luetz , Gisleine Aver , José Baltazar Salgueirinho de Andrade Guerra","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106523","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106523","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Prisons are inherently resource-intensive institutions, consuming substantial amounts of energy, water, and materials. The adoption of sustainable practices within these environments offers a significant potential to reduce carbon emissions, minimize waste, and conserve natural resources—thereby contributing to broader environmental goals. Initiatives such as energy-efficient lighting, renewable energy integration, and water conservation measures have demonstrated effectiveness in lowering operational costs and reducing the financial burden on taxpayers. Despite these clear advantages, research on environmental sustainability in correctional settings remains limited. In response to this gap, this paper explores the critical need for sustainability practices within prison systems, emphasizing the role of environmental stewardship in modern correctional management. By using an analysis of the literature and illustrative case studies, the study examines a range of initiatives designed to reduce waste, conserve energy, and support sustainable food production. The analysis highlights successful examples where eco-friendly practices have not only lowered operational costs but also enhanced rehabilitation outcomes for incarcerated individuals. Additionally, it provides an analysis of the challenges and opportunities associated with environmental sustainability in prisons and advocates the need for a comprehensive approach to correctional management that aligns ecological responsibility with prisoner education and community engagement. Ultimately, the findings suggest that adopting environmental sustainable practices can transform prisons into centers of positive change, benefiting both the environment, incarcerated persons, and society at large.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 106523"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145219671","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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Unbiased evaluation of social vulnerability: A multimethod approach using machine learning and nonparametric statistics 社会脆弱性的无偏评估：使用机器学习和非参数统计的多方法方法

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Cities Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106519

Hiroki Yokoyama , Yoshiyasu Takefuji

{"title":"Unbiased evaluation of social vulnerability: A multimethod approach using machine learning and nonparametric statistics","authors":"Hiroki Yokoyama , Yoshiyasu Takefuji","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106519","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106519","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper introduces a globally applicable bias-aware framework for interpreting machine-learning feature importances by benchmarking them against classical statistics. Using CDC's Social Vulnerability Index data, we compare five predictive models—both nonlinear and linear—with three ground-truth association measures. While nonlinear models deliver superior accuracy, their importance scores systematically inherit and amplify biases from feature correlations and imbalance—a universal concern for ML interpretability. We demonstrate that key vulnerability drivers are robustly detected only when statistical validation accompanies model explanations. This research contributes methodological advances to algorithmic interpretability knowledge and offers international policy recommendations: implement statistical validation protocols for high-stakes ML applications, utilize complementary approaches for robust feature assessment, and establish global standards for interpretability in vulnerable population analytics. These findings generalize across diverse contexts where transparent, bias-resilient feature ranking drives equitable decision-making.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 106519"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145157686","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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Consumer resistance to parcel lockers: An innovation resistance theory perspective 消费者对包裹储物柜的抗拒：一个创新抗拒理论的视角

IF 6.6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106501

Halil Karlı , Rukiye Gizem Öztaş Karlı

{"title":"Consumer resistance to parcel lockers: An innovation resistance theory perspective","authors":"Halil Karlı , Rukiye Gizem Öztaş Karlı","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106501","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106501","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In response to the growing pressures on last-mile delivery infrastructure, parcel lockers have emerged as a sustainable and efficient alternative to traditional home delivery. Despite Türkiye's rapid e-commerce growth and large urban consumer base, the adoption of parcel lockers remains limited. Generation Y represents a critical segment for evaluating the adoption of such delivery innovations. This study explores the barriers affecting Generation Y consumers' behavioral intention toward parcel lockers in Türkiye, based on Innovation Resistance Theory (IRT). Specifically, five resistance factors including usage, value, risk, tradition, and image barriers were analyzed, along with the moderating role of environmental awareness. Data were collected from 464 Turkish Generation Y consumers through an online survey, and the hypothesized model was tested using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results demonstrate that value, risk, and tradition barriers significantly and negatively influence behavioral intention, while usage and image barriers have no significant effect. Additionally, environmental awareness does not moderate any of the resistance-behavioral intention relationships. These findings suggest that Turkish Generation Y consumers are particularly sensitive to perceived value and risk, and their resistance to changing traditional delivery habits prevents the adoption of parcel lockers. Despite being a green solution, environmental considerations alone are insufficient to overcome existing psychological and functional barriers. The study contributes to the theoretical development of IRT by extending its application to last-mile delivery innovations and offers practical guidance for e-commerce companies, logistics providers, and policymakers to improve the visibility, accessibility, and perceived value of parcel lockers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 106501"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2025-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145157688","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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Six principles to guide climate action in built environments 指导建筑环境中气候行动的六项原则

IF 6.6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106522

Anna Hurlimann , Sareh Moosavi , Alan March , Fabian Prideaux , Georgia Warren-Myers

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