Yaxian Qing , Huayi Wu , Kunlun Qi , Zhipeng Gui , Yuhang Liu , Zhenqiang Li , Rui Li
{"title":"Integrating Street-View Imagery and Points of Interest for Refining Population Spatialization: A Case Study in Wuhan City","authors":"Yaxian Qing , Huayi Wu , Kunlun Qi , Zhipeng Gui , Yuhang Liu , Zhenqiang Li , Rui Li","doi":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105883","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105883","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fine-scale population spatialization is the frontier of geosciences, it is essential for sustainable urban planning and effective resource allocation. Various approaches have been proposed to enhance population estimation accuracy using multi-source geospatial data. However, the approaches based on remote sensing data usually suffer from the problem of spatial homogeneity, while the social-sensing-based approach such as point of interest (POI) data cannot distinguish the population distribution around POIs with the same category but different scales. Thus, this study proposes a novel method that incorporates street view imagery (SVI) with POI, to enrich the semantic landscape of street-level objects and provide a visual representation of spatial heterogeneity within an urban environment. Specifically, we extract POI and SVI features at grid-, street-, and community-level, respectively, and then select modelling features based on cross-scale consistency analysis with population. After that, grid-level SVI features are adjusted by community-level SVI features to alleviate its sparsity and transiency. Finally, we train random forest (RF) at the street-level and estimate grid-level population weight for population allocation. Experiments in Wuhan City at a grid size of 100 × 100m show that our method yields higher accuracy compared to WorldPop, GPW datasets, Ye's method, and heterogeneous population attraction of POI modelling (HPA-POI), demonstrating its effectiveness in fine-scale population spatialization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48659,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Cities and Society","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 105883"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142422202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yun Yu, Peng Zang, Bingjiang Ye, Xinyan Liao, Ziqi Zhao
{"title":"Exploring the complex relationship between metro and shared bikes in the built environment: competition, connection, and complementation","authors":"Yun Yu, Peng Zang, Bingjiang Ye, Xinyan Liao, Ziqi Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105870","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105870","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Merging the flexibility of bike-sharing systems with the high capacity of metro transit significantly enhances both connectivity and efficiency in urban transportation, promoting eco-friendly travel options and supporting sustainable urban development. Current studies primarily examine how these two transportation modes work together to enhance urban travel efficiency and convenience. However, there is still a lack of discussion on the spatial heterogeneity of the competitive and complementary relationships between two modes across different built environments. This study selects Shenzhen as a case study and employs a data-driven approach to explore the relationships between bike-sharing and the metro system in practical application, including competition, connection, and complementation. The OPGD model is deployed to assess how the built environment influences these dynamics. The results reveal that bike-sharing typically complements the metro system, with longer ride durations occurring mainly in the urban core areas. Conversely, competitive interactions between these two modes are less frequent and associated with shorter rides, typically occurring in locales with a high density of metro stations. Educational, service, and residential factors are the main influences on people's choice of the \"bike-sharing + metro\" travel mode. The built environment exerts a greater impact on competitive relationships and less on complementary ones.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48659,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Cities and Society","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 105870"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142422200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seyed Vahid Razavi-Termeh , Abolghasem Sadeghi-Niaraki , Farman Ali , Rizwan Ali Naqvi , Soo-Mi Choi
{"title":"Spatio-temporal modeling of asthma-prone areas: Exploring the influence of urban climate factors with explainable artificial intelligence (XAI)","authors":"Seyed Vahid Razavi-Termeh , Abolghasem Sadeghi-Niaraki , Farman Ali , Rizwan Ali Naqvi , Soo-Mi Choi","doi":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105889","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105889","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urbanization's impact on climate is increasingly recognized as a significant public health challenge, particularly for respiratory conditions like asthma. Despite progress in understanding asthma, a critical gap remains regarding the interaction between urban environmental factors and asthma-prone areas. This study addresses this gap by applying innovative spatio-temporal modeling techniques with explainable artificial intelligence (XAI). Using data from 872 asthma patients in Tehran, Iran, and 19 factors affecting asthma exacerbations, including climate and air pollution, spatio-temporal modeling was conducted using XGBoost (eXtreme Gradient Boosting) algorithm optimization by the Bat algorithm (BA). Evaluation of asthma-prone area maps using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves revealed accuracies of 97.3 % in spring, 97.5 % in summer, 97.8 % in autumn, and 98.4 % in winter. Interpretability analysis of the XGBoost model utilizing the SHAP (Shapley Additive exPlanations) method highlighted rainfall in spring and autumn and temperature in summer and winter as having the most significant impacts on asthma. Particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) in spring, carbon monoxide (CO) in summer, ozone (O<sub>3</sub>) in autumn, and PM<sub>10</sub> in winter exhibited the most substantial effects among air pollution factors. This research enhances understanding of asthma dynamics in urban environments, informing targeted interventions for urban planning strategies to mitigate adverse health consequences of urbanization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48659,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Cities and Society","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 105889"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142534196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The spatio-temporal dynamic evolution and variability pattern of urban green resilience in China based on multi-criteria decision-making","authors":"Zhiwei Yang , Sufang Zhang , Fengyun Li","doi":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105887","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105887","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Environmental challenges significantly impact urban areas, making cities vulnerable to extreme climatic events. Hence, this study introduces an urban green resilience index system and employs a novel multi-criteria decision-making method to measure green resilience across Chinese cities. Utilizing exploratory spatio-temporal data analysis, Dagum Spatial Gini coefficient, and geographical detector methods, we examine spatio-temporal dynamic evolution and variability pattern. Key findings are as follows: (1) The overall level of green resilience in Chinese cities has significantly increased over the past decade. (2) Urban green resilience exhibits significant spatial clustering and dependence, with high-high mode in central and eastern China, and low-low mode in the southwest and northwest. (3) Urban green resilience aligns along a northeast-southwest axis, with its center of gravity corresponding to major population and economic centers. (4) There is a spatial convergence in urban green resilience across eastern, central, and western China, with declining Dagum Spatial Gini coefficients suggesting reduced spatial inequality. (5) Exploratory spatio-temporal data analysis indicates stable local spatial structures, but inter-city collaboration remains insufficient for fostering a cooperative developmental pattern for urban green resilience. This study examines the capacity and potential of cities to adapt their development strategies and achieve sustainable growth amidst environmental challenges and uncertainties, including extreme weather events.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48659,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Cities and Society","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 105887"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142534096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Last defense in climate change: Assessing healthcare inequities in response to compound environmental risk in a megacity in Northern China","authors":"Qi Cheng , Shiyan Sha","doi":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105886","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105886","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The compound risk of extreme heat and air pollution in the context of climate change has become an important challenge for megacities in Northern China. Severe spatial differences exist in healthcare facilities, which are the last defense to protect the health of residents. Understanding the match between compound risks and healthcare services is important for ensuring the basic well-being of residents. We selected 255 census units in Tianjin to comprehensively assess the healthcare services and risks of hazards, exposures, and social vulnerabilities in order to explore the match between risks and services. We quantified and graded environmental quality on a 5-point scale and investigated inequalities in risk-service relationships across different regions using correlation analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and LISA. The results showed that: (1) the level of compound risk and the variability of risk increased with environmental degradation, main urban areas exhibited the highest level of risk, while suburban and district centralized construction areas demonstrated significant variability in risk; (2) the relationship was significantly imbalanced between healthcare services and risk in suburban and peripheral districts and counties, while the main urban areas and rural areas showed high and low levels of matching respectively; and (3) blue-green spaces could effectively alleviate the pressure on healthcare services in the main urban area and rural area. The results obtained in this study provide references for healthcare allocation strategies in areas with different degrees of environmental degradation, and we call for further planning of healthcare facilities in megacities to enhance their ability to adapt to climate change risks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48659,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Cities and Society","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 105886"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142422164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tuan-Hoang Trinh , Charlotte Pham , Jean-Mario Nhut , Fabrice Vigneron , Christophe Vieville , Nicolas Reiminger , Xavier Jurado , Housseinou Ba , Thierry Romero , Lai Truong-Phuoc , Nicolas Hertel , Christophe Legorgeu , Loïc Vidal , Cuong Pham-Huu
{"title":"Washable oil-coated structured support for passive outdoor particulate matters trapping","authors":"Tuan-Hoang Trinh , Charlotte Pham , Jean-Mario Nhut , Fabrice Vigneron , Christophe Vieville , Nicolas Reiminger , Xavier Jurado , Housseinou Ba , Thierry Romero , Lai Truong-Phuoc , Nicolas Hertel , Christophe Legorgeu , Loïc Vidal , Cuong Pham-Huu","doi":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105884","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105884","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Direct outdoor air depollution represents an interesting path for preventing indirect disease. In the present work, a simple and efficient PMs trapping media based on the use of an oil-coated structured polymer media was developed for passive trapping of various PMs, ranging from coarse (PM<sub>10</sub>), to fine (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) and ultra-fine (PM<sub>1</sub>) dimension in outdoor environment. The device can be easily regenerated by a simple washing with a mixture of water and detergent followed by a new oil coating cycle. The total PM loading mass of the passive trap and the recovered PMs are analyzed through different techniques and confirm the great efficiency of such filter to trap various PMs when exposed to a high traffic road. The spent filter can be regenerated through a simple washing step and can be repeatedly re-used with similar PM loading mass. The high and long-lasting total PM loading mass were also supported by numerical simulations based on computational fluid dynamics, also used to propose an optimization implementation of such system for future deployment at scale.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48659,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Cities and Society","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 105884"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142534190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andréa Oliveira da Silva, Ricardo Augusto Souza Fernandes
{"title":"Multipurpose territorial cadastre and collaborative participation as tools for smart urban governance: An analysis considering the pandemic’s effect in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, Brazil","authors":"Andréa Oliveira da Silva, Ricardo Augusto Souza Fernandes","doi":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105831","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105831","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The society lives in a dynamic, complex and contradictory urban system, seeking to reach a balance between urban development and environmental preservation. For this purpose, there is a need to perform an efficient urban management integrated with the information and communication technologies. From this integration, emerges the smart cities concept, which is composed of smart governance strategies and actions. In this sense, the present article aims to understand and discuss the contributions, potentials and public values of the multipurpose territorial cadastre and the collaborative participation as tools for smart governance. In order to validate the theoretical essay, a case study was performed to analyze urban governance in the São Paulo metropolitan region, Brazil, according to the use of information and geoinformation resources applied to cities’ management, pre- and post-pandemics. The results have shown that some practices of municipal governments have already been established aligned with the dimensions of smart governance. However, mainly, as for spatial activation in the use of geoinformation, as well as in the use of multipurpose territorial cadastre, it still has much to move forward and, therefore, to qualify with public value the strategies and actions of governance that a smart city requires.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48659,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Cities and Society","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 105831"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142422156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhi-Feng Liu , Ya-He Huang , Qing Kang , Ze-Qi Li , Jing Lu , Rui-Zheng Gu , Xing-Fu Luo , Xiao-Rui Chen , You-Yuan Liu , Yu Tang , Liang Guo
{"title":"Optimal operation of CCHP system with duality operation strategy considering hydrogen trading and carbon capture","authors":"Zhi-Feng Liu , Ya-He Huang , Qing Kang , Ze-Qi Li , Jing Lu , Rui-Zheng Gu , Xing-Fu Luo , Xiao-Rui Chen , You-Yuan Liu , Yu Tang , Liang Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105881","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105881","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) system, known for its outstanding compatibility performance, has been widely integrated with renewable energy sources such as hydrogen, wind, and photovoltaics, as well as decarbonization technologies in the energy field. However, the increased complexity of CCHP scheduling due to the high proportion of renewable energy sources and load fluctuations leads to negative returns if renewable energy sources are not scheduled reasonably and decarbonization technologies are not utilized. To address this challenge, this study introduced solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) and carbon capture system (CCS) into the CCHP system, and constructed a novel CCHP model considering hydrogen trading and decarbonization technologies. First, for the scheduling of SOEC and CCS, a game model was presented based on hydrogen sales and energy storage benefits. Second, a nudge and compel theory-based scheduling strategy and a duality operation strategy (DOS) considering sources-load fluctuation were proposed. Third, for the optimal energy scheduling problem of CCHP under new strategies and technologies, a novel multi-objective PID-based search algorithm with dynamic disturbance response was introduced. Finally, the proposed new strategies, methods, and models were verified through actual case studies on multiple typical days. The results revealed that, compared with the following electrical load strategy and following thermal load strategies, the DOS reduced costs by 3.03 % and 6.99 %, and emissions by 7.84 % and 1.39 %, respectively. The obtained outcomes contribute to the application and development of clean energy and decarbonization techniques.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48659,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Cities and Society","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 105881"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142422206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impacts of urban block form on carbon and pollutant emissions from urban life in China from the perspective of regional differences","authors":"Wei Wang , Wenshan Su","doi":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105849","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105849","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Air pollution emissions (PE) and carbon emissions (CE) pose significant challenges to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) globally. The intensity of urban block development and spatial form can influence the relationship between PE and CE. This study analyzed 11,228 neighborhood samples from various climate zones across China using spatial statistics and an optimized random forest model to examine the impact of block spatial form on PE and CE. The findings reveal that: (1) The PE–CE correlation in non-first-tier city blocks in southern China is stronger than in those in northern China. The correlation is strongest in urban neighborhoods located in temperate climates. Additionally, the PE–CE correlation is weakest in Beijing and Shanghai. (2) The variation in explanatory power of different driving factors is more pronounced for CE than for PE, with PR, NDVI, and AH emerging as the most significant factors. (3) The synergy between PE and CE is strongest when BD is in the 20 %-30 % range. Similarly, the synergy is strongest when PR is in the 2–3 range. (4) BD in the 40 %-60 % range is most effective in reducing PE and CE, with 40 %-50 % range favoring CE reduction and 50 %-60 % range favoring PE reduction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48659,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Cities and Society","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 105849"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142422201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Deepthi S , Sudalaimani K , Radhakrishnan Shanthi Priya , Radhakrishnan S
{"title":"Evaluating urban heat island to achieve sustainable development goals: A case study of Tiruchirappalli city, India","authors":"Deepthi S , Sudalaimani K , Radhakrishnan Shanthi Priya , Radhakrishnan S","doi":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105865","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.scs.2024.105865","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tiruchirappalli City the fourth largest municipal corporation in Tamilnadu, India is witnessing accelerated urban growth. The city has exacerbated the microclimate indicating a significant increase in land surface temperature. The study aims to establish the differentiation of land surface temperature of city between 2001, 2011, and 2021 of summer months using Landsat images to examine the effects of urban heat island. The results shows that the temperature ranged from 31.23°C to 37.45°C between 2011 and 2021. The assessed land surface temperature (LST) is correlated and the result shows a positive correlation between the LST-normalised difference built-up index (NDBI) and a negative correlation between the LST-normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI) and a weak correlation between LST-BSI and LST-MNDWI of summer months examined. Further, the urban thermal field variance index (UTFVI) of the city is analysed. The thermal condition of the city during April has significantly changed from 5.14 % of area in 2001 to 12.19 % of area in 2021 (UTFVI >0.020, Strongest) of worst ecological valuation index. The selected city is experiencing major thermal conditions (UTFVI 0.010–0.015) of ecological evaluation index from bad to worst. This study will help mitigate the urban heat island effect and promote sustainable development for rapid urbanization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48659,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Cities and Society","volume":"116 ","pages":"Article 105865"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142445137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}