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Proceedings of the 29th ACM International Conference on Multimedia Open
Recently deep neural networks (DNNs) have achieved significant success in\nreal-world image super-resolution (SR). However, adversarial image samples with\nquasi-imperceptible noises could threaten deep learning SR models. In this\npaper, …
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City Energy Analyst (CEA): Integrated framework for analysis and optimization of building energy systems in neighborhoods and city districts Open
This paper describes the City Energy Analyst (CEA), a computational framework for the analysis and optimization of energy systems in neighborhoods and city districts. The framework allows analyzing the energy, carbon and financial benefits…
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Understanding the Shared E-scooter Travels in Austin, TX Open
This paper investigated the travel patterns of 1.7 million shared E-scooter trips from April 2018 to February 2019 in Austin, TX. There were more than 6000 active E-scooters in operation each month, generating over 150,000 trips and covere…
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Evidence of a post-COVID change in travel behaviour – Self-reported expectations of commuting in Melbourne Open
This paper addresses the question, “Will post-pandemic travel behaviour, when the virus has gone, be different to pre-pandemic travel?”. It adopts an online survey where respondents were asked to report changes in travel during the various…
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Exploring the Nonlinear Relationship between the Built Environment and Active Travel in the Twin Cities Open
Active travel is important to public health and the environment. Previous studies substantiate built environment influences active travel, but they seldom assess its overall contribution. Most of the studies assume that built environment c…
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Analysis and optimization of 15-minute community life circle based on supply and demand matching: A case study of Shanghai Open
The 15-minute community life circle (15min-CLC) strategy is one of Shanghai’s important methods for building a global city and facing a society with a more diverse population structure in the future. In the existing research, the balance b…
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Urban Growth and Demographic Dynamics in Southern Europe: Toward a New Statistical Approach to Regional Science Open
Metropolitan growth in Europe has resulted in drastic changes of urban forms, socio-spatial structures and land-use patterns due to sequential processes of urbanization, suburbanization and re-urbanization. To assess latent shifts from mon…
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High-tide flooding disrupts local economic activity Open
High-tide flooding reduces customer access to businesses, and impacts are projected to increase sharply with sea level rise.
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Contrasting impacts of urban forms on the future thermal environment: example of Beijing metropolitan area Open
This study investigated impacts of urban forms on the future thermal environment over Beijing, the capital city of China. Beijing is experiencing remarkable urban expansion and is planned to undergo the transformation of urban forms from s…
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Can Exposure to Certain Urban Green Spaces Trigger Frontal Alpha Asymmetry in the Brain?—Preliminary Findings from a Passive Task EEG Study Open
A growing body of evidence from observational and experimental studies shows the associations between exposure to urban green spaces (UGSs) and mental health outcomes. Little is known about which specific features of UGS that might be the …
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Intra-week spatial-temporal patterns of crime Open
Since its original publication, routine activity theory has proven most instructive for understanding temporal patterns in crime. The most prominent of the temporal crime patterns investigated is seasonality: crime (most often assault) inc…
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How important is perception of safety to park use? A four-city survey Open
Our purpose was to determine the relative importance of individual- and park-related characteristics in influencing both local park use and specific engagement in active sports, walking and sedentary pursuits. We surveyed 3815 adults livin…
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Automated Real-Time Intelligent Traffic Control System for Smart Cities Using Wireless Sensor Networks Open
Over the years, the number of vehicles has increased dramatically, which has led to serious problems such as traffic jams, accidents, and many other problems, as cities turn into smart cities. In recent years, traffic jams have become one …
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Heat and Humidity in the City: Neighborhood Heat Index Variability in a Mid-Sized City in the Southeastern United States Open
Daily weather conditions for an entire city are usually represented by a single weather station, often located at a nearby airport. This resolution of atmospheric data fails to recognize the microscale climatic variability associated with …
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Exposure to noise and air pollution by mode of transportation during rush hours in Montreal Open
According to the World Health Organization, air pollution and road traffic noise are two important environmental nuisances that could be harmful to the health and well-being of urban populations. Earlier studies suggest that motorists are …
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The Post‐Industrial “Shop Floor”: Emerging Forms of Gentrification in San Francisco's Innovation Economy Open
The San Francisco Bay Area in California is undergoing a technology‐driven wave of growth arguably more thoroughgoing than the first “dot‐com” bubble, fueling hypertrophic gentrification and tales of a deeply class‐divided, “Blade Runner k…
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High-spatial-resolution mapping and source apportionment of aerosol composition in Oakland, California, using mobile aerosol mass spectrometry Open
We investigated spatial and temporal patterns in the concentration and composition of submicron particulate matter (PM1) in Oakland, California, in the summer of 2017 using an aerosol mass spectrometer mounted in a mobile laboratory. We pe…
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Do commercial vehicles cruise for parking? Empirical evidence from Seattle Open
In this study we propose a simple method to quantitively explore the parking cruising behavior of commercial vehicle drivers in urban areas using widely available GPS data, and how urban transport infrastructure impacts parking cruising ti…
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How does urban green space feature influence physical activity diversity in high-density built environment? An on-site observational study Open
Urban green space (UGS) plays an important role in maintaining and promoting public health because it provides opportunities for outdoor physical activities (PA). Many studies have proved that different UGS characteristics, such as area, s…
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Seeing Green in San Francisco: City as Resource Frontier Open
The early 21st century witnessed a boom in green building in San Francisco and similar cities. Major downtown property owners and investors retrofitted office towers, commissioned green certification, and critically, explored how greening …
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Validation of UWG and ENVI-Met Models in an Abu Dhabi District, Based on Site Measurements Open
The city of Abu Dhabi is growing every year in population, urban extent and energy demand. This research focuses on the application of two simulation programs to estimate changes in urban climate associated with continued development in Ab…
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Enabling the participation of marginalized populations: case studies from a health service organization in Ontario, Canada Open
We examined efforts to engage marginalized populations in Ontario Community Health Centers (CHCs), which are primary health care organizations serving 74 high-risk communities. Qualitative case studies of community participation in four On…
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Revealing the Correlation between Population Density and the Spatial Distribution of Urban Public Service Facilities with Mobile Phone Data Open
Some studies have confirmed the association between urban public services and population density; however, other studies using census data, for example, have arrived at the opposite conclusion. Mobile signaling data provide new technologic…
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The Mw5.4 Zagreb (Croatia) earthquake of March 22, 2020: impacts and response Open
This paper highlights the principal features of the M w 5.4 Zagreb earthquake. Located within the city limits at a depth of 10 km, the earthquake generated a peak ground acceleration of more than 0.2 g and a maximum spectral acceleration o…
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Factors influencing bird-building collisions in the downtown area of a major North American city Open
Bird-building collisions are the largest source of avian collision mortality in North America. Despite a growing literature on bird-building collisions, little research has been conducted in downtown areas of major cities, and no studies h…
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Numerical modelling for analysis of the effect of different urban green spaces on urban heat load patterns in the present and in the future Open
This paper focuses on urban green spaces in terms of climate and human thermal comfort containing their effect on heat load mitigation. It incorporates a modelling study in which the role of green spaces was investigated in terms of heat s…
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Guidelines for a Polycentric Region to Reduce Vehicle Use and Increase Walking and Transit Use Open
Problem, research strategy, and findings: The monocentric development pattern in the Alonso–Mills–Muth model underpinned theoretical discussions of urban form in the 1960s and 1970s and truly dominated theory up to the point when Joel Garr…
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Quantitative Influence of Land-Use Changes and Urban Expansion Intensity on Landscape Pattern in Qingdao, China: Implications for Urban Sustainability Open
The spatial structure and configuration of land-use patches, i.e., landscape patterns could affect the flow of energy and materials in inner-urban ecosystems, and hence the sustainable development of urban areas. Studying landscape pattern…
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Mapping Local Climate Zones Using ArcGIS-Based Method and Exploring Land Surface Temperature Characteristics in Chenzhou, China Open
The local climate zone (LCZ) has become a new tool for urban heat island research. Taking Chenzhou as the research object, eight urban spatial form elements and land cover elements are calculated respectively through ArcGIS, Skyhelios and …
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How small cities affect the biodiversity of ground-dwelling mammals and the relevance of this knowledge in planning urban land expansion in terms of urban wildlife Open
Fundamental principles regarding urban biodiversity are based on studies conducted in large cities. However we cannot know whether the same phenomena occur in smaller cities or how small cities affect biodiversity. Small cities are an inhe…