Investigating sense of place of the Las Vegas Strip using online reviews and machine learning approaches

Y Song, R Wang, J Fernandez, D Li - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2021 - Elsevier
Public space is essential to urban public life, activities, and events, and has become a key
component of design and regeneration schemes. However, visitors' experience of public …

Understanding perceived site qualities and experiences of urban public spaces: A case study of social media reviews in Bryant Park, New York City

Y Song, J Fernandez, T Wang - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Urban public spaces are a key component to the well-being and prosperity of modern
society. It has been increasingly important to improve the qualities and maximize the usages …

A framework for urban parks: Using social media data to assess Bryant Park, New York

J Fernandez, Y Song, M Padua, P Liu - Landscape Journal, 2022 - lj.uwpress.org
Parks play a critical role in the health and well-being of people in urban environments.
Recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic have underscored the importance of public …

Why do we love the high line? A case study of understanding long-term user experiences of urban greenways

Y Song, R Yang, H Lu, J Fernandez, T Wang - Computational Urban …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The High Line park (HLP) in New York City is one of the most successful
contemporary greenway parks, inspiring urban planners, designers, artists, and …

A semantic and sentiment analysis on online neighborhood reviews for understanding the perceptions of people toward their living environments

Y Hu, C Deng, Z Zhou - Annals of the American Association of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The perceptions of people toward neighborhoods reveal their satisfaction with their living
environments and their perceived quality of life. Recently, there is an emergence of Web …

User perception of public parks: A pilot study integrating spatial social media data with park management in the City of Chicago

Y Huang, Z Li, Y Huang - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
User-generated content (UGC) is a relatively young field of research; however, it has been
proven useful in disciplines such as hospitality and tourism, to elicit public opinions of place …

Descriptive and Network Post-Occupancy Evaluation of the Urban Public Space through Social Media: A Case Study of Bryant Park, NY

B Zhang, Y Song, D Liu, Z Zeng, S Guo, Q Yang, Y Wen… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
In modern cities, urban public spaces, such as parks, gardens, plazas, and streets, play a
big role in people's social activities, physical activities, mental health, and overall well-being …

Exploring public space through social media: An exploratory case study on the High Line New York City

HJ Kim, BK Chae, SB Park - Urban Design International, 2018 - Springer
A public space is a daily life environment for peoples' social, cultural and recreational
activities. Understanding people's use and experience of urban public space is essential to …

Parks, green space, and happiness: a spatially specific sentiment analysis using microblogs in Shanghai, China

S Lai, B Deal - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Green spaces, particularly urban parks, provide essential environmental, aesthetic, and
recreational benefits to human health, well-being, and happiness. However, traditional forms …

Using social media data in understanding site-scale landscape architecture design: Taking Seattle Freeway Park as an example

Y Song, B Zhang - Landscape Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Social media is a fast-growing area in built environment studies used to understand public
opinions and landscape usage. As most literature focuses on regional topics, this paper …