Social media data are transforming sustainability science. However, challenges from
restrictions in data accessibility and ethical concerns regarding potential data misuse have …

Data-driven urbanism is often entangled with the smart city and practiced in a way that
prioritizes control over physical objects and downplays the human and political aspects of …

With the development of Web2. 0 and mobile Internet, urban residents, a new type of
“sensor”, provide us with massive amounts of volunteered geographic information (VGI) …

“A picture is worth a thousand words”. Analysis of the visual content of tourist photos is an
effective way to explore the image of tourist destinations. With the development of computer …

Urban land use mapping is crucial for effective urban management and planning due to the
rapid change of urban processes. State-of-the-art approaches rely heavily on the …

As unconventional sources of geoinformation, massive imagery and text messages from
open platforms and social media form a temporally quasi-seamless, spatially …

This study examines the control of traffic noise in urban planning, considering the
differences in noise impacts at various scales. Acoustic simulations and spatial statistics …

A destination attracts tourists not only by its aesthetically well-designed and functionally well-
maintained urban scenes but also by its image and sense of place. Using Macau as a case …

Historic blocks are steeped in the history and culture of a city, reflecting the characteristics of
the landscape during historical periods; they are of great significance to the preservation of …

The city on social media has become a hot topic in the study of city communication and city
image. From the perspective of spatial theory and the communication characteristics of …