Automatic assessment of public open spaces using street view imagery

S Chen, F Biljecki - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
Public open space (POS) is essential to urban areas. Assessing them usually requires
tedious approaches such as fieldwork and manual processes. Street View Imagery (SVI) …

Integrating GIS, deep learning, and environmental sensors for multicriteria evaluation of urban street walkability

Y Li, N Yabuki, T Fukuda - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
The walkability of urban streets (WoUS) benefits public health and urban livability, but there
is still no consensus on the quantitative and comprehensive evaluation of walkability …

Small public space vitality analysis and evaluation based on human trajectory modeling using video data

T Niu, L Qing, L Han, Y Long, J Hou, L Li, W Tang… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Small public spaces are important for citizens to live and socialize with a high utilization rate.
The vitality of small public space plays an important role in evaluating space quality and …

Measuring visual walkability perception using panoramic street view images, virtual reality, and deep learning

Y Li, N Yabuki, T Fukuda - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Measuring perceptions of visual walkability in urban streets and exploring the associations
between the visual features of the street built environment that make walking attractive to …

Automatic generation of synthetic datasets from a city digital twin for use in the instance segmentation of building facades

J Zhang, T Fukuda, N Yabuki - Journal of Computational Design …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The extraction and integration of building facade data are necessary for the development of
information infrastructure for urban environments. However, existing methods for parsing …

[HTML][HTML] Water View Imagery: Perception and evaluation of urban waterscapes worldwide

J Luo, T Zhao, L Cao, F Biljecki - Ecological Indicators, 2022 - Elsevier
Gathering knowledge about physical settings and visual information of places has long been
of interest to a wide variety of fields as they affect the experience of observers. Previous …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers or pedestrians, whose dynamic perceptions are more effective to explain street vitality? A case study in Guangzhou

Y Wang, W Qiu, Q Jiang, W Li, T Ji, L Dong - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
As an important indicator of urban development capacity, vitality can be affected by the
human perception of street views, which is a dynamic sensory process that can differ greatly …

The impact of the streetscape built environment on recreation satisfaction: A case study of Guangzhou

H Shi, L Yu, Y Xu, Y Liu, M Zhao - Journal of Transport Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
Recreation satisfaction has been a significant contributor to an individual's health. However,
studies on the relationship between the built environment and recreation satisfaction are …

[HTML][HTML] From intangible to tangible: The role of big data and machine learning in walkability studies

J Yang, P Fricker, A Jung - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
Walkability reflects the well-being of a city, and its measurement is evolving rapidly due to
advancements of big data and machine learning technologies. The study examines the …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring the non-linear relationship between three-dimensional built environment and urban vitality based on a random forest model

J Lin, Y Zhuang, Y Zhao, H Li, X He, S Lu - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban vitality is a major indicator used for evaluating the sustainability and attractiveness of
an urban environment. Global experience indicates that urban vitality can be stimulated …