Solving the land vacancy problem and promoting urban transformation is a crucial challenge
for the new urbanization construction in China, especially under the dual pressure of rapid …

This paper evaluates smart city (SC) initiatives in the context of re-using vacant property,
focusing on the role of living labs (LL). LL utilise Lo-Fi technologies to foster local digital …

Objectives. To determine if remediating blighted vacant urban land reduced firearm shooting
incidents resulting in injury or death. Methods. We conducted a cluster randomized …

In this paper, environmental sustainability performance assessment of 27 US and Canada
metropoles is addressed. A four-step hierarchical fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making …

Urban vacant land availability offers revitalisation opportunities in the form of improving
ecological functions. However, less is known about the available planning tools with which …

Many post-industrial US cities have developed programs to promote the greening of publicly-
owned vacant lots, including initiatives in which homeowners can purchase nearby lots and …

Objective Place-based blight remediation programs have gained popularity in recent years
as a crime reduction approach. This study estimated the impact of a citywide vacant lot …

Municipal leaders are pursuing ambitious goals to increase urban tree canopy (UTC), but
there is little understanding of the pace and socioecological drivers of UTC change. We …

Today, urban voids have emerged as challenges to the strategic utilization of cities
undergoing constant expansion or shrinkage. Urban voids are unused, underused and …

In the context of the ongoing economic crisis and the associated slow-down in the
commercial property sector, urban policies that seek to encourage 'temporary uses' have …