Background: At a time of increasing disconnectedness from nature, scientific interest in the
potential health benefits of nature contact has grown. Research in recent decades has …

Urban physical environments are the physical settings and built environments in
neighbourhoods and cities which provide places for human activities. Evidence suggests …

A personal comfort model is an approach to thermal comfort modeling, for thermal
environmental design and control, that predicts an individual's thermal comfort response …

We systematically reviewed the current use of Google Street View (GSV) in health research
and characterized major themes, strengths and weaknesses in order to highlight …

New sources of data such as 'big data'and computational analytics have stimulated
innovative pedestrian oriented research. Current studies, however, are still limited and …

Street greenery is a component of urban green infrastructure. By forming foundational green
corridors in urban ecological systems, street greenery provides vital ecological, social, and …

Purposes The aim of this study is to review the published evidence on the association
between community environment and cognitive function in older people, focusing on the …

Recent studies empirically support the role of the built environment in inducing or hindering
violent crime. Particularly, studies of the broken window theory have provided evidence that …

Online mapping technologies such as Google Maps and Street View have become
increasingly accessible. These technologies have many convenient uses in everyday life …

Although many studies have developed indoor streetscape audit instruments, given the
limitation of conventional image information, these have merely been optimized for auditing …