A review of urban physical environment sensing using street view imagery in public health studies

Y Kang, F Zhang, S Gao, H Lin, Y Liu - Annals of GIS, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Urban physical environments are the physical settings and built environments in
neighbourhoods and cities which provide places for human activities. Evidence suggests …

Systematic review of the use of Google Street View in health research: Major themes, strengths, weaknesses and possibilities for future research

A Rzotkiewicz, AL Pearson, BV Dougherty… - Health & place, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Analyzing the effects of Green View Index of neighborhood streets on walking time using Google Street View and deep learning

D Ki, S Lee - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2021 - Elsevier
Previous research has reported that greenery is an important factor in walking activities, with
greenery existing in various forms, including trees, gardens, green walls, and other …

Understanding house price appreciation using multi-source big geo-data and machine learning

Y Kang, F Zhang, W Peng, S Gao, J Rao, F Duarte… - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding house price appreciation benefits place-based decision makings and real
estate market analyses. Although large amounts of interests have been paid in the house …

Assessing impacts of objective features and subjective perceptions of street environment on running amount: A case study of Boston

L Dong, H Jiang, W Li, B Qiu, H Wang, W Qiu - Landscape and urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
The built environment is found to relate to running behaviors. However, the impacts of the
street environment on running were less addressed due to the lack of running data in large …

Development of a system for assessing the quality of urban street-level greenery using street view images and deep learning

Y Xia, N Yabuki, T Fukuda - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021 - Elsevier
Street greenery has long played a vital role in the quality of urban landscapes and is closely
related to people's physical and mental health. Also, the level of street greenery is an …

Quantifying the shade provision of street trees in urban landscape: A case study in Boston, USA, using Google Street View

X Li, C Ratti, I Seiferling - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2018 - Elsevier
Shade provision by street trees during the hot summer months is a primary factor for the
thermal comfort of people in urban areas. In this study we present a novel method to …

[HTML][HTML] The tree cover and temperature disparity in US urbanized areas: Quantifying the association with income across 5,723 communities

RI McDonald, T Biswas, C Sachar, I Housman… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Urban tree cover provides benefits to human health and well-being, but previous studies
suggest that tree cover is often inequitably distributed. Here, we use National Agriculture …

Perceptions of built environment and health outcomes for older Chinese in Beijing: A big data approach with street view images and deep learning technique

R Wang, Y Liu, Y Lu, J Zhang, P Liu, Y Yao… - … Environment and Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Built environment attributes have been demonstrated to be associated with various health
outcomes. However, most empirical studies have typically focused on objective built …

Particularities of having plants at home during the confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic

L Pérez-Urrestarazu, MP Kaltsidi, PA Nektarios… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study evaluated the role of having plants at home during the confinement period
as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that deprived people of freely visiting open green …