Analysing the city through data retrieved from Location Based Social Networks (LBSNs) has
received considerable attention as a promising method for applied research. However, the …

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 …

The Death and Life of Great American Cities was written in 1961 and is now one of the most
influential book in city planning. In it, Jane Jacobs proposed four conditions that promote life …

Smell has a huge influence over how we perceive places. Despite its importance, smell has
been crucially overlooked by urban planners and scientists alike, not least because it is …

Urban sound has a huge influence over how we perceive places. Yet, city planning is
concerned mainly with noise, simply because annoying sounds come to the attention of city …

Planners, policy makers, and scholars are increasingly using social media data to study
public life in cities. Yet, such projects tend to be limited by three commitments that shape the …

This study develops a Geographic Data Science framework that transforms the Foursquare
check-in locations and user origin-destination flows data into knowledge about the emerging …

As neighborhood walkability has gradually become an important topic in various fields,
many cities around the world are promoting an eco-friendly and people-centered walking …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a systematic review of the contributions
present in the literature about walkability. This is aimed at defining a set of criteria and …

Online social networks being extended to geographical space has resulted in large amount
of user check-in data. Understanding check-ins can help to build appealing applications …