Planning in the age of pandemics: Renewing suburban design

Alawadi, Khaled; Khanal, Asim; Mouselly, Abdallah; Aletaywi, Abrar Bashar

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2022.104261

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“…The majority of current objective research related to urban fringe areas' walkability focused on assessing the attributes of accessibility and connectivity using methods such as Urban Network Analysis (UNA) [7], Space Syntax [48,49], and audit instruments [50,51]. This is mainly because these two attributes are generally considered unable to reach high levels in traditionally low-density, car-centric, street-fragmented suburbs.…”

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“…Car-friendly surroundings are believed to discourage pedestrians from walking by producing lower residential densities, minimal variation in the types of land uses, and poorly connected streets [6]. Several academics have acknowledged the prevalence of urban fringe areas, and there has been a general exploration of the topics related to evaluating and improving walking-related physical characteristics in those areas [7,8]. Conversely, some studies found that specific attributes of the urban periphery improve walkability in several regions of the world [9,10].…”

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Walkability Perceptions and Gender Differences in Urban Fringe New Towns: A Case Study of Shanghai

Wenjing

Huang

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Urban fringe areas, characterized by relatively larger community sizes and lower population densities compared to central areas, may lead to variations in walkability as well as gender differences, such as safety perception. While objective measurements have received considerable attention, further research is needed to comprehensively assess subjective perceptions of walking in the urban periphery. As a case study, we evaluated survey responses of community perceptions of “Imageability”, “Enclosure”, “Human scale”, “Complexity” and “Safety” of Shanghai’s five new towns, comparing these with responses from the central area in terms of gender difference, and analyzed influencing factors and prediction performance of machine learning (ML) models. We developed a TrueSkill-based rating system to dynamically collect audits of street view images (SVIs) from professional students and used the result to integrate with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer Vision (CV), Clustering analysis, and ML algorithm for further investigation. Results show that most of the new towns’ communities are perceived as moderately walkable or higher, with the city center’s community exhibiting the best walkability perceptions in general. Male and female perceptions of the “Human scale” and the factors that affect it differ little, but there are significant disparities in the other four perceptions. The best-performing ML models were effective at variable explanations and generalizations, with Random Forest Regression (RFR) performing better on more perception predictions. Responses also suggest that certain street design factors, such as street openness, can positively influence walkability perceptions of women and could be prioritized in new town development and urban renewal for more inclusive and walkable cities.

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Walkability Perceptions and Gender Differences in Urban Fringe New Towns: A Case Study of Shanghai

Wenjing

Huang

White

et al. 2023

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“…The pandemic has also boosted interest in remote work (Bergeaud et al, 2023). Other researchers emphasize the need to design cities to accommodate pandemic-control measures while attending to people's daily needs, including access to outdoor spaces for physical, social, and mental well-being (Alawadi et al, 2022). Understanding these demographic dimensions is crucial for policymakers and planners to address the challenges and opportunities associated with suburban development.…”

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Population Change as an Aspect of Suburbanization of Major Cities in Poland

Gnat

2024

Real Estate Management and Valuation

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Cities function in people’s minds as reservoirs of opportunities and possibilities. For many people, living in a city seems an attractive and logical life choice compared to areas perceived as provincial. However, the reality of the modern city is also associated with numerous nuisances. The occurrence of these disadvantages has led to the development of mechanisms intended, at least in principle, to counteract the ills of urban life. One such mechanism is the phenomenon of suburbanization. The outpouring of urban functions beyond its boundaries occurs all over the world. However, this phenomenon also entails exacerbating transport bottlenecks, requires a lot of local investment, contributes to the deterioration of the environment, and disrupts household time budgets. This paper addresses population change as one of the demographic aspects of suburbanization. The trends characterizing the outflow of population from cities and the inflow of population to suburban areas has been examined. The study covers several of Poland’s largest cities using data from the 2011 and 2021 National Censuses. The main objectives of this study are to assess the scale of suburbanization in large and medium-sized Polish cities, so as to determine whether suburbanization occurs similarly regardless of city size. To identify those urban centers where the population change in neighboring municipalities is particularly high so as to raise the awareness of decision-makers and real estate market participants in relation to the challenges posed by suburbanization. In addition, using one city as an example, an assessment of how the influx of population affects number of transactions on selected real estate market was carried out. The results of the study may be useful in analyzing investment needs for various types of infrastructure, including roads and technical infrastructure.

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“…Street network design is a central ingredient of urban form and its relationships with neighborhood units and their residents are revealed in studies of walkability, accessibility, physical activity, satisfaction, and well‐being (Alawadi et al, 2022; Chin et al, 2008; Soltani et al, 2022; Yang, 2008). Within the cognitive representations people have of their cities and neighborhoods, streets act as primitives in the recognition of patterns, being analogous to strokes in perceptual grouping of Gelstat psychology (Köhler, 1967; Liu & Jiang, 2010).…”

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Exploring the relationships between perceived neighborhood boundaries and street network orientation

Tang

Paìnho

2023

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The neighborhood is a core unit of analysis in urban research, planning, and policy‐making. However, perceptual and historical processes oftentimes result in neighborhoods that are not tied to sub‐urban jurisdictions. For instance, historic neighborhoods might lack official spatial definitions, hampering neighborhood‐based tasks in local offices. In this case, urban practitioners can benefit from readily available spatial proxies, such as the local street network. In this study, we conducted an exploratory analysis that combines neighborhood mapping and street network modeling. By retrieving participants' sketched boundaries and quantifying spatial orientations of sketched polygons and local network patterns, we were able to measure and compare the relationships between the urban fabric and the perceived extents of two historic neighborhoods in Lisbon, Portugal. The results provided insights for enhancing existing definitions of non‐official neighborhoods, outlining new urban districts as well as for discussions about the role of the urban form in shaping people's perceptions.

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Planning in the age of pandemics: Renewing suburban design

Cited by 13 publications

References 58 publications

Walkability Perceptions and Gender Differences in Urban Fringe New Towns: A Case Study of Shanghai

Walkability Perceptions and Gender Differences in Urban Fringe New Towns: A Case Study of Shanghai

Population Change as an Aspect of Suburbanization of Major Cities in Poland

Exploring the relationships between perceived neighborhood boundaries and street network orientation

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