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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Inigo Delgado-Enales, Javier Del Ser, Patricia Molina-Costa
Summary: The rapid growth of cities and their aging population pose challenges for urban planning, particularly in terms of mobility and environmental quality. Enhancing pedestrian accessibility has become a global concern for environmental and health reasons. This paper presents a new framework that combines multi-objective optimization with a graph model to support urban planning and management in creating age-friendly cities. The framework allows for the design of urban projects that improve accessibility and reduce noise and air pollution, considering the economic cost. The study showcases the applicability of the framework in two use cases in Barcelona, demonstrating its potential for informed decision-making in enhancing urban accessibility and environmental quality in age-friendly cities.
COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS
(2023)
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Biophysics
Betty O. Adegebo
Summary: This study examines the thermal perception of urban populations in Ibadan, Nigeria and the sociodemographic characteristics that influence thermal perception, self-reported health effects, and coping strategies to heat stress. Findings show that differences in sociodemographic characteristics such as income inequalities, occupation, ethnicity, housing characteristics, and length of stay significantly influence thermal perception, self-reported health effects, and coping strategies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY
(2022)
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Urban Studies
Hyun Kim, Kyle Maurice Woosnam, Hyewon Kim
Summary: This study integrates urban gentrification dynamics with social vulnerability and environmental justice and explores gentrification processes and community perceptions across seven cities in South Korea. The study finds a positive correlation between social vulnerability and environmental justice concerning gentrification, particularly in urban core areas. Community perceptions show an increase in house sale prices and household displacement as outcomes of gentrification.
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Cell Biology
Chenghao Wang, Diego Sierra Huertas, John W. Rowe, Ruth Finkelstein, Laura L. Carstensen, Robert B. Jackson
Summary: Age-friendly cities initiatives aim to promote active and healthy aging by strengthening supports and services for older people, but often overlook the impact of early-life exposures on long-term well-being.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Marianela Castillo-Riquelme, Goro Yamada, Ana V. Diez Roux, Tania Alfaro, Sandra Flores-Alvarado, Tonatiuh Barrientos, Camila Teixeira Vaz, Andres Trotta, Olga L. Sarmiento, Mariana Lazo
Summary: The study found that in Latin American cities, aging significantly impacts the health of middle-aged adults and men. Living in cities with lower socioeconomic indicators is associated with poor self-reported health.
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Environmental Studies
Liyin Shen, Yi Yang, Haijun Bao, Xiaoyun Du, Hongman He
Summary: This paper presents a study on residents' perceptions of urban resources environment (URE) in China. The findings indicate that there are differences in the perceptions and levels of satisfaction among different groups of residents and different types of urban resources. Additionally, different cities perform differently in managing URE to satisfy their residents. These findings provide useful references for policymakers in improving URE.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2023)
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Construction & Building Technology
J. van Hoof, H. R. Marston, J. K. Kazak, T. Buffel
Summary: The development of age-friendly cities aims to improve physical and social environments for the well-being and health of older people. This movement explores aspects such as history, evaluation methods, built environment factors, and interactions with other strategic agendas like smart cities. The paper also discusses future perspectives and potential directions for further development in the age-friendly movement.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Emily Gemmell, Dina Adjei-Boadi, Asesh Sarkar, Niloofar Shoari, Katherine White, Svetlana Zdero, Hallah Kassem, Tina Pujara, Michael Brauer
Summary: Urban environments can significantly impact children's behaviors, exposures, and experiences, thus affecting their health, development, achievement, and realization of fundamental human rights. A multi-case study in four global cities examined the status of eleven articles in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The study revealed that children in all these cities face unequal exposure to urban environmental risks and amenities. Violations of child rights are often associated with car-based transportation systems, which face additional challenges due to rapid population growth and climate change. A child rights framework offers principles for collectively and across sectors re-imagining urban environments that prioritize the human rights of all citizens.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Linlang He, Nathan Hultman
Summary: This study examines the association between regional integration plans in Chinese city clusters and their environmental management capacity. The results show differences in enforcement activities and compliance capacity between cities inside and outside the major urban agglomerations, as well as different capacity-building opportunities in environmental enforcement and compliance for the two groups. This study provides empirical evidence for the important managerial implications in local environmental protection and urban agglomeration development planning in China.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Urban Studies
Le Yi Koh, Kum Fai Yuen
Summary: To understand consumer acceptance of autonomous delivery robots (ADRs), 500 survey responses were collected, driven by increased emphasis on contactless deliveries during the pandemic. A theoretical model combining the Health Belief Model and Task-Technology Fit Model was presented, and structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. The findings indicate that constructs from both theories significantly influence outcome expectations and task-technology fit, which are strong predictors of consumers' intention to adopt ADRs. This study enriches existing research by examining consumer intention to adopt ADRs from both health and technology perspectives, and offers practical implications and policy recommendations for urban planning and design.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ryan J. Keith, Lisa M. Given, John M. Martin, Dieter F. Hochuli
Summary: Research suggests that younger children and adolescents living in cities tend to have stronger connections with nature, with 8-11-year-olds showing more connection compared to older peers. Environmental behaviors tend to decrease as age increases. Differences between boys and girls in nature connections and pro-environmental behaviors are inconsistent, but girls are more willing to volunteer for conservation efforts.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Noli Brazil
Summary: Research has shown that neighborhoods have an impact on the health and well-being of their residents. This impact is particularly significant in low-income and minority neighborhoods, which tend to have more disadvantageous conditions. Additionally, the study finds disparities in air pollution exposure between different neighborhoods.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
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Urban Studies
Sirle Salmistu, Zenia Kotval
Summary: Population ageing is a global issue that brings both opportunities and challenges as the proportion of people over 65 is expected to increase dramatically by 2050. The concept of age-friendly communities has gained popularity for more than two decades, but most discussions and research are focused on ageing, gerontology, health and social policy, rather than mainstream urban planning or design journals. This paper aims to fill the gaps by examining spatial interventions and built environment in the realm of age-friendly communities in landscape architecture and urban planning literature, and calls for more involvement from urban planners and designers. The findings suggest that urban planners and designers have the potential to contribute to the implementation of age-friendly communities through various actions.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Charlotte Liotta, Vincent Viguie, Felix Creutzig
Summary: This study uses a spatially explicit monocentric urban economic model to analyze the impact of four representative policies on reducing transport greenhouse gas emissions in 120 cities worldwide. The results show that implementing these policies in all cities can reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions by 31% in 15 years. However, the consequences of the same policies vary widely between cities, depending on factors such as the policy considered, income level, population growth rate, spatial organization, and existing public transport supply. Applying welfare-increasing policy portfolios can reduce emissions by 22% in 15 years.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
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Gerontology
Emily A. Greenfield, Tine Buffel
Summary: This special issue aims to accelerate research on age-friendly cities and communities, featuring articles on background and challenges, the importance of policy-practice intersection research, and introducing articles on implementation and sustainability, partnerships and collaboration, theory-based program design, and policy and practice diffusion.
JOURNAL OF AGING & SOCIAL POLICY
(2022)
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Construction & Building Technology
Karl An, Sze-Ming Wong, Jimmy Chi-Hung Fung, Edward Ng
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Wanlu Ouyang, Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo, Chao Ren, Edward Ng
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Sheng Liu, Yu Ting Kwok, Kevin Ka-Lun Lau, Hong Wai Tong, Pak Wai Chan, N. G. Edward
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2020)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Ka-Ming Wai, Tanya Z. Tan, T. E. Morakinyo, Ta-Chien Chan, Alan Lai
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2020)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Zheng Tan, Adam Charles Roberts, Eun Hee Lee, Kian-Woon Kwok, Josip Car, Chee Kiong Soh, George Christopoulos
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo, Wanlu Ouyang, Kevin Ka-Lun Lau, Chao Ren, Edward Ng
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Jingwen Liu, Alana Hansen, Blesson Varghese, Zhidong Liu, Michael Tong, Hong Qiu, Linwei Tian, Kevin Ka-Lun Lau, Edward Ng, Chao Ren, Peng Bi
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2020)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Hui Shan Yap, Adam C. Roberts, Chengwen Luo, Zheng Tan, Eun Hee Lee, Thuan-Quoc Thach, Kian Woon Kwok, Josip Car, Chee-Kiong Soh, George Christopoulos
Summary: The study shows that underground workspaces are becoming increasingly important in urban planning, with public attitudes focusing mainly on air quality. Additionally, windows, temperature, and lighting are also important factors, with early adopters prioritizing air quality.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ka-Ming Wai, Lei Xiao, Tanya Zheng Tan
Summary: The study investigated the cooling performance of a water spraying system in a sub-tropical city under future climate conditions using validated models. The results showed that the spraying system provided a cooling effect at the pedestrian level, but the improvement of outdoor thermal comfort depended on the orientation of the urban canyons. Therefore, more holistic urban planning adaptation measures are needed to improve city resilience against heat stress in the face of future climate change.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Zheng Tan, Anqi Wang, Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo, Esther H. K. Yung, Edwin H. W. Chan
Summary: This study evaluates the environmental benefits of building setbacks and roadside tree planting in highly developed urban areas. The research shows that these strategies have a synergistic effect on individual cooling efficiency, creating a comfortable microclimate in high-density cities. The findings contribute valuable information for sustainable urban development and urban redevelopment projects.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Acoustics
Sandra Kotzor, Allison Wetterlin, Adam Charles Roberts, Henning Reetz, Aditi Lahiri
Summary: This paper focuses on the representation of nasality and the speakers' awareness and use of phonetic nasalisation in Bengali. The study finds that only unpredictable nasalisation is stored and governs how listeners interpret vowel nasality. The results of the experiments indicate that nasal vowels are recognized faster with fewer errors compared to underspecified oral vowels.
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Psychology, Developmental
He Sun, Adam Charles Roberts, Adriana Bus
Summary: This study investigated the visual attention of Mandarin-English bilingual children during repetitive readings of digital books and static books, and its impact on story retelling. The results showed that digital books with visual and auditory enhancements captured greater visual attention from children compared to the other two conditions. Bilingual language proficiency significantly modulated the effects of attention, with children of higher proficiency performing better in visual attention across most readings. The study also found that influencing visual attention through enhanced digital books improved story comprehension.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Kar Fye Alvin Lee, Eun Hee Lee, Adam Charles Roberts, Josip Car, Chee Kiong Soh, Georgios Christopoulos
Summary: The combined effects of behavioral inhibition and behavioral activation, as well as locus of control, were examined on different categories of smoking behavior. The fun-seeking aspect of behavioral activation was found to be a unique predictor of daily smoking, while external locus of control also played a significant role. External locus of control mediated the relationship between fun-seeking and smoking behavior. Overall, these findings suggest a more complex relationship between fun-seeking, external locus of control, and daily smoking behavior than previously shown.
Article
Communication
Yoolim Kim, Adam Charles Roberts
Summary: This study explores the processing differences of script between native and heritage speakers of Korean, highlighting the importance of written language in shaping lexical knowledge. It finds that heritage speakers exhibit sensitivity to different aspects of written Korean compared to native speakers, suggesting potential differences in how written language influences lexical processing for these two groups.
LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION
(2023)
