Article
Ergonomics
Seyed Ahmad Almasi, Hamid Reza Behnood
Summary: Predicting pedestrian crashes on urban roads is a crucial issue for urban traffic safety. The statistical reliability of the Empirical Bayesian method in combining observed and predicted crash frequency is questioned due to the lack of spatial correlation and instability in crash data. In this study, an EB model and four different geographic regression models were developed to estimate the expected frequency of pedestrian crashes in Tehran. The results showed that GWZIPR and GWZINBR models had the most accurate predictions.
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jin Zuo, Jikang Shi, Chen Li, Tong Mu, Yun Zeng, Jing Dong
Summary: This study focused on improving emergency evacuation effectiveness in high-density urban areas under limited land resources, using cyclic evacuation simulation, evaluation, and optimization, along with facility location tool and urban renewal planning. The results showed significant improvements in pedestrian evacuation efficiency through these integrated methods.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Peng Li, Xiya Guo, Jing Jing, Wenbiao Hu, Wen-Qiang Wei, Xin Qi, Guihua Zhuang
Summary: The study found that long-term exposure to PM2.5 was significantly associated with increased risks for esophageal cancer incidence (ECI), especially with notable gender differences and variations in urban-rural areas at different lag periods.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Mostafa Telima, Mohamed El Esawey, Karim El-Basyouny, Ahmed Osama
Summary: This study investigates the potential of using crowdsourced data to identify hotspot locations for pedestrian safety. The results showed that incidents in the study area are generally dispersed, but some locations were identified as hotspots. This approach can help transportation authorities in developing countries prioritize sites that require more safety attention.
AIN SHAMS ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Business
P. M. Picard, T. T. H. Tran
Summary: This study investigates the size and location of small urban green areas in city spaces, and their impact on land value and population density. The research shows that the land share dedicated to small urban green areas is influenced by a trade-off between land value and population density, and is a single peaked function of distance to the city center. The spatial pattern of small urban green areas is found to be robust to various measures of urban land uses based on an empirical study of 305 largest EU cities using GIS data.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chengyi Lin, Yiqun Ma, Riyang Liu, Yanchuan Shao, Zongwei Ma, Lian Zhou, Yuanshu Jing, Michelle L. Bell, Kai Chen
Summary: Previous studies on acute health effects of ozone have mainly focused on urban areas due to the lack of air pollutant measurements in rural areas. This study estimated the daily maximum 8-hour average ozone concentration in Jiangsu Province, China from 2015 to 2018 and found that short-term ozone exposure is associated with adverse health effects for both urban and rural residents.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Cecile Gonschor, Robert Pohl, Ulrike Woitha, Beatrice Thielmann, Irina Boeckelmann
Summary: This study aimed to analyze the well-being of German veterinarians and determine whether there is a correlation between well-being and work location. The results showed that work location does not seem to significantly influence the well-being of veterinarians, suggesting that it may be of lower priority in interventions. However, further investigation of work-related predictors of mental health among veterinarians is recommended, as the results indicate low well-being among these professionals.
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jaroslav Hofierka, Katarina Onacillova
Summary: This study proposes a method to derive visible band albedo in urban surfaces using aerial orthophotographs, which is verified by comparing it with data from other sensors and published typical albedo values.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Liye Zhu, Dilhara Ranasinghe, Marcelo Chamecki, Michael J. Brown, Suzanne E. Paulson
Summary: The design of the built environment plays a critical role in the dispersion of pollutants at street level, with ground-level open space reducing street-level pollutant concentrations. Clustering tall buildings together and arranging buildings in a "checkerboard" grid pattern can result in lower pollutant concentrations. Additionally, pollutant concentrations drop off rapidly with height above roadways and building height and spacing impact pollutant dispersion.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jian-gang Shi, Ke Xu, Hongyun Si, Lingchuan Song, Kaifeng Duan
Summary: By incorporating the theory of planned behaviour and norm-activation model, this study identified that behavioural attitude and perceived behavioural control were significant predictors of waste sorting intention and behaviour. Personal moral norms and subjective norms also had positive effects on behavioural intention, while awareness of consequence primarily influenced personal moral norms.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Ergonomics
Abbas Sheykhfard, Farshidreza Haghighi, Subasish Das, Grigorios Fountas
Summary: This study identifies key evasive actions used by drivers to avoid pedestrian crashes in different areas. The research combines quantitative methods and naturalistic data to analyze the impacts of driving contexts on transportation system performance, safety, and reliability. The findings reveal that changing lanes is the primary method employed in suburban and unmarked crossing areas, while in urban areas and marked crossing areas, drivers rely on soft actions such as deceleration. A pseudo-code algorithm is developed to guide drivers on appropriate evasive actions based on space/time contexts. The results and methodology of this study could be valuable for the future development of a driver support system.
ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Hsiang-Lin Yu, Tsang-Jung Chang
Summary: The study presents an accurate and efficient finite volume approach for overland flow modelling in rural and urban areas through solving the two-dimensional shallow water equations. The proposed hybrid procedure utilizes the sharpness of discontinuity to identify flow conditions and selects different accuracy schemes to improve model efficiency and accuracy throughout the computational domain.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Joshua Hrisko, Prathap Ramamurthy, Jorge E. Gonzalez
Summary: A satellite-derived hysteresis model is established to estimate heat storage in urban areas, by relating multispectral satellite radiances and geophysical properties to ground-truth residual heat storage computed with flux instruments. Gradient-boosted regression trees serve as the method to maximize the relationship between satellite data and flux measurements, with the model performing well under varying weather conditions. The model shows lower RMSE and MAE values compared to some ground-to-ground studies, making it one of the few satellite-derived methods that compute direct comparison over different land cover types.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Economics
Classio Joao Mendiate, Alphonse Nkurunziza, Constancio Augusto Machanguana, Roberto Bernardo
Summary: This study investigates the influence of urban form on walking behavior in Mozambican cities, focusing on two main urban forms: cities built along national roads and inland cities. The findings show that inland cities provide a better walking environment and socio-economic factors play a stronger role in influencing walking behavior in these cities than in linear structured cities built along road corridors. Urban form factors, such as activity location and household residence, have a more significant impact on walking in inland cities like Milange.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Jivesh Ujjwal, Ranja Bandyopadhyaya
Summary: This study develops a comprehensive Pedestrian Level of Service (PLOS) assessment model for old cities with mixed land-use. The model considers factors such as pedestrian volume, speed, infrastructure conditions, and satisfaction levels. By conducting satisfaction surveys, the study develops satisfaction rating models for each factor and eliminates variability.