Health and well-being benefits of outdoor and indoor vertical greening systems: a review

F Fonseca, M Paschoalino, L Silva - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Green spaces have become the most threatened by urban growth, and the decline in these
areas is a main cause of environmental and social problems with implications for human …

Synergy between green stormwater infrastructure and active mobility: A comprehensive literature review

C Lemieux, F Bichai, G Boisjoly - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is increasingly used in urban planning to replace grey
infrastructure and achieve socio-environmental benefits. Its design can result in a substantial …

[HTML][HTML] Global microscale walkability ratings and rankings: A novel composite indicator for 59 European city centres

A Bartzokas-Tsiompras, E Bakogiannis… - Journal of transport …, 2023 - Elsevier
Several walkability studies have focused primarily on macro-level environmental factors.
Nevertheless, previous research has shown that street-level design can also support …

Quantifying and visualizing the 15-minute walkable city concept across Europe: A multicriteria approach

A Bartzokas-Tsiompras, E Bakogiannis - Journal of Maps, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The disruptions associated with health and energy crisis have emphasized the need for
hyperlocal cities. However, in Europe, a tool to measure the efficiency of land use and …

Perceived walkability and respective urban determinants: Insights from Bologna and Porto

F Fonseca, G Papageorgiou, S Tondelli, P Ribeiro… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Walking is undoubtedly a sustainable and healthy mode of transport. However, the decision
to walk is influenced by many built environment and streetscape attributes. Specifically, the …

Neighborhood walkability, neighborhood social health, and self-selection among US adults

JR Carson, TL Conway, LG Perez, LD Frank… - Health & place, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Neighborhood walkability is favorably related to multiple physical health
outcomes, but associations with social health are less clear. Present analyses examined …

Students' home-university commuting patterns: A shift towards more sustainable modes of transport

PJG Ribeiro, F Fonseca - Case studies on transport policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Students commuting to and from university campuses have important social, environmental
and transportation impacts. Based on a questionnaire conducted with 686 students from the …

People with disabilities and use of public transit: the role of neighborhood walkability

K Kwon, G Akar - Journal of transport geography, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines the links between neighborhood walkability and transit use with a focus
on the differences between disabled individuals and others. Using the detailed individual …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable living neighbourhoods: Measuring public space quality and walking environment in Lisbon

T Santos, F Ramalhete, RP Julião… - Geography and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obesity and global warming are two major challenges that affect communities' health and
quality of life. Providing good walking environments, with appropriate pedestrian …

Unsupervised feature extraction of aerial images for clustering and understanding hazardous road segments

J Francis, J Bright, S Esnaashari, Y Hashem… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Aerial image data are becoming more widely available, and analysis techniques based on
supervised learning are advancing their use in a wide variety of remote sensing contexts …