Progress and prospects in planning: A bibliometric review of literature in Urban Studies and Regional and Urban Planning, 1956–2022

A Sharifi, AR Khavarian-Garmsir, Z Allam… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global population has rapidly urbanized over the past century, and the urbanization rate
is projected to reach about 70% by 2050. In line with these trends and the increasing …

Determining thresholds for spatial urban design and transport features that support walking to create healthy and sustainable cities: findings from the IPEN Adult study

E Cerin, JF Sallis, D Salvo, E Hinckson… - The Lancet Global …, 2022 - thelancet.com
An essential characteristic of a healthy and sustainable city is a physically active population.
Effective policies for healthy and sustainable cities require evidence-informed quantitative …

What next? Expanding our view of city planning and global health, and implementing and monitoring evidence-informed policy

B Giles-Corti, AV Moudon, M Lowe, E Cerin… - The Lancet global …, 2022 - thelancet.com
This Series on urban design, transport, and health aimed to facilitate development of a
global system of health-related policy and spatial indicators to assess achievements and …

A systematic review of the health co-benefits of urban climate change adaptation

A Sharifi, M Pathak, C Joshi, BJ He - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent and projected upward trends in the frequency and intensity of climate-induced
events in cities have enhanced the focus on adaptation. In addition to enhancing the …

Building up or spreading out? Typologies of urban growth across 478 cities of 1 million+

R Mahtta, A Mahendra, KC Seto - Environmental Research …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Urban form in both two-(2D) and three-dimensions (3D) has significant impacts on local and
global environments. Here we developed the largest global dataset characterizing 2D and …

Urban form and composition of street canyons: A human-centric big data and deep learning approach

A Middel, J Lukasczyk, S Zakrzewski, M Arnold… - Landscape and Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Various research applications require detailed metrics to describe the form and composition
of cities at fine scales, but the parameter computation remains a challenge due to limited …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between urban heat island and air pollutants and them with influencing factors in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Y Wang, Z Guo, J Han - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
The relationship between urban heat island (UHI) and air pollution is worth exploring. We
used land surface temperature (LST) and air quality data investigated the spatio-temporal …

Combining expert and crowd-sourced training data to map urban form and functions for the continental US

M Demuzere, S Hankey, G Mills, W Zhang, T Lu… - Scientific data, 2020 - nature.com
Although continental urban areas are relatively small, they are major drivers of
environmental change at local, regional and global scales. Moreover, they are especially …

The impact of urban configuration types on urban heat islands, air pollution, CO2 emissions, and mortality in Europe: a data science approach

T Iungman, S Khomenko, EP Barboza… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background The world is becoming increasingly urbanised. As cities around the world
continue to grow, it is important for urban planners and policy makers to understand how …

Environmental determinants of population health in urban settings. A systematic review

M Salgado, J Madureira, AS Mendes, A Torres… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background Population health is influenced by interactions between environmental
determinants, which are captured by dimensions and indicators. This study aims to …