Housing Vacancy Rate in Major Cities in China: Perspectives from Nighttime Light Data by Zhiru Tan, Donglan Wei, Zixu Yin

“…In recent years, the phenomenon of housing vacancy rate (HVR) has attracted considerable attention, especially concerning unjustified expansions of Chinese cities. The aforementioned trend is disadvantageous in that it will ultimately lead to tremendous wastage of valuable land that could otherwise be more productively utilized. …”
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Evaluation of Ecological Water Conservancy Benefits for Lakeside Cities Based on Principal Component Analysis by GU Xiaohan, ZHU Shijie, MAO Jinqiao

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Sentiment Analysis Models with Bayesian Approach: A Bike Preference Application in Metropolitan Cities by Antonino Vitetta

“…In this work a model based on the Bayesian approach is specified, calibrated, and validated in the case of bike preference in some Italian metropolitan cities. The model takes into account the discrete choice approach. …”
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Corrigendum to “Real-Time Smart Parking Systems Integration in Distributed ITS for Smart Cities” by Muhammad Alam, Davide Moroni, Gabriele Pieri, Marco Tampucci, Miguel Gomes, José Fonseca, Joaquim Ferreira, Giuseppe Riccardo Leone

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An Artificial Intelligence Mechanism for the Prediction of Signal Strength in Drones to IoT Devices in Smart Cities by Mohamad Reda A. Refaai, Vinjamuri S. N. C. H. Dattu, H. S. Niranjana Murthy, P. Pramod Kumar, B. Kannadasan, Abdi Diriba

“…Drones, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be used to create extraordinary responses to today’s difficulties in smart city challenges. A drone, which would be effectively a data-gathering device, could approach regions that become complicated, dangerous, or even impossible to achieve for individuals. …”
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Visiones del Futuro Urbano: El Paradigma Teórico de las Smart Cities by Oscar Efrén Cárdenas Villavicencio, Mariuxi Paola Zea Ordoñez, Joofre Antonio Honores Tapia, Freddy Stalin Lamar Peña

“…El objetivo de la investigación fue identificar las visiones del futuro urbano con base a las publicaciones en respuesta a las Smart Cities que han surgido como una solución prometedora respaldada por avances tecnológicos. …”
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RETRACTED: Garden-Park Landscape Architecture and the formation of recreation areas (on the example of the cities of Uzbekistan) by Alieva Manzura, Daminova Umida, Ikromov Shavkat, Ikromova Mavluda, Zokirova Latofat

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Wind-powered hydrogen refueling station with energy recovery for green mobility in sustainable cities by Nurettin Sezer, Sertac Bayhan

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Changes of Air Pollutants in Urban Cities during the COVID-19 Lockdown-Sri Lanka by Buddhi Pushpawela, Sherly Shelton, Gayathri Liyanage, Sanduni Jayasekara, Dimuthu Rajapaksha, Akila Jayasundara, Lesty Das Jayasuriya

“…The results showed that the percentage change of daytime PM10, PM2.5, CO, and NO2 concentration during the lockdown in Colombo (Kandy) is –42.3% (–39.5%), –46% (–54.2%), –14.7% (–8.8%) and –82.2% (–80.9%), respectively. In both cities, the response of NO2 to the lockdown was the most sensitive. …”
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Ana Manzanas and Jesus Benito, Cities, Borders, and Spaces in Intercultural American Literature and Film by Nathalie Cochoy

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Spatiotemporal Relationships between Air Quality and Multiple Meteorological Parameters in 221 Chinese Cities by Mengyi Ji, Yuying Jiang, Xiping Han, Luo Liu, Xinliang Xu, Zhi Qiao, Wei Sun

“…Precipitation and relative humidity in most cities had significant impacts on PM2.5 and PM10. …”
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RETRACTED: Techniques for the formation of the natural and ecological framework of riverine cities (on the example of Rostov-on-Don) by Vorob’yova A.M.

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Introduction to Dossier. Twenty-First century cities: Urban public policy, displacement and contestation by Agustín Cócola Gant, Gustavo Durán, Michael Janoschka

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Making innovative landscapes. Balmori Associates redefining the human-nature relationship for the cities of the future by Javier González-Campaña, Noemie Lafaurie-Debany, Marta Rabazo Martin

“… In the context of the current scholarly debate on environmental and ecological emergency, the contribution presents the work of landscape architect Diana Balmori and Balmori Associates, which has emerged as one of the most visionary and innovative in combating climate change and creating more liveable cities. The description of some of the work carried out by the Firm helps illustrate the foundational and representative elements that characterise its design work, but more importantly, the strategies to be deployed in order to successfully respond to current critical environmental issues. …”
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The influence of spatial configuration on pedestrian movement behaviour in commercial streets of low-density cities by Elham Mehrinejad Khotbehsara, Kathirgamalingam Somasundaraswaran, Tracy Kolbe-Alexander, Rongrong Yu

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Impact of urban-rural integration on resource misallocation in old industrial cities and its mechanisms by ZHU Gaoli, SHENG Li

Subjects: “…urban-rural integration|industrial structure transformation and upgrading|resource misallocation|threshold effects|old industrial cities…”
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Bio-Waste in Reverse Logistics - Various Size Cities on the Example of South-Eastern Poland by KOC-JURCZYK Justyna, JURCZYK Łukasz, PODOLAK Agnieszka

“…This study compares the mass of bio-waste collected separately to the mass forecast at various administrative levels in Poland: country, voivodeship, cities with over 50 thousand inhabitants, and cities under 50 thousand inhabitants. …”
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Temperature, violent crime, climate change, and vulnerability factors in 44 United States cities by Seulkee Heo, Hayon Michelle Choi, Jesse D. Berman, Michelle L. Bell

“…The Uniform Crime Reporting Program data were used to calculate daily city-specific number of violent crimes (n = 2,447,458 incidents). …”
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Cities as parasitic amplifiers? Malaria prevalence and diversity in great tits along an urbanization gradient by Caizergues, Aude E., Robira, Benjamin, Perrier, Charles, Jeanneau, Mélanie, Berthomieu, Arnaud, Perret, Samuel, Gandon, Sylvain, Charmantier, Anne

“…By affecting the reservoirs of pathogens and the body and immune conditions of hosts, urbanization alters the epidemiological dynamics and diversity of diseases. Cities could act as areas of pathogen dilution or amplification, depending on whether urban features have positive or negative effects on vectors and hosts. …”
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Exploring the Classification and Restructuring of Chemical Industrial Cities in China: The Perspectives of Sectoral and Spatial Differences by Hui Zou, Xuejun Duan, Lei Wang, Tingting Jin

“…As an economic pillar, major resource consumer, and polluter of cities, the chemical industry determines many cities’ transformation, prosperity, and decay. …”
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