A review of urban vitality research in the Chinese world

Abstract

This paper is a systematic review of the contemporary research progresses of urban vitality in China. Through examining the most related and advanced Chinese academic literatures, this paper introduces the core definitions and concepts and summarizes the methodology and findings of current Chinese urban vitality research. The data sources and quantitative research methods and paradigms such as vitality index frameworks are listed and discussed in detail regarding their strengths and limitations. From studies in multiple Chinese cities, we synthesize the effects and the influence mechanisms of multi-faceted factors on different types of urban vitality. Finally, we not only summarize and extrapolate the policy implications of these literatures for improving urban vitality but also propose recommendations for future research.

Knowledge districts and their urban proposals: urban vitality metrics with information modeling

“…Embora a vitalidade urbana não seja um campo de pesquisa recente, sua importância no planejamento urbano tem sido acompanhada pelo desafio de mensurar seus indicadores de forma objetiva (Jiang et al, 2023). Diante dessa questão, a literatura acadêmica atual se empenha no desenvolvimento de metodologias adequadas que permitam uma abordagem mais precisa e confiável.…”

Exploring the Impact of Public Health Emergencies on Urban Vitality Using a Difference-In-Difference Model

“…Since urban resources and urban infrastructure have an important impact on urban vitality, it is important to include control factors to accurately assess the impact of public health emergencies on urban vitality [51]. We selected 13 control variables considering aspects of the population, economy, and urban infrastructure (Table 7).…”

Editorial: Shared micromobility and future cities

“…The issue aims to explore the potential of emerging data sources and advanced technologies and methods to investigate shared micromobility and its influence on creating a better future city. It includes five papers, addressing the topics of trip purpose inference (Wang & Zhang, 2023), bike-metro integration (Lin et al, 2023), cycling corridor continuity (Huang et al, 2023), segmentation of early adopters (Wu et al, 2023), and the disruption of dockless bike-sharing emergence (Zhou et al, 2023). We further introduce these papers as follows.…”

“…Bike-metro integration is regarded as an effective way to improve the access to the public transit systems. Lin et al (2023) assessed the metro accessibility by cycling at a finer spatiotemporal scale using a real bike trajectory dataset generated by cyclists in Shanghai, China. To achieve this goal, they proposed a new indicator, i.e., a metro accessibility level (MAL), which explicitly integrates metro crowdedness into the accessibility measurement.…”

“…Targeting at addressing the efficiency and safety concerns of urban cycling due to the unclear right-of-way and discontinuous non-motorized corridor, Huang et al (2023) used the dynamic location data of the Meituan Bike (formerly Mobike) in the Hi-tech Park area of Shenzhen to analyze the spatial-temporal variations of bikeshare use, aiming at identifying the traffic corridors of cycling. Using the agent-based modeling and social force model, this research proposed a new approach of simulating the urban non-motorized traffic, and hence provided valuable insights for building bicycle lanes for cycling corridors.…”