Sustainable City Compactness Evaluation on the Basis of Gis and Bayes Rule

Turskis, Zenonas; Zavadskas, Edmundas K.; Zagorskas, Jurgis

doi:10.3846/1648715x.2006.9637552

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“…Density value is one of the most common interpretations of the urban form [21], and density measurement can be divided into several perspectives including population density [22], built-up density [23], building density [24], and neighborhood density. Population density is calculated based on the common density measurement, i.e., persons per hectare in this study.…”

Section: Density Patternsmentioning

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How do East and Southeast Asian Cities Differ from Western Cities? A Systematic Review of the Urban Form Characteristics

Chen

Chiu

2020

Sustainability

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The Fifth Assessment Report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR5) revealed that the scale of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Asian cities is similar to those from developed economies, which are driven predominantly by economic growth. Due to variations in geographic and climatic contexts, culture and religion, living style and travel behavior, governance and institutions, and a wide range of density and land use mixes, there are significant variations in urban form patterns across Western and Asian cities. This paper uses a systematic review, which is a critical interpretive synthesis methodology, to review keywords of studies related to urban form among East and Southeast Asian cities. From 3725 records identified through database searching, 213 studies were included in qualitative analysis. The results show that, although the population density in built-up areas is higher, annual population density is declining significantly in East and Southeast Asia. In addition, there are various kinds of land use mixes including horizontal, vertical, and temporal forms. As a whole, the inconsistencies of urban form characteristics exist not only between Western and Asian cities, but also among Asian cities. Serious population density decreases in Asian cities might indicate that they are undergoing similar urban development processes to those of Western cities. We should be aware of the potential lock-in trends of urban development patterns in Chinese and Southeast Asian cities.

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Section: Density Patternsmentioning

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How do East and Southeast Asian Cities Differ from Western Cities? A Systematic Review of the Urban Form Characteristics

Chen

Chiu

2020

Sustainability

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“…Notwithstanding, people living in city centers are reported by a number of studies to lead a more sustainable life than those in less dense suburban and rural areas [2][3][4]. In addition, higher urban density has been claimed to be a direct indicator of higher sustainability [5]. Even though in heavily populated areas high population density is stipulated by practicalities, in more scarcely populated countries, such as Finland, promoting dense urban structure is a political choice often justified by ecological or social considerations.…”

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Dense downtown living more carbon intense due to higher consumption: a case study of Helsinki

Heinonen¹,

Kyrö

Junnila

2011

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Hindering urban sprawl is one of the main goals for contemporary urban planning. Urban density is considered crucial in climate change mitigation since it reduces automobile dependence and decreases unit sizes, for example. This letter analyzes the effect of density in a city context. In the study the Finnish capital Helsinki is divided into two areas of different urban densities: the high density downtown area and the more scarcely populated suburbs. The study is a continuation of a recently published study on the implications of urban structure on carbon emissions, and analyzes further the main finding of the first study-that higher urban density might have negligible or even reverse effect on the per capita carbon emissions. Similarly to the previous study, a consumption based tiered hybrid life cycle assessment (LCA) approach is employed in order to produce a comprehensive assessment, free of territorial boundaries and system cutoffs typical of traditional LCAs. Based on the findings of the previous study, it is hypothesized that when assessing city level carbon dioxide emissions from a wider, consumer oriented LCA perspective, increased urban density may not necessarily reduce carbon emissions. Surprisingly, the study finds that carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions are substantially higher in the dense downtown area than in the surrounding suburbs, which is suggested to imply that the increased consumption due to the higher standard of living increases emissions more than the higher density is able to reduce them. The results demonstrate that, while increasing urban density can be justified from a number of ecological, social and economic viewpoints, density is not necessarily a key parameter in the particular case of climate change. In cities like Helsinki, where wealth is concentrated in the downtown area, climate policies should give higher priority to the energy consumption of buildings, to alternative energy production and distribution modes, as well as to low carbon consumption within the city.

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“…In the most described cases, capabilities of GIS and multiple criteria decision analysis are integrated (Sheina et al 2010;Joerin et al 2001;Zhang et al 2012;Coutinho-Rodrigues et al 2011;Turskis et al 2006;Dai et al 2001). Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods generally fall into three groups: 1) outranking mo dels, 2) value measurement models, 3) goal, aspiration or reference level models (Belton, Stewart 2002).…”

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“…GIS can be also used for the assessment of existing land-use sustainability level, for example: using game theory, adapted to GIS urban compactness level is evaluated (Turskis et al 2006).…”

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Using Space Syntax Method and Gis-Based Analysis for the Spatial Allocation of Roadside Rest Areas

Zaleckis

Kamičaitytė-Virbašienė

Matijošaitienė

2015

Transport

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A well-grounded system of Roadside Rest Areas (RRA) for transit travellers and local inhabitants in Latvia and Lithuania is absent. To select places for the location of RRA on Latvian-Lithuanian cross-border roads space syntax method and GIS-based analysis was used. The aim of this article is to present the developed methodology, results of the performed research and to lead discussion for the further development and applicability of the methodology. The application of space syntax method to nine transit roads in Latvian-Lithuanian border zone reveals that considering both local and regional contexts three roads or their parts could be recommended for the location of RRA. For the more precise location of RRA GIS-based method was developed. This method includes the GIS capabilities of information collection, spatial analysis and multi-criteria (eight criteria were selected) evaluation. The main proposed methodical stages are: creation of the thematic GIS database; formulation of RRA sites selection criteria, division of the analysed road into intervals, and assignment of attribute data according to the criteria to the road intervals; generation of buffer zones for the analysed road and evaluation of them according the selected criteria; assignment of values provided to the buffer zones to the road intervals attribute data and total rating of roadside area potential to equip rest areas; elaboration of road buffer zone area suitable for the location of RRA.

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Sustainable City Compactness Evaluation on the Basis of Gis and Bayes Rule

Cited by 52 publications

References 45 publications

How do East and Southeast Asian Cities Differ from Western Cities? A Systematic Review of the Urban Form Characteristics

How do East and Southeast Asian Cities Differ from Western Cities? A Systematic Review of the Urban Form Characteristics

Dense downtown living more carbon intense due to higher consumption: a case study of Helsinki

Using Space Syntax Method and Gis-Based Analysis for the Spatial Allocation of Roadside Rest Areas

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