Papers

The paper discusses the process of providing walkable pedestrian facilities in cities in Indonesia which is considered lacking due to the limited number and poor quality. In the past few years, the government has been improving and developing the walkable pedestrian through policy and regulation, as...

In Africa, the informal sector as a whole is estimated to account for 60 per cent of all urban jobs and over 90 per cent of all new urban jobs. After home-working, street trading is estimated to account for the largest share of these jobs. Trends in street trading over time are integrally linked to ...

This article explores photographic documentation as a complementary approach to capture liveability in informal settlements. It aims to explore the use of visual analysis, which may have the potential to capture information that may be otherwise missed in traditional survey methods. The article scan...

Abu Dhabi’s galloping growth is shepherded by a stringent set of standards and guidelines for both the public space and the built environment. Its urban form that follows the main characteristics of most new Arab cities (automobile dependency, modernist grid and monotonous suburban sprawl) has alr...

People’s perception of urban regeneration on circulation networks in Nairobi for Livability-a case of Nairobi Eastlands The challenge of providing pedestrian friendly circulation networks within urban areas in most developing nations faces great pullbacks emerging from the need to balance increasi...

The supply of healthy food is distributed unequally in city. The accessibility of healthy foods is affected by both locations and traffic conditions. This paper examines spatio-temporal disparities in healthy food accessibility in Shanghai communities. Firstly, we choose all communities in Shanghai ...

Analysis of the main urban contexts shows that urbanization does not necessarily induce sustainable urban environments for children. Children and their families, especially the most disadvantaged, are confronted with spatial inequity in multiple ways: the high cost of living and access to urban serv...

As a global commercial city in the Pearl River Delta region, Guangzhou has always been one of the most concentrated cities for migrants both from other China’s cities and abroad. On the one hand, a large number of population movements promote the vitality of the city; on the other hand, various so...

Urban green space is under pressure as cities grow and expand. Research has shown that urban green space is positively associated with people’s health and well-being. One of the underlying mechanisms is that urban green space plays a role in stimulating physical activity (Hartig et al. 2014). In o...

Planning and designing a city to better meet the needs of babies, toddlers and the people who care for them is one of the best investments a city can make. Growing evidence from neuroscience, public health, education and economics makes it clear: experience shapes the developing brain. One of the be...