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Computational Approaches for Urban Environments

  • Presents current and innovative technological developments reflecting urban environments
  • Includes cutting-edge methods and data (e.g., cell-phone data) for urban analyses
  • Will stimulate international research networks and enrich geographical science

Part of the book series: Geotechnologies and the Environment (GEOTECH, volume 13)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Computational Approaches for Urban Environments: An Editorial

    • Marco Helbich, Jamal Jokar Arsanjani, Michael Leitner
    Pages 1-9
  3. Spatial Planning and Decision-Making

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
  4. Housing and Real Estate

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
    2. Hedonic House Price Modeling Based on Multilevel Structured Additive Regression

      • Alexander Razen, Wolfgang Brunauer, Nadja Klein, Stefan Lang, Nikolaus Umlauf
      Pages 97-122
  5. Urban Transportation and Mobility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
    2. Everyday Cycling in Urban Environments: Understanding Behaviors and Constraints in Space-Time

      • Godwin Yeboah, Seraphim Alvanides, Emine Mine Thompson
      Pages 185-210
    3. Performance Improvements for Large-Scale Traffic Simulation in MATSim

      • Rashid A. Waraich, David Charypar, Michael Balmer, Kay W. Axhausen
      Pages 211-233
  6. Remote Sensing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
    2. Fusion of Airborne Hyperspectral and LiDAR Remote Sensing Data to Study the Thermal Characteristics of Urban Environments

      • Christian Berger, Frank Riedel, Johannes Rosentreter, Enrico Stein, Sören Hese, Christiane Schmullius
      Pages 273-292
  7. Urban Sensing, Social Networks and Social Media

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 311-311
    2. Linked Activity Spaces: Embedding Social Networks in Urban Space

      • Yaoli Wang, Chaogui Kang, Luís M. A. Bettencourt, Yu Liu, Clio Andris
      Pages 313-336
    3. Using Non-authoritative Sources During Emergencies in Urban Areas

      • Emily Schnebele, Christopher Oxendine, Guido Cervone, Celso M. Ferreira, Nigel Waters
      Pages 337-361

About this book

This book aims to promote the synergistic usage of advanced computational methodologies in close relationship to geospatial information across cities of different scales. A rich collection of chapters subsumes current research frontiers originating from disciplines such as geography, urban planning, computer science, statistics, geographic information science and remote sensing. The topics covered in the book are of interest to researchers, postgraduates, practitioners and professionals. The editors hope that the scientific outcome of this book will stimulate future urban-related international and interdisciplinary research, bringing us closer to the vision of a “new science of cities.”

Reviews

“In line with the theme of the book, these novel computation-intensive approaches … will doubtlessly inspire future researchers and bring urban environment research to the next level. … This volume will be of interest to broad groups of readers. … this collection of chapters should be a mandatory reading for those working on urban studies who would like to explore an increasing urbanization through fast updating technologies.” (Xiaohui Liu, The AAG Review of Books, Vol. 4 (3), July, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Marco Helbich

  • Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

    Jamal Jokar Arsanjani

  • Dept. of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA

    Michael Leitner

About the editors

Marco Helbich received his master and doctoral degrees at the Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University, The Netherlands and previously a recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship. His research interests are in cities, computational modeling, spatial analysis, real estate, crime mapping and health geography. He has published 30+ refereed articles in top international journals in his discipline, such as Urban Geography, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, International Journal of Health Geographics, Journal of Transport Geography and others.

Jamal Jokar Arsanjani received his doctoral degree in Geographic Information Science (GISc) from the Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria. He is currentlyan Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Germany. His interdisciplinary research interests are in volunteered geographic information and crowdsourcing, geocomputation and spatial planning, remote sensing of the environment, and disaster management. He has published articles in leading international journals of his discipline, including International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, International Journal of Digital Earth, Transactions in GIS, Cities and single-authored a book on Dynamic Land Use/Cover Change Simulation: Geosimulation and Agent-based Modelling with Springer publication.

Michael Leitner received a master degree at the Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria and a second master and a doctoral degree in GISc at the Department of Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, US. He is currently a Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, US and a faculty member in the Doctoral College “GIScience” at the University of Salzburg, Austria. He has previously received a Fulbright Scholarship and is the recipient of the 2007 Meredith F. Burrill Award from the Association of American Geographers. His research interests are in GISc and its application to spatial crime analysis, medical geography, and geospatial privacy. He has published two co-authored books, one single-edited book and 40+ refereed articles and book chapters. He is the current editor of Cartography and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS).

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