This paper investigates the extent to which a mobile data source can be utilised to generate new information intelligence for decision-making in smart city planning processes. In this regard, the Mobility Explorer framework is introduced and applied to the City of Vienna (Austria) by using anonymised mobile phone data from a mobile phone service provider. This framework identifies five necessar...

Integrated simulation systems are important tools to decrease the damage caused by various disasters. In peacetime, it would be used for disaster-proof city planning, disaster prevention plans, and disaster response training. At the time of a disaster occurs, it will be used for real-time simulation to predict disasters. The paper describes the simulation system that has the following features:...

This paper is a contribution to the discussion on how to incorporate community participation into the urban design process within a pedagogical context. It is based on an outreach project by a class in the city planning graduate program at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. The project included an Internet survey to gather community input for a contentious riverfront site...

The article is about the analysis of the development of architecture and urban planning of Uzbekistan from ancient times till the 21st century. Scientific-based recommendations of the city structure improvement in contemporary conditions. IndexTerms: urban planning, transformation, urbanization, genesis, general plans, housing construction, functional urban planning, old city areas, reconstruct...

R310 Current Biology 26, R307–R318, April 25, 2016 Most European cities have since the 1970s pedestrianised their main shopping streets and taken additional measures to keep cars out of the narrower streets of the historic centres. The Netherlands, now known as a paradise for cyclists, did not become one due to the genetic disposition of the inhabitants but due to conscious planning decisions d...