Planning Support Science for Smarter Urban Futures

1. Introduction to ‘Planning Support Science for Smarter Urban Futures’
Stan Geertman, Andrew Allan, Chris Pettit, John Stillwell

Part I. Planning Support Science

2. Towards the Development of a Monitoring System for Planning Policy
Claire Daniel

3. Urbanmetrics: An Algorithmic-(Para)Metric Methodology for Analysis and Optimization of Urban Configurations
Fernando Lima, Nuno Montenegro, Rodrigo Paraizo, José Kós

4. Urban Activity Explorer: Visual Analytics and Planning Support Systems
Alireza Karduni, Isaac Cho, Ginette Wessel, Wewen Dou, William Ribarsky, Eric Sauda

5. A Decision Support System for Fighting Multiple Fires in Urban Areas Caused by Large Earthquakes
Toshihiro Osaragi, Noriaki Hirokawa

6. Developing the Well-Located Land Index to Establish Smart Human Settlements for the Ekurhuleni Municipality, South Africa
Baleseng T. Mokoena, Walter Musakwa, Thembani Moyo

7. Designing with Data for Urban Resilience
Nano Langenheim, Marcus White, Jack Barton, Serryn Eagleson

8. Geodesign, Resilience and the Future of Former Mega-Event Sites
Jennifer Minner

9. The Walkability Planning Support System: An Evidence-Based Tool to Design Healthy Communities
Claire Boulange, Chris Pettit, Billie Giles-Corti

10. A Dynamic Real-Time Navigation System for Urban Tourists
Kayoko Yamamoto, Shun Fujita

11. An Advanced Web API for Isochrones Calculation Using OpenStreetMap Data
Yiqun Chen, Abbas Rajabifard, Jennifer Day

12. Household Micro-simulation Model Considering Observed Family Histories in a Suburban New Town
Nao Sugiki, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Akinari Kashimura, Noriko Otani

13. Social Sensing: The Necessary Component of Planning Support System for Smart City in the Era of Big Data
Wencheng Yu, Qizhi Mao, Song Yang, Songmao Zhang, Yilong Rong

Part II. Smarter Urban Futures

14. Opening the Search Space for the Design of a Future Transport System Using ‘Big Data’
Vinutha Magal Shreenath, Sebastiaan Meijer

15. Investigating Theoretical Development for Integrated Transport and Land Use Modelling Systems
Li Meng, Andrew Allan, Sekhar Somenahalli

16. The Mode Most Traveled: Transportation Infrastructure Implications and Policy Responses
Tayo Fabusuyi, Robert C. Hampshire

17. An Integrated Demand and Carbon Impact Forecasting Approach for Residential Precincts
Nicholas Holyoak, Michael Taylor, Michalis Hadjikakou, Steven Percy

18. Open Data and Human-Based Outsourcing Neighborhood Rating: A Case Study for San Francisco Bay Area Gentrification Rate
Eleanna Panagoulia

19. CityDash: Visualising a Changing City Using Open Data
Christopher Pettit, Scott N. Lieske, Murad Jamal

20. Consistency Analysis of City Indicator Data
Yetian Wang, Mark S. Fox

21. From Blue-Printing to Finger-Printing: Building Healthy Communities with Scenario Planning
Ming-Chun Lee

22. Evolution of a Synthetic Population and Its Daily Mobility Patterns Under Spatial Strategies for Urban Growth
Simone Z. Leao, Nam Huynh, Alison Taylor, Chris Pettit, Pascal Perez

23. Vending the City: Mapping the Policy, Positioning and Policing of Vending in New York City
Rida Qadri

24. Landsat Surface Temperature Data Analysis for Urban Heat Resilience: Case Study of Adelaide
Ehsan Sharifi, Alpana Sivam, Sadasivam Karuppannan, John Boland

25. Urban Improvement Policies for Reducing Human Damage in a Large Earthquake by Using Wide-Area Evacuation Simulation Incorporating Rescue and Firefighting by Local Residents
Takuya Oki, Toshihiro Osaragi

26. Advanced Spatial Analysis for Vegetation Distributions Aimed at Introducing Smarter City Shrinkage
Kiichiro Kumagai, Hitoshi Uematsu, Yuka Matsuda

27. Does Activity Fulfil Aspiration? A Contextual Comparison of Smart City Applications in Practice
Lisanne Wijs, Patrick Witte, Daniel Klerk, Stan Geertman

Keywords: Geography, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Simulation and Modeling, Climate Change Management and Policy, Urban Economics, Environmental Health