Monthly Journal Articles on Human Settlements (October 2017)

31 Oct 2017
Urban Research October  2017 
Article Title Author Subject Journal Issue and the Circulation date 
    Urban Planning and Design  
Urban data and urban design: A data mining approach to architecture education Francesc Valls, Ernesto Redondo, David Fonseca, Ricardo Torres-Kompen, Nuria Martí   Telematics and Informatics, In press, corrected proof, Available online 8 October 2017
Challenges of Strong Concentration in Urbanization: The Case of Moscow in Russia Natalia Churkina, Sergey Zaverskiy   Procedia Engineering, Volume 198, 2017, Pages 398-410
Contested urban green spaces in the compact city: The (re-)negotiation of urban gardening in Swiss cities Simone Tappert, Tanja Klöti, Matthias Drilling   Landscape and Urban Planning, In press, corrected proof, Available online 16 October 2017
A comparative study on using meta-heuristic algorithms for road maintenance planning: Insights from field study in a developing country Ali Gerami Matin, Reza Vatani Nezafat, Amir Golroo   Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition), Volume 4, Issue 5, October 2017, Pages 477-486
Climate Adaptation Framework for Moisture-resilient Buildings in Norway Kim Robert Lisø, Tore Kvande, Berit Time   Energy Procedia, Volume 132, October 2017, Pages 628-633
Climate adaptation of buildings through MOM- and upgrading - State of the art and research needs Steinar Grynning, Elisabeth Wærnes, Tore Kvande, Berit Time   Energy Procedia, Volume 132, October 2017, Pages 622-627
Mexico’s low carbon futures: An integrated assessment for energy planning and climate change mitigation by 2050 Alejandra Elizondo, Vanessa Pérez-Cirera, Alexandre Strapasson, José Carlos Fernández, Diego Cruz-Cano   Futures, Volume 93, October 2017, Pages 14-26
Aerodynamic roughness parameters in cities: Inclusion of vegetation Christoph W. Kent, Sue Grimmond, David Gatey   Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Volume 169, October 2017, Pages 168-176
Using nature in architecture: Building a living house with mycelium and trees Thomas Vallas, Luc Courard   Frontiers of Architectural Research, Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2017, Pages 318-328
Learning from Casbah of Algiers for more Sustainable Environment N. Ebru Karabag, Nadjla Fellahi   Energy Procedia, Volume 133, October 2017, Pages 95-108
    Urban Basic Services  
Valuing co-benefits to make low-carbon investments in cities bankable: The case of waste and transportation projects Kaveh Rashidi, Martin Stadelmann, Anthony Patt   Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 34, October 2017, Pages 69-78
How do cities support electric vehicles and what difference does it make? Oliver Heidrich, Graeme A. Hill, Myriam Neaimeh, Yvonne Huebner, Richard J. Dawson   Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 123, October 2017, Pages 17-23
Demand-driven air pollutant emissions for a fast-developing region in China Jiamin Ou, Jing Meng, Junyu Zheng, Zhifu Mi, Dabo Guan   Applied Energy, Volume 204, 15 October 2017, Pages 131-142
Lessons from building paratransit operators’ capacity to be partners in Cape Town’s public transport reform process Herrie Schalekamp   Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 104, October 2017, Pages 58-66
Macroscopic modelling and robust control of bi-modal multi-region urban road networks Konstantinos Ampountolas, Nan Zheng, Nikolas Geroliminis   Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Volume 104, October 2017, Pages 616-637
Impact of climate change on water resources of upper Kharun catchment in Chhattisgarh, India Navneet Kumar, Bernhard Tischbein, Jürgen Kusche, Patrick Laux, Janos J. Bogardi   Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Volume 13, October 2017, Pages 189-207
Analysis of reflectivity & predictability of electricity network tariff structures for household consumers M. Nijhuis, M. Gibescu, J.F.G. Cobben   Energy Policy, Volume 109, October 2017, Pages 631-641
Valuation of measurement data for low voltage network expansion planning M. Nijhuis, M. Gibescu, J.F.G. Cobben   Electric Power Systems Research, Volume 151, October 2017, Pages 59-67
Determination of biomass content in combusted municipal waste and associated CO2 emissions in Estonia Harri Moora, Inge Roos, Ulo Kask, Livia Kask, Kerlin Ounapuu   Energy Procedia, Volume 128, September 2017, Pages 222-229
Measurement and modeling of particulate matter concentrations: applying spatial analysis and regression techniques to assess air quality Seyed Ali Sajjadi, Ghasem Zolfaghari, Hamed Adab, Ahmad Allahabadi, Mehri Delsouz   MethodsX, In press, accepted manuscript, Available online 10 October 2017
CFD and wind tunnel analysis of outdoor ventilation in a real compact heterogeneous urban area: Evaluation using “air delay” Nestoras Antoniou, Hamid Montazeri, Hans Wigo, Marina Neophytou, Mats Sandberg   Building and Environment, In press, accepted manuscript, Available online 13 October 2017
The Thermal Comfort of Urban Pedestrian Street in the Severe Cold Area of Northeast China Hong Jin, Siqi Liu, Jian Kang   Energy Procedia, Volume 134, October 2017, Pages 741-748
The Adaptive Comfort Factor in Evaluating the Energy Performance of Office Buildings in the Mediterranean Coastal Cities Despina Serghides, Stella Dimitriou, Ioanna Kyprianou, Costas Papanicolas   Energy Procedia, Volume 134, October 2017, Pages 683-691
RAST: RoundAbout Solar Tracking Marco Rosa-Clot, Paolo Rosa-Clot, Giuseppe Marco Tina, Cristina Ventura   Energy Procedia, Volume 134, October 2017, Pages 598-606
Municipal solid waste as a valuable renewable energy resource: a worldwide opportunity of energy recovery by using Waste-To-Energy Technologies Diego Moya, Clay Aldás, Germánico López, Prasad Kaparaju   Energy Procedia, Volume 134, October 2017, Pages 286-295
The governance of smart mobility Iain Docherty, Greg Marsden, Jillian Anable   Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, In press, corrected proof, Available online 8 October 2017
“Waiting on the train”: The anticipatory (causal) effects of Crossrail in Ealing Sam Comber, Dani Arribas-Bel   Journal of Transport Geography, Volume 64, October 2017, Pages 13-22
New homebuyers and the challenges of navigating sustainability and energy efficiency with Australian volume builders Georgia Warren-Myers   Energy Procedia, Volume 134, October 2017, Pages 214-223
    Urban Economy  
Valuing co-benefits to make low-carbon investments in cities bankable: The case of waste and transportation projects Kaveh Rashidi, Martin Stadelmann, Anthony Patt   Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 34, October 2017, Pages 69-78
Mortgage Debt and Entrepreneurship Philippe Bracke, Christian Hilber, Olmo Silva   Journal of Urban Economics, In press, accepted manuscript, Available online 26 October 2017
How do cities support electric vehicles and what difference does it make? Oliver Heidrich, Graeme A. Hill, Myriam Neaimeh, Yvonne Huebner, Richard J. Dawson   Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 123, October 2017, Pages 17-23
Mitigating the impact of the expected increase in the population, economy and urban footprint in Cities of the South on greenhouse gas emissions: The case of Cape Town Romano Del Mistro, Viola Proctor, Hazvinei Tsitsi Tamuka Moyo   Transportation Research Procedia, Volume 25, 2017, Pages 3511-3528
Street vending and informal economy: Survey data from Cali, Colombia Lina M. Martinez, Daniela Estrada   Data in Brief, Volume 14, October 2017, Pages 132-137
Multiple benefits assessment of the clean energy development in Asian Cities Hooman Farzaneh   Energy Procedia, Volume 136, October 2017, Pages 8-13
Dataset of the livability performance of the city of Birmingham, UK, as measured by its citizen wellbeing, resource security, resource efficiency and carbon emissions Joanne M. Leach, Susan E. Lee, Christopher T. Boyko, Claire J. Coulton, Chris D.F. Rogers   Data in Brief, In press, uncorrected proof, Available online 13 October 2017
    Housing and Slum Upgrading  
From Informal Settlements to sustainable communities Dina Mamdouh Nassar, Hanan Gamil Elsayed   Alexandria Engineering Journal, In press, corrected proof, Available online 4 October 2017
Addressing the challenges of public housing retrofits Cláudia Sousa Monteiro, Francesco Causone, Sónia Cunha, André Pina, Silvia Erba   Energy Procedia, Volume 134, October 2017, Pages 442-451
Review of economic and environmental benefits of earthen materials for housing in Africa Olumuyiwa Bayode Adegun, Yomi Michael Daisiowa Adedeji   Frontiers of Architectural Research, In press, corrected proof, Available online 25 October 2017
Preliminary study of the condition of social housing in the city of Durango, México Claudia Karelly Romero-Pérez, Norma Alejandra Rodríguez-Muñoz, María Guadalupe Alpuche-Cruz, Ignacio Ramiro Martín-Domínguez   Energy Procedia, Volume 134, October 2017, Pages 29-39
Transforming social housing neighbourhoods into sustainable carbon neutral districts Arnold Janssens, Julio Vaillant Rebollar, Eline Himpe, Marc Delghust   Energy Procedia, Volume 132, October 2017, Pages 549-554
Care interrupted: Poverty, in-migration, and primary care in rural resource towns Kathleen Rice, Fiona Webster   Social Science & Medicine, Volume 191, October 2017, Pages 77-83
Harmonization between architectural identity and energy efficiency in residential sector (case of North-West coast of Egypt) Reham El-Dessuky Hamed   Ain Shams Engineering Journal, In press, corrected proof, Available online 23 October 2017
The urban features of informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia Waleed Alzamil   Data in Brief, In press, uncorrected proof, Available online 24 October 2017
Wellbeing and urban governance: Who fails, survives or thrives in informal settlements in Bangladeshi cities? D.J.H. te Lintelo, J. Gupte, J.A. McGregor, R. Lakshman, F. Jahan   Cities, In press, corrected proof, Available online 31 October 2017
    Urban Risk Reduction and Rehabilitation  
Participatory modelling for sustainable development: Key issues derived from five cases of natural resource and disaster risk management Beatrice Hedelin, Mariele Evers, Johanna Alkan-Olsson, Anna Jonsson   Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 76, October 2017, Pages 185-196
Review of literature on decision support systems for natural hazard risk reduction: Current status and future research directions Jeffrey Peter Newman, Holger Robert Maier, Graeme Angus Riddell, Aaron Carlo Zecchin, Charles Peter Newland   Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 96, October 2017, Pages 378-409
Operationalizing a concept: The systematic review of composite indicator building for measuring community disaster resilience A. Asadzadeh, T. Kötter, P. Salehi, J. Birkmann   International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Volume 25, October 2017, Pages 147-162
Meeting the Challenge of Risk-Sensitive and Resilient Urban Development in sub-Saharan Africa: Directions for Future Research and Practice Arabella Fraser, Hayley Leck, Susan Parnell, Mark Pelling, Shuaib Lwasa   International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, In press, accepted manuscript, Available online 4 October 2017
High-resolution flood modeling of urban areas using MSN_Flood Michael Hartnett, Stephen Nash   Water Science and Engineering, In press, accepted manuscript, Available online 18 October 2017
Effects of vernacular architecture structure on urban sustainability case study: Qeshm Island, Iran Hamed Mohammadi Mazraeh, Mahdieh Pazhouhanfar   Frontiers of Architectural Research, In press, corrected proof, Available online 12 October 2017
Mexico’s low carbon futures: An integrated assessment for energy planning and climate change mitigation by 2050 Alejandra Elizondo, Vanessa Pérez-Cirera, Alexandre Strapasson, José Carlos Fernández, Diego Cruz-Cano   Futures, Volume 93, October 2017, Pages 14-26
    Urban Land Legislation and Governance  
Land reclamation and artificial islands: Walking the tightrope between development and conservation Su Yin Chee, Abdul Ghapar Othman, Yee Kwang Sim, Amni Nabilah Mat Adam, Louise B. Firth   Global Ecology and Conservation, Volume 12, October 2017, Pages 80-95
Wellbeing and urban governance: Who fails, survives or thrives in informal settlements in Bangladeshi cities? D.J.H. te Lintelo, J. Gupte, J.A. McGregor, R. Lakshman, F. Jahan   Cities, In press, corrected proof, Available online 31 October 2017
A Common Vision among Divergent Interests: New Governance Strategies and Tools for a Sustainable Urban Transition Lina Li, Martina Kampmann   Procedia Engineering, Volume 198, 2017, Pages 813-825
Measuring land-use and land-cover change using the U.S. department of agriculture’s cropland data layer: Cautions and recommendations Tyler J. Lark, Richard M. Mueller, David M. Johnson, Holly K. Gibbs   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Volume 62, October 2017, Pages 224-235
    Cross Cutting  
Impact of rapid urban expansion on green space structure Amal Najihah M. Nor, Ron Corstanje, Jim A. Harris, Tim Brewer   Ecological Indicators, Volume 81, October 2017, Pages 274-284
Experimental studies on the effects of green space and evapotranspiration on urban heat island in a subtropical megacity in China Guo Yu Qiu, Zhendong Zou, Xiangze Li, Hongyong Li, Shenglin Tan   Habitat International, Volume 68, October 2017, Pages 30-42
Learning to Be Gendered: Gender Socialization in Early Adolescence Among Urban Poor in Delhi, India, and Shanghai, China Sharmistha Basu, Xiayun Zuo, Chaohua Lou, Rajib Acharya, Rebecka Lundgren   Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 61, Issue 4, Supplement, October 2017, Pages s24-s29
Monitoring and assessment of urban heat islands over the Southern region of Cairo Governorate, Egypt M. El-Hattab, Amany S.M., Lamia G.E.   The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science, In press, corrected proof, Available online 14 October 2017
Survey data reflecting popular opinions of the causes and mitigation of climate change Jonathan E. Thompson   Data in Brief, Volume 14, October 2017, Pages 412-439
How do cities support electric vehicles and what difference does it make? Oliver Heidrich, Graeme A. Hill, Myriam Neaimeh, Yvonne Huebner, Richard J. Dawson   Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 123, October 2017, Pages 17-23
Environmental Performance and Social Inclusion: a Project for the Rocinha Favela in Rio de Janeiro Andrea Arcidiacono, Francesco Causone, Mario Grosso, Gabriele Masera, Hadi Mohammad Zadeh   Energy Procedia, Volume 134, October 2017, Pages 356-365
Microclimate perception features of commercial street in severe cold cities Tuoyu Hou, Ming Lu, Jingwan Fu   Energy Procedia, Volume 134, October 2017, Pages 528-535
Youth outside the labour force — Perceived barriers by service providers and service users: A mixed method approach Solveig Osborg Ose, Chris Jensen   Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 81, October 2017, Pages 148-156
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