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Prof. Linchuan Yang
Department of Urban and Rural Planning, School of Architecture and Design, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China

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Review
Published: 15 July 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has stimulated intensive research interest in its transmission pathways and infection factors, e.g., socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, climatology, baseline health conditions or pre-existing diseases, and government policies. Meanwhile, some empirical studies suggested that built environment attributes may be associated with the transmission mechanism and infection risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, no review has been conducted to explore the effect of built environment characteristics on the infection risk. This research gap prevents government officials and urban planners from creating effective urban design guidelines to contain SARS-CoV-2 infections and face future pandemic challenges. This review summarizes evidence from 25 empirical studies and provides an overview of the effect of built environment on SARS-CoV-2 infection risk. Virus infection risk was positively associated with the density of commercial facilities, roads, and schools and with public transit accessibility, whereas it was negatively associated with the availability of green spaces. This review recommends several directions for future studies, namely using longitudinal research design and individual-level data, considering multilevel factors and extending to diversified geographic areas.

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Jingjing Wang; Xueying Wu; Ruoyu Wang; Dongsheng He; Dongying Li; Linchuan Yang; Yiyang Yang; Yi Lu. Review of Associations between Built Environment Characteristics and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 7561 .

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Jingjing Wang, Xueying Wu, Ruoyu Wang, Dongsheng He, Dongying Li, Linchuan Yang, Yiyang Yang, Yi Lu. Review of Associations between Built Environment Characteristics and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Risk. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (14):7561.

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Jingjing Wang; Xueying Wu; Ruoyu Wang; Dongsheng He; Dongying Li; Linchuan Yang; Yiyang Yang; Yi Lu. 2021. "Review of Associations between Built Environment Characteristics and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Risk." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 14: 7561.

Journal article
Published: 29 May 2021 in Sustainable Cities and Society
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Various social distancing measures carried out in many cities worldwide during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic (COVID-19). These measures have led to decreased physical activity levels and higher health risks among urban populations. Strong evidence has been established that built environment characteristics can stimulate physical activity and thus improve public health during non-pandemic periods. Urban density was arguably one of the most important built environment characteristics. however, little is known about whether high urban density amplifies or attenuates the decline in physical activity during the pandemic. Based on two-wave physical activity data collected before and during the pandemic (in January and May 2020 respectively), we used moderation analysis to compare the changes in physical activity levels between people living in low- and high-density neighborhoods. Our results showed that people living in low-density areas have smaller decrease in physical activity conducted in neighborhood, compared to those living in high-density areas. Our findings suggest that a flexible and porous urban development strategy could enhance the resilience of a city during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond.

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Jingjing Wang; Yiyang Yang; Jiandong Peng; Linchuan Yang; Zhonghua Gou; Yi Lu. Moderation effect of urban density on changes in physical activity during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Sustainable Cities and Society 2021, 72, 103058 .

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Jingjing Wang, Yiyang Yang, Jiandong Peng, Linchuan Yang, Zhonghua Gou, Yi Lu. Moderation effect of urban density on changes in physical activity during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2021; 72 ():103058.

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Jingjing Wang; Yiyang Yang; Jiandong Peng; Linchuan Yang; Zhonghua Gou; Yi Lu. 2021. "Moderation effect of urban density on changes in physical activity during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic." Sustainable Cities and Society 72, no. : 103058.

Journal article
Published: 27 May 2021 in Journal of Transport Geography
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Population aging is a conspicuous demographic trend shaping the world profoundly. Walking is a critical travel mode and physical activity for older adults. As such, there is a need to determine the factors influencing the walking behavior of older people in the era of population aging. Streetscape greenery is an easily perceived built-environment attribute and can promote walking behavior, but it has received insufficient attention. More importantly, the non-linear effects of streetscape greenery on the walking behavior of older adults have not been examined. We therefore use readily available Google Street View imagery and a fully convolutional neural network to evaluate human-scale, eye-level streetscape greenery. Using data from the Hong Kong Travel Characteristic Survey, we adopt a machine learning technique, namely random forest modeling, to scrutinize the non-linear effects of streetscape greenery on the walking propensity of older adults. The results show that streetscape greenery has a positive effect on walking propensity within a certain range, but outside the range, the positive association no longer holds. The non-linear associations of other built-environment attributes are also examined.

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Linchuan Yang; Yibin Ao; Jintao Ke; Yi Lu; Yuan Liang. To walk or not to walk? Examining non-linear effects of streetscape greenery on walking propensity of older adults. Journal of Transport Geography 2021, 94, 103099 .

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Linchuan Yang, Yibin Ao, Jintao Ke, Yi Lu, Yuan Liang. To walk or not to walk? Examining non-linear effects of streetscape greenery on walking propensity of older adults. Journal of Transport Geography. 2021; 94 ():103099.

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Linchuan Yang; Yibin Ao; Jintao Ke; Yi Lu; Yuan Liang. 2021. "To walk or not to walk? Examining non-linear effects of streetscape greenery on walking propensity of older adults." Journal of Transport Geography 94, no. : 103099.

Journal article
Published: 12 May 2021 in Journal of Transport Geography
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Electric scooter (e-scooter) sharing systems (ESSs) have been widely adopted by many cities around the world and have attracted a growing number of users. Although some studies have explored the usage characteristics and effects of the built environment on ESS ridership using one city as an example, few studies have considered multiple cities to obtain generalizable and robust results. To fill this research gap, we collect the ESS trip data of five cities in the U.S., namely Austin, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Louisville, and Portland, and explore the effects of the built environment on ESS ridership after controlling for socioeconomic factors. The temporal distributions of e-scooter ridership of different cities are similar, having a single peak period on weekdays and weekends between 11:30 and 17:30. In terms of spatial distribution, the ESS ridership is higher in universities and urban centers compared to other areas. Multilevel negative binomial model results show that ESS trips are positively correlated with population density, employment density, intersection density, land use mixed entropy, and bus stop density in the census block group. E-scooter ridership is negatively correlated with the median age of the population in the census block group and distance to the city center. The findings in this article can help operators understand the factors that affect the ridership of shared e-scooters, determine the changes in ridership when the built environment changes, and identify high-ridership areas when ESS is implemented in new cities.

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Jinghai Huo; Hongtai Yang; Chaojing Li; Rong Zheng; Linchuan Yang; Yi Wen. Influence of the built environment on E-scooter sharing ridership: A tale of five cities. Journal of Transport Geography 2021, 93, 103084 .

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Jinghai Huo, Hongtai Yang, Chaojing Li, Rong Zheng, Linchuan Yang, Yi Wen. Influence of the built environment on E-scooter sharing ridership: A tale of five cities. Journal of Transport Geography. 2021; 93 ():103084.

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Jinghai Huo; Hongtai Yang; Chaojing Li; Rong Zheng; Linchuan Yang; Yi Wen. 2021. "Influence of the built environment on E-scooter sharing ridership: A tale of five cities." Journal of Transport Geography 93, no. : 103084.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2021 in Habitat International
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Rental and vacancy dynamics in real estate markets have elicited substantial scholarly attention. Previous studies primarily focused on offices and paid much less emphasis on retail properties. Moreover, nearly all research fails to explore the causes of differences in rental and vacancy adjustment speeds. To this end, retail property rental and vacancy dynamics (1991–2017) in tourist- and local-dominant areas in Hong Kong are examined using error correction models. This study is the first to use information asymmetry theory to explain rent/vacancy adjustment speed differentials in the retail property market and investigate the change of the adjustment speeds accruing to a policy shock. The results show that both supply and demand factors influence retail property rentals. Rental adjustment is quicker in tourist-dominant areas than in local-dominant counterparts, which agrees with information asymmetry theory. The implementation of the Individual Visit Scheme hastens the rental adjustment process of tourist-dominant areas but not that of local-dominant counterparts. Finally, policy implications (e.g., adjusting the one-size-fits-all maximum loan-to-value ratio policy and enhancing tourists’ accessibility to non-tourist-dominant areas) are discussed.

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Linchuan Yang; K.W. Chau; Yang Chen. Impacts of information asymmetry and policy shock on rental and vacancy dynamics in retail property markets. Habitat International 2021, 111, 102359 .

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Linchuan Yang, K.W. Chau, Yang Chen. Impacts of information asymmetry and policy shock on rental and vacancy dynamics in retail property markets. Habitat International. 2021; 111 ():102359.

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Linchuan Yang; K.W. Chau; Yang Chen. 2021. "Impacts of information asymmetry and policy shock on rental and vacancy dynamics in retail property markets." Habitat International 111, no. : 102359.

Journal article
Published: 20 April 2021 in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and related social distancing measures have altered the daily lifestyles of people worldwide. Although studies on this disease are emerging rapidly, less is known about the impacts of COVID-19 and urban greenery on leisure-time physical activity, which is critical to maintain health for urban residents during the pandemic. In this study, we used a natural experimental research design to identify whether urban greenery cushions the decrease in leisure-time physical activity caused by the pandemic and related social distancing measures in a high-density city. The two-wave physical activity data (before and during the pandemic) were collected for urban residents in neighborhoods with high or low levels of greenery. The results of difference-in-differences model suggest that urban greenery mitigated the decrease in physical activity during the pandemic. People who lived in greener neighborhoods experienced a lesser decrease in the leisure-time physical activity level than those who lived in less green neighborhoods. Additionally, people who lived in greener neighborhoods experienced increased levels of physical activity related to visits to country parks during the pandemic. These findings suggest that urban green spaces play a significant role in shaping physical activity and providing a refuge for the public during crises. Our study is among the first to investigate the impact of urban greenery on pandemic-induced changes in leisure-time physical activity in densely populated Asian cities, and our findings shed light on the potential protective role of urban greenery on public health during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

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Yiyang Yang; Yi Lu; Linchuan Yang; Zhonghua Gou; Ye Liu. Urban greenery cushions the decrease in leisure-time physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: A natural experimental study. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2021, 62, 127136 -127136.

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Yiyang Yang, Yi Lu, Linchuan Yang, Zhonghua Gou, Ye Liu. Urban greenery cushions the decrease in leisure-time physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: A natural experimental study. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2021; 62 ():127136-127136.

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Yiyang Yang; Yi Lu; Linchuan Yang; Zhonghua Gou; Ye Liu. 2021. "Urban greenery cushions the decrease in leisure-time physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: A natural experimental study." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 62, no. : 127136-127136.

Research article
Published: 27 March 2021 in Annals of GIS
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The adoption of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems has gained worldwide popularity over the past several decades. China is no exception as it has long been aiming at promoting public transportation. Prior studies have provided extensive evidence that BRT has substantial effects on house prices with traditional econometric techniques, such as hedonic pricing models. However, few of those investigations have discussed the non-linear relationship between BRT and house prices. Using the Xiamen data, this study employs a machine learning technique, namely the gradient boosting decision tree (GBDT), to scrutinize the non-linear relationship between BRT and house prices. This study documents a positive association between accessibility to BRT stations and house prices and a negative association between proximity to the BRT corridor and house prices. Moreover, it suggests a non-linear relationship between BRT and house prices and indicates that GBDT has more substantial predictive power than hedonic pricing models.

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Linchuan Yang; Yuan Liang; Qing Zhu; Xiaoling Chu. Machine learning for inference: using gradient boosting decision tree to assess non-linear effects of bus rapid transit on house prices. Annals of GIS 2021, 27, 273 -284.

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Linchuan Yang, Yuan Liang, Qing Zhu, Xiaoling Chu. Machine learning for inference: using gradient boosting decision tree to assess non-linear effects of bus rapid transit on house prices. Annals of GIS. 2021; 27 (3):273-284.

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Linchuan Yang; Yuan Liang; Qing Zhu; Xiaoling Chu. 2021. "Machine learning for inference: using gradient boosting decision tree to assess non-linear effects of bus rapid transit on house prices." Annals of GIS 27, no. 3: 273-284.

Journal article
Published: 10 March 2021 in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
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Waiting time (WT) is an important measure that can reflect accessibility to ridesourcing service. Previous studies explored the effects of built environment factors on WT based on estimated WT but did not control for trip-level characteristics, which may lead to biased parameter estimation. Thus, we further study this topic by using the actual WT recorded by the RideAustrin platform and considering trip-level variables. The single-level and multilevel proportional hazards models are constructed, and model comparison shows that the multilevel model performs better. We find that waiting time is positively correlated with trip-level characteristics such as traffic conditions, surge multiplier, and rainy weather. Regarding built environment factors, WT is positively related to distance to CBD and negatively related to road density, transit stop density, and land-use entropy. WT is also higher in areas with a high fraction of Hispanic/Latino and Black residents but lower in areas of low income.

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Hongtai Yang; Yuan Liang; Linchuan Yang. Equitable? Exploring ridesourcing waiting time and its determinants. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 2021, 93, 102774 .

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Hongtai Yang, Yuan Liang, Linchuan Yang. Equitable? Exploring ridesourcing waiting time and its determinants. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 2021; 93 ():102774.

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Hongtai Yang; Yuan Liang; Linchuan Yang. 2021. "Equitable? Exploring ridesourcing waiting time and its determinants." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 93, no. : 102774.

Journal article
Published: 25 February 2021 in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
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Urban parks have well-documented health benefits for urban residents. To increase the use of parks and enhance the physical activity level of city-dwellers, recent studies have explored the link between the amount of greenery in parks and the level of park usage. However, the results have been inconsistent, partly due to different measurements of park greenery. In this study, we developed a novel method to assess both the quantity and quality of park greenery from eye-level photographs taken along major paths in parks. The quantity of greenery in these photographs was objectively assessed with advanced machine learning techniques (PSPNet), and the quality of greenery was assessed by virtual audit. The associations between greenery and usage of 43 urban parks were further explored with regression models. The results showed that the quality of greenery has stronger association with total number of park visitors than the quantity. Both the quantity and quality of greenery had stronger associations with the number of elderly visitors (apparent aged 65 or above) than with the numbers of children or adults. Our results bring new insights into how park greenery can encourage park usage and contribute to healthy cities.

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Yiyang Yang; Yi Lu; Haoran Yang; Linchuan Yang; Zhonghua Gou. Impact of the quality and quantity of eye-level greenery on park usage. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2021, 60, 127061 .

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Yiyang Yang, Yi Lu, Haoran Yang, Linchuan Yang, Zhonghua Gou. Impact of the quality and quantity of eye-level greenery on park usage. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2021; 60 ():127061.

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Yiyang Yang; Yi Lu; Haoran Yang; Linchuan Yang; Zhonghua Gou. 2021. "Impact of the quality and quantity of eye-level greenery on park usage." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 60, no. : 127061.

Original paper
Published: 23 February 2021 in Natural Hazards
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Earthquake preparedness can reduce casualties and economic losses caused by earthquakes effectively. Existing literature confirms that people’s knowledge and perception of earthquakes can affect their actions concerning earthquake preparedness greatly. However, studies have mostly focused on developed countries. Meanwhile, China, particularly its rural regions, has been neglected. In addressing this deficiency, this study examines 5 counties and 10 villages that were seriously affected by the 2008 Wenchuan (Sichuan) earthquake. Using an on-site survey of residents, earthquake perceptions and their impact on disaster preparedness behavior were examined empirically. Exploratory factor analysis and random-effect logistic regression analysis were used. The results reveal that two factors considerably influence disaster preparedness behavior. First, residents with autonomous earthquake information access tend to be more prepared. Second, residents who are more sensitive about earthquakes (high perceived risk of occurrence) tend to be more prepared for earthquakes. Evidently, knowledge and awareness of earthquakes have a positive impact on the disaster preparedness of residents living in rural earthquake-prone regions. Consequently, government agencies should enhance the earthquake education of local residents as part of the national effort to mitigate the adverse effects of future earthquakes.

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Yibin Ao; Hongying Zhang; Linchuan Yang; Yan Wang; Igor Martek; Gang Wang. Impacts of earthquake knowledge and risk perception on earthquake preparedness of rural residents. Natural Hazards 2021, 1 -24.

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Yibin Ao, Hongying Zhang, Linchuan Yang, Yan Wang, Igor Martek, Gang Wang. Impacts of earthquake knowledge and risk perception on earthquake preparedness of rural residents. Natural Hazards. 2021; ():1-24.

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Yibin Ao; Hongying Zhang; Linchuan Yang; Yan Wang; Igor Martek; Gang Wang. 2021. "Impacts of earthquake knowledge and risk perception on earthquake preparedness of rural residents." Natural Hazards , no. : 1-24.

Article
Published: 05 February 2021 in Third World Quarterly
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To tackle internal and external challenges, the Chinese government has made great efforts to promote economic upgrading, but little scholarly attention has been paid to its social consequences. Previous studies have found that economic restructuring is often associated with economic shock and industry shift, noting that social upgrading does not automatically follow economic upgrading, and workers can become economic victims. Given China’s individual rights-based labour regulatory framework, it is necessary to explore workers’ individual strategies to tackle economic restructuring. In light of this, this study analyses how migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta cope with economic restructuring. Interviews were conducted with 72 participants, including migrant workers, scholars, employers and officials. The interviews revealed that to deal with the pushing-out effect of economic restructuring, migrant workers often use strategies of individual resistance, re-employment, skill upgrading, reducing living costs, migrating to other cities, and returning to farming. Policy recommendations are proposed accordingly.

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Xu Wang; Chris King-Chi Chan; Linchuan Yang. Economic restructuring and migrant workers’ coping strategies in China’s Pearl River Delta. Third World Quarterly 2021, 42, 812 -830.

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Xu Wang, Chris King-Chi Chan, Linchuan Yang. Economic restructuring and migrant workers’ coping strategies in China’s Pearl River Delta. Third World Quarterly. 2021; 42 (4):812-830.

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Xu Wang; Chris King-Chi Chan; Linchuan Yang. 2021. "Economic restructuring and migrant workers’ coping strategies in China’s Pearl River Delta." Third World Quarterly 42, no. 4: 812-830.

Letter
Published: 20 January 2021 in Environmental Research Letters
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This paper combines the use of principal component analysis (PCA) and the geographically weighted regression (GWR) model to predict the spatial distribution of frozen ground temperature. PCA is used to reduce the multicollinearity among covariates, while the GWR model is used to address the spatially non-stationary relationship between frozen ground temperature and its predictors, such as air temperature, latitude, longitude, and vegetation cover. Our approach is applied in a typical permafrost area in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, Western China. The result demonstrates the applicability of our approach in the spatial distribution of frozen ground temperature and shows that the approach can be used for analysis and prediction. This study offers insight into temperature monitoring of frozen ground, which helps prevent regional geological disasters.

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Rui Zhao; Mingxing Yao; Linchuan Yang; Hua Qi; Xianglian Meng; Fujun Zhou. Using geographically weighted regression to predict the spatial distribution of frozen ground temperature: a case in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Environmental Research Letters 2021, 16, 024003 .

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Rui Zhao, Mingxing Yao, Linchuan Yang, Hua Qi, Xianglian Meng, Fujun Zhou. Using geographically weighted regression to predict the spatial distribution of frozen ground temperature: a case in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Environmental Research Letters. 2021; 16 (2):024003.

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Rui Zhao; Mingxing Yao; Linchuan Yang; Hua Qi; Xianglian Meng; Fujun Zhou. 2021. "Using geographically weighted regression to predict the spatial distribution of frozen ground temperature: a case in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau." Environmental Research Letters 16, no. 2: 024003.

Journal article
Published: 15 December 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Like many other transit modes, the metro provides stop-to-stop services rather than door-to-door services, so its use undeniably involves first- and last-mile issues. Understanding the determinants of the first- and last-mile mode choice is essential. Existing literature, however, mostly overlooks the mode choice effects of traffic safety perception and attitudes toward the mode. To this end, based on a face-to-face questionnaire survey in Shenzhen, China, this study uses the two-sample t-test to confirm the systematic differences in traffic safety perception and attitudes between different subgroups and develops a series of multinomial logistic (MNL) models to identify the determinants of first- and last-mile mode choice for metro commuters. The results of this study show that: (1) Walking is the most frequently used travel mode, followed by dockless bike-sharing (DBS) and buses; (2) Variances in traffic safety perception and attitude exist across gender and location; (3) Vehicle-related crash risks discourage metro commuters from walking to/from the metro station but encourage them to use DBS and buses as feeder modes; (4) DBS–metro integration is encouraged by the attitude that DBS is quicker than buses and walking, and positive attitudes toward the bus and DBS availability are decisive for the bus–metro and DBS–metro integration, respectively; and (5) Substantial differences exist in the mode choice effects of traffic safety perception and attitudes for access and egress trips. This study provides a valuable reference for metro commuters’ first- and last-mile travel mode choice, contributing to developing a sustainable urban transport system.

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Yuanyuan Guo; Linchuan Yang; Wenke Huang; Yi Guo. Traffic Safety Perception, Attitude, and Feeder Mode Choice of Metro Commute: Evidence from Shenzhen. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 9402 .

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Yuanyuan Guo, Linchuan Yang, Wenke Huang, Yi Guo. Traffic Safety Perception, Attitude, and Feeder Mode Choice of Metro Commute: Evidence from Shenzhen. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (24):9402.

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Yuanyuan Guo; Linchuan Yang; Wenke Huang; Yi Guo. 2020. "Traffic Safety Perception, Attitude, and Feeder Mode Choice of Metro Commute: Evidence from Shenzhen." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 24: 9402.

Research article
Published: 12 December 2020 in Complexity
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This study presents an evolutionary game to model interactions among stakeholders with potential conflicts, including the operational enterprise of incineration plant, the local government, and the residents nearby. System dynamics is used to simulate the change of strategic actions corresponding to the three players, in order to seek for the evolutionary stability strategies. A numerical case is proposed to demonstrate the game theory application, in which the impacts of governmental incentive and punishment on the player’s actions are investigated. The results indicated that administrative penalty is effective not only in motivating the enterprises to upgrade treatment facilities for ensuring environmental quality but also in helping the local government and residents to approach dominant strategies. Policy implications are given based on the results to lay out a foundation for the alleviation of the conflicts.

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Yang Yu; Rui Zhao; Yuxin Huang; Linchuan Yang. An Evolutionary Game Theoretical Analysis to Conflicts among Stakeholders Involved in the Operation of Municipal Waste Incineration. Complexity 2020, 2020, 1 -16.

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Yang Yu, Rui Zhao, Yuxin Huang, Linchuan Yang. An Evolutionary Game Theoretical Analysis to Conflicts among Stakeholders Involved in the Operation of Municipal Waste Incineration. Complexity. 2020; 2020 ():1-16.

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Yang Yu; Rui Zhao; Yuxin Huang; Linchuan Yang. 2020. "An Evolutionary Game Theoretical Analysis to Conflicts among Stakeholders Involved in the Operation of Municipal Waste Incineration." Complexity 2020, no. : 1-16.

Journal article
Published: 06 December 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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The recent coronavirus outbreak has captured worldwide attention. This study investigated the anxiety of the Chinese public and its relationship with social support during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, thereby providing empirical support for interventions on improving the public’s mental health. On the basis of an online questionnaire survey conducted on 10–18 February 2020, this study shows that 19.8%, 68.5%, and 11.1% of the respondents suffered mild anxiety, moderate anxiety, and severe anxiety, respectively. Significant differences are reported in state anxiety between people with different household incomes. There are significant differences in trait anxiety and state anxiety between different social support groups. Social support and trait anxiety are negatively correlated. Social support and state anxiety are negatively correlated. Social support affects state anxiety both directly and indirectly (through the mediation of trait anxiety). Therefore, during the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing public support for society can effectively reduce public anxiety.

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Yibin Ao; Hao Zhu; Fanrong Meng; Yan Wang; Gui Ye; Linchuan Yang; Na Dong; Igor Martek. The Impact of Social Support on Public Anxiety amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 9097 .

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Yibin Ao, Hao Zhu, Fanrong Meng, Yan Wang, Gui Ye, Linchuan Yang, Na Dong, Igor Martek. The Impact of Social Support on Public Anxiety amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (23):9097.

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Yibin Ao; Hao Zhu; Fanrong Meng; Yan Wang; Gui Ye; Linchuan Yang; Na Dong; Igor Martek. 2020. "The Impact of Social Support on Public Anxiety amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic in China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 23: 9097.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2020 in Journal of Urban Planning and Development
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Urban regeneration is a naturally controversial societal issue, which has a significant impact on people’s daily life. The main stakeholders, including the government, developers, and residents, expect the best out of urban regeneration. Occasionally, the interest of various stakeholders clashes with each other, which considerably hampers the success of the project. To improve the overall output and achieve sustainability in urban regeneration, we adopted a three-population evolutionary game framework in analyzing the problem. First, we analyzed the interest of stakeholders and formulated the payoffs of three stakeholders. A total of 13 evolutionarily stable strategies were found on the basis of the replicator dynamic equations and Jacobian matrices of each stakeholder. Second, we conducted robustness checks, which enabled us to determine that subsidies from the government have the most comprehensive influence on the equilibrium of the game by affecting players’ attitudes of cooperativeness. Finally, we proposed an adaptive subsidy scheme to stimulate the cooperative behaviors of developers and residents and alleviate the excessive financial burden of the government. The game outcomes were validated through a case study of an urban regeneration project in Shanghai. This study provides a novel perspective to handle strategic decision-making problems in urban regeneration and other policy-related societal issues.

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Xiaoling Chu; Zijian Shi; Linchuan Yang; Sijia Guo. Evolutionary Game Analysis on Improving Collaboration in Sustainable Urban Regeneration: A Multiple-Stakeholder Perspective. Journal of Urban Planning and Development 2020, 146, 04020046 .

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Xiaoling Chu, Zijian Shi, Linchuan Yang, Sijia Guo. Evolutionary Game Analysis on Improving Collaboration in Sustainable Urban Regeneration: A Multiple-Stakeholder Perspective. Journal of Urban Planning and Development. 2020; 146 (4):04020046.

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Xiaoling Chu; Zijian Shi; Linchuan Yang; Sijia Guo. 2020. "Evolutionary Game Analysis on Improving Collaboration in Sustainable Urban Regeneration: A Multiple-Stakeholder Perspective." Journal of Urban Planning and Development 146, no. 4: 04020046.

Journal article
Published: 06 November 2020 in Sustainable Cities and Society
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The newly prevailing dockless bike-sharing system offers a decent solution to the first- and last-mile problems and connect trip origins/destinations and transit (mostly metro) stations. Few studies, however, have explored the effects of built environment characteristics on the integrated usage of dockless bike-sharing and the metro, especially in different conditions (e.g., access versus egress and morning peak versus evening peak) and using panel data. To fill the gap, this study proposes a people–metro–bike–route–urban space framework to describe the feeder-related built environment from the perspective of the feeder process. Using 3-day data of ofo bikes in Shenzhen, this study then develops multilevel negative binomial models that incorporate random effects and address the intracluster correlation attributed to the repeated measures to scrutinize the feeder-related built environment effects on the integrated usage. The findings are listed as follows: (1) The majority of access and egress integrated trips have a distance range of 500–2000 m and a duration range of 2.5–10 min. (2) Popular metro stations (with a large ridership) are positively related to access integrated usage, while close proximity to other metro stations may reduce the integrated usage level; (3) The number of available shared bikes and the length of bikeway in the catchment areas of the metro are positively related to the integrated usage under some scenarios; (4) Mixed land use and a high proportion of office land use at the workplace side increase the integrated usage, whereas urban villages are places with few demands for the integrated usage. These findings are beneficial in developing a bike-friendly built environment that facilitates the seamless connection between dockless bike-sharing and the metro.

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Yuanyuan Guo; Linchuan Yang; Yi Lu; Rui Zhao. Dockless bike-sharing as a feeder mode of metro commute? The role of the feeder-related built environment: Analytical framework and empirical evidence. Sustainable Cities and Society 2020, 65, 102594 .

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Yuanyuan Guo, Linchuan Yang, Yi Lu, Rui Zhao. Dockless bike-sharing as a feeder mode of metro commute? The role of the feeder-related built environment: Analytical framework and empirical evidence. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2020; 65 ():102594.

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Yuanyuan Guo; Linchuan Yang; Yi Lu; Rui Zhao. 2020. "Dockless bike-sharing as a feeder mode of metro commute? The role of the feeder-related built environment: Analytical framework and empirical evidence." Sustainable Cities and Society 65, no. : 102594.

Journal article
Published: 30 October 2020 in Sustainability
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Landscape ecological risk assessment (LERA) evaluates different types of potential environmental impacts and their cumulative effects, thereby providing policy insights for sustainable regional land-use and ecosystem management. In a departure from existing literature that heavily relies on low-resolution land-use data for LERA at provincial or municipal scales, this study applies high-resolution land-use data to a relatively small research area (county). In addition, this study modifies the evaluation units of LERA from equal-sized grids to watersheds and refines the ecological vulnerability weight on the basis of finer-resolution data. The main findings are summarized as follows: (1) In 2011–2013, nearly 866 ha of land use in Xiapu County changed; moreover, the construction land, which was mainly concentrated in Songgang Street and Xinan Town, increased the most (340 ha). (2) Landscape ecological risk (LER) was roughly maintained, and areas of high ecological risk were mainly concentrated along the coast. (3) The spatial distribution of LER maintained a relatively aggregated pattern, with no trend toward more aggregated or more dispersed change. This study further discusses the relationship between local LER and land-use change and how to balance global and local LER in planning practices.

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Jianxiao Liu; Meilian Wang; Linchuan Yang. Assessing Landscape Ecological Risk Induced by Land-Use/Cover Change in a County in China: A GIS- and Landscape-Metric-Based Approach. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9037 .

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Jianxiao Liu, Meilian Wang, Linchuan Yang. Assessing Landscape Ecological Risk Induced by Land-Use/Cover Change in a County in China: A GIS- and Landscape-Metric-Based Approach. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (21):9037.

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Jianxiao Liu; Meilian Wang; Linchuan Yang. 2020. "Assessing Landscape Ecological Risk Induced by Land-Use/Cover Change in a County in China: A GIS- and Landscape-Metric-Based Approach." Sustainability 12, no. 21: 9037.

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Published: 27 October 2020 in Travel Behaviour and Society
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Shifting travel demand from motorized to non-motorized modes has been considered as an effective approach to addressing numerous urban transportation problems, including traffic congestion, road accidents, and noise and air pollution. Walking has been commonly promoted by governments and non-governmental organizations all over the world, predominately due to a wide array of its health, environmental, economic, and social benefits to individuals and society. With the rapid developments of wearable fitness trackers and smartphone pedometer apps in recent years, people have paid more attention to their physical health by heart rate, fitness, and sleep tracking. Recent studies have confirmed their contribution to promoting walking, but there has been a lack of research examining their influence on people’s transport mode choice. In this study, we randomly interviewed 505 people in Hong Kong, an example of a transit-oriented city, in an interviewer-administered face-to-face interview survey. A series of binary logit models are calibrated to determine factors that significantly affect people’s selection of walking and traveling by public transport. The results show that the users of wearable fitness trackers and smartphone pedometer apps generally preferred a transport mode with more walking steps than the non-users. People preferred traveling by public transport and getting off at a station earlier followed by walking, in which the marginal effects of every additional 100 steps are 6.31% and 1.78% on the selection probabilities for the users and non-users, respectively. Some transport policy measures are suggested and discussed accordingly to promote walking.

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R.C.P. Wong; Linchuan Yang; W.Y. Szeto. Wearable fitness trackers and smartphone pedometer apps: Their effect on transport mode choice in a transit-oriented city. Travel Behaviour and Society 2020, 22, 244 -251.

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R.C.P. Wong, Linchuan Yang, W.Y. Szeto. Wearable fitness trackers and smartphone pedometer apps: Their effect on transport mode choice in a transit-oriented city. Travel Behaviour and Society. 2020; 22 ():244-251.

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R.C.P. Wong; Linchuan Yang; W.Y. Szeto. 2020. "Wearable fitness trackers and smartphone pedometer apps: Their effect on transport mode choice in a transit-oriented city." Travel Behaviour and Society 22, no. : 244-251.

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Published: 21 October 2020 in Sustainability
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Walking and cycling are not only frequently-used modes of transport but also popular physical activities. They are beneficial to traffic congestion mitigation, air pollution reduction, and public health promotion. Hence, examining and comparing the built environment correlates of the propensity of walking and cycling is of great interest to urban practitioners and decision-makers and has attracted extensive research attention. However, existing studies mainly look into the two modes separately or consider them as an integral (i.e., active travel), and few compare built environment correlates of their propensity in a single study, especially in the developing world context. Thus, this study, taking Xiamen, China, as a case, examines the built environment correlates of the propensity of walking and cycling simultaneously and compares the results wherever feasible. It found (1) built environment correlates of the propensity of walking and cycling differ with each other largely in direction and magnitude; (2) land use mix, intersection density, and bus stop density are positively associated with walking propensity, while the distance to the CBD (Central Business District) is a negative correlate; (3) as for cycling propensity, only distance to CBD is a positive correlate, and job density, intersection density, and bus stop density are all negative correlates. The findings of this study have rich policy implications for walking and cycling promotion interventions.

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Longzhu Xiao; Linchuan Yang; Jixiang Liu; Hongtai Yang. Built Environment Correlates of the Propensity of Walking and Cycling. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8752 .

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Longzhu Xiao, Linchuan Yang, Jixiang Liu, Hongtai Yang. Built Environment Correlates of the Propensity of Walking and Cycling. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (20):8752.

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Longzhu Xiao; Linchuan Yang; Jixiang Liu; Hongtai Yang. 2020. "Built Environment Correlates of the Propensity of Walking and Cycling." Sustainability 12, no. 20: 8752.