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Algorithms and Techniques in Urban Monitoring

A special issue of ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (ISSN 2220-9964).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2019) | Viewed by 28722

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Dr. Seth Spielman

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Associate Professor of University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Interests: maps; cities; demographics; statistics; machine learning

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Location aware mobile computing, and services that leverage such resources, have created a tectonic shift in the urban data landscape. More data than ever is available to urban scientists. This new abundance of data, coupled with recent advances in machine learning, has enormous potential to transform our understanding of cities. However, this nexus of new data and methods is complex, and its potential to yield significant scientific and policy insights remains largely unrealized.

This Special Issue focuses on “Algorithms and Techniques for Urban Monitoring”, our goal is to coalesce a set of new ways to observe urban processes. Of specific interest are methods that generate new ways to "see" the past, present, and future state of a city. That is, what can we learn using novel forms of data and machine learning, alone or in concert, that we could not have known using traditional sources of data and/or methods. The words "see” and "monitoring" are deliberately broad. We are interested in both directly observed physical phenomena (like travel, urban growth, and energy consumption) and indirectly observed social processes (such as gentrification, inequality, and well-being).

These new forms of data and methods raise significant questions about individual privacy, the privatization of data resources, the use of algorithms to make and/or inform policy. Data is increasingly politicized; this is true of both traditional state sponsored sources of data and the data collected global technology companies. Where relevant we encourage authors to situate their work within these broader social trends and discuss any tensions that emerge between the technical methods/models and their application in urban governance and management.

Expressions of interest and/or questions are welcomed via email to [email protected]. The journal and the editors are committed to a rapid and thorough review process, papers will be published on a rolling basis.

Assoc. Prof. Seth Spielman
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Road Network Extraction from Low-Frequency Trajectories Based on a Road Structure-Aware Filter
by Daigang Li, Junhan Li and Juntao Li
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2019, 8(9), 374; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8090374 - 27 Aug 2019
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Many studies have utilized global navigation satellite system (such as global positioning system (GPS)) trajectories in order to successfully infer road networks because such data can reveal the geometry and development of a road network, can be obtained in a timely manner, and [...] Read more.
Many studies have utilized global navigation satellite system (such as global positioning system (GPS)) trajectories in order to successfully infer road networks because such data can reveal the geometry and development of a road network, can be obtained in a timely manner, and updated on a low budget. Unfortunately, existing studies for inferring road networks from vehicle traces suffer from low accuracy, especially in dense urban regions and locations with complex structures, such as roundabouts, overpasses, and complex intersections. This study presents a novel two-stage approach for inferring road networks from trajectory points and capturing road geometry with better accuracy. First, a lane structure-aware filter is proposed to cluster vehicle trajectories influenced by high noise and outliers in order to reveal the continuous structure points of lane curves from massive trajectory points. Second, a road tracing operator is utilized to segment the road network geometry by inserting new vertices and segments to a vigorous vertex in the heading of the structure points that are extracted in the first step. Experimental results demonstrate the increased accuracy of the extracted roads and show that the proposed method exhibits strong robustness to noise and various sampling rates. Full article
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Research on Urban Ecological Network Under the Threat of Road Networks—A Case Study of Wuhan
by Zuohua Miao, Lei Pan, Qiaozhi Wang, Pei Chen, Cheng Yan and Likun Liu
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2019, 8(8), 342; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8080342 - 31 Jul 2019
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The creation of a road network can lead to the fragmentation and reduction of the connectivity of the ecological habitat. The study of urban ecological networks under threat from rapidly developing road networks is of great significance in understanding the changes in urban [...] Read more.
The creation of a road network can lead to the fragmentation and reduction of the connectivity of the ecological habitat. The study of urban ecological networks under threat from rapidly developing road networks is of great significance in understanding the changes in urban ecological processes and in constructing a reasonable ecological network. Spatial syntax is a linear space analysis method based on graph theory. Taking Wuhan city as an example and adopting spatial syntax to quantify road network threat factors, two resistance surfaces are established based on land use type assignment and overlapping road network threat factor assignment. The ecological environment under two scenarios is constructed by combining the MSPA (Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis) method and MCR (Minimal Cumulative Resistance) model to comprehensively evaluate the network. Results demonstrate that spatial syntax can effectively describe the spatial characteristics of the road network. The average resistance value of the study area increases by 15.94%, the length of corridor increases by 37.9 km, the energy consumption of biological and material exchanges increases, and the resistance increases. To a certain extent, the model reflects the impact of road network threats on ecological processes. The results are useful in identifying the impact of human activities on ecological processes and provide a reference point for the construction of urban ecological security patterns. Full article
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Assessing Spatial Information Themes in the Spatial Information Infrastructure for Participatory Urban Planning Monitoring: Indonesian Cities
by Agung Indrajit, Bastiaan Van Loenen and Peter Van Oosterom
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2019, 8(7), 305; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8070305 - 17 Jul 2019
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Most urban planning monitoring activities were designed to monitor implementation of aggregated sectors from different initiatives into practical and measurable indicators. Today, cities utilize spatial information in monitoring and evaluating urban planning implementation for not only national or local goals but also for [...] Read more.
Most urban planning monitoring activities were designed to monitor implementation of aggregated sectors from different initiatives into practical and measurable indicators. Today, cities utilize spatial information in monitoring and evaluating urban planning implementation for not only national or local goals but also for the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Modern cities adopt Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) initiative for their urban planning monitoring. Cities provide spatial information and online tools for citizens to participate. However, the selection of spatial information services for participants is made from producers’ perception and often disregards requirements from the regulation, functionalities, and broader user’s perception. By providing appropriate spatial information, the quality of participatory urban monitoring can be improved. This study presents a method for selecting appropriate spatial information for urban planning monitoring. It considers regulation, urban planning, and spatial science theories, as well as citizens’ requirements, to support participatory urban planning monitoring as a way to ensure the success of providing near real-time urban information to planners and decision-makers. Full article
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Detecting Urban Polycentric Structure from POI Data
by Yue Deng, Jiping Liu, Yang Liu and An Luo
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2019, 8(6), 283; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8060283 - 17 Jun 2019
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It is meaningful to analyze urban spatial structure by identifying urban subcenters, and many methods of doing so have been proposed in the published literature. Although these methods are widely applied, they exhibit obvious shortcomings that limit their further application. Therefore, it is [...] Read more.
It is meaningful to analyze urban spatial structure by identifying urban subcenters, and many methods of doing so have been proposed in the published literature. Although these methods are widely applied, they exhibit obvious shortcomings that limit their further application. Therefore, it is of great value to propose a new urban subcenter identification method that can overcome these shortcomings. In this paper, we propose the density contour tree (DCT) method for detecting urban polycentric structures and their spatial distributions. Conceptually, this method is based on an analogy between urban spatial structure and terrain. The point-of-interest (POI) density is visualized as a continuous mathematical surface representing the urban terrain. Peaks represent the regions of the most frequent human activity, valleys represent regions with small population densities in the city, and slopes represent spatial changes in urban land-use intensity. Using this method, we have detected the urban “polycentric” structure of Beijing and determined the corresponding spatial relationships. In addition, several important properties of the urban centers have been identified. For example, Beijing has a typical urban polycentric structure with an urban center area accounting for 5.9% of the total urban area, and most of the urban centers in Beijing serve comprehensive functions. In general, the method and the results can serve as references for the later research on analyzing urban structure. Full article
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An Urban Road-Traffic Commuting Dynamics Study Based on Hotspot Clustering and a New Proposed Urban Commuting Electrostatics Model
by Xiaoyong Ni, Hong Huang, Yangyang Meng, Shiwei Zhou and Boni Su
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2019, 8(4), 190; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8040190 - 11 Apr 2019
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With the recent rapid development of cities, the dynamics of urban road-traffic commuting are becoming more and more complex. In this research, we study urban road-traffic commuting dynamics based on clustering analysis and a new proposed urban commuting electrostatics model. As a case [...] Read more.
With the recent rapid development of cities, the dynamics of urban road-traffic commuting are becoming more and more complex. In this research, we study urban road-traffic commuting dynamics based on clustering analysis and a new proposed urban commuting electrostatics model. As a case study, we investigate the characteristics of urban road-traffic commuting dynamics during the morning rush hour in Beijing, China, using over 1.3 million Global Positioning System (GPS) data records of vehicle trajectories. The hotspot clusters are identified using clustering analysis, after which the urban commuting electric field is simulated based on an urban commuting electrostatics model. The results show that the areas with high electric field intensity tend to have slow traffic, and also that the vehicles in most areas tend to head in the same direction as the electric field. The results above verify the validity of the model, in that the electric field intensity can reflect the traffic pressure of an area, and that the direction of the electric field can reflect the traffic direction in that area. This new proposed urban commuting electrostatics model helps greatly in understanding urban road-traffic commuting dynamics and has broad applicability for the optimization of urban and traffic system planning. Full article
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Dynamic Land Cover Mapping of Urbanized Cities with Landsat 8 Multi-temporal Images: Comparative Evaluation of Classification Algorithms and Dimension Reduction Methods
by Ugur Alganci
ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2019, 8(3), 139; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8030139 - 13 Mar 2019
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Uncontrolled and continuous urbanization is an important problem in the metropolitan cities of developing countries. Urbanization progress that occurs due to population expansion and migration results in important changes in the land cover characteristics of a city. These changes mostly affect natural habitats [...] Read more.
Uncontrolled and continuous urbanization is an important problem in the metropolitan cities of developing countries. Urbanization progress that occurs due to population expansion and migration results in important changes in the land cover characteristics of a city. These changes mostly affect natural habitats and the ecosystem in a negative manner. Hence, urbanization-related changes should be monitored regularly, and land cover maps should be updated to reflect the current situation. This research presents a comparative evaluation of two classification algorithms, pixel-based support vector machine (SVM) classification and decision-tree-oriented geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA) classification, in producing a dynamic land cover map of the Istanbul metropolitan city in Turkey between 2013 and 2017 using Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) multi-temporal satellite images. Additionally, the efficiencies of the two data dimension reduction methods are evaluated as part of this research. For dimension reduction, built-up index (BUI) and principal component analysis (PCA) data were calculated for five images during the mentioned period, and the classification algorithms were applied on data stacks for each dimension reduction method. The classification results indicate that the GEOBIA classification of the BUI data set provided the highest accuracy, with a 91.60% overall accuracy and 0.91 kappa value. This combination was followed by the GEOBIA classification of the PCA data set, which highlights the overall efficiency of the GEOBIA over the SVM method. On the other hand, the BUI data set provided more reliable and consistent results for urban expansion classes due to representing physical responses of the surface when compared to the data set of the PCA, which is a spectral transformation method. Full article
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