A Hybrid Gradient Boosting and Neural Network Model for Predicting Urban Happiness: Integrating Ensemble Learning with Deep Representation for Enhanced Accuracy

Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 7(1), С. 4 - 4

Опубликована: Янв. 7, 2025

Urban happiness prediction presents a complex challenge, due to the nonlinear and multifaceted relationships among socio-economic, environmental, infrastructural factors. This study introduces an advanced hybrid model combining gradient boosting machine (GBM) neural network (NN) address these complexities. Unlike traditional approaches, this leverages GBM handle structured data features NN extract deeper relationships. The was evaluated against various baseline learning deep models, including random forest, CNN, LSTM, CatBoost, TabNet, using metrics such as RMSE, MAE, R2, MAPE. + achieved superior performance, with lowest RMSE of 0.3332, R2 0.9673, MAPE 7.0082%. also revealed significant insights into urban indicators, 10% improvement in air quality correlating 5% increase happiness. These findings underscore potential models analytics, offering both predictive accuracy actionable for planners.

Язык: Английский

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Bike-sharing, car-sharing, e-scooters, and Uber: Who are the shared mobility users and where do they live?

Sustainable Cities and Society, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 86, С. 104161 - 104161

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2022

This research provides new evidence on factors associated with the use of four different shared mobility options – bike-sharing, e-scooter sharing, car-sharing, and ridehailing (Uber) in same urban region. Factors examined are sociodemographic characteristics, concern about climate change, access to a private car, built environment characteristics users' residential locations. The analyses based survey GIS-measured, individual-level geospatial data from Oslo its surrounding Viken county Norway. Findings suggest that bike-sharing users more likely be younger, men, single, concerned living denser neighborhoods good public transport. E-scooter sharing without disabilities, less educated, live neighborhoods. Car-sharing partner or spouse children, not have transit-oriented Uber younger higher incomes, worried proximity city center. These outcomes offer input for critical issues transport planning including compact form, sustainable mobility, equity.

Язык: Английский

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COVID-19 impact on teleactivities: Role of built environment and implications for mobility

Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 158, С. 251 - 270

Опубликована: Март 7, 2022

This paper presents new evidence on changes in a broad range of teleactivities due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and investigates how built environment relates these changes. The relies survey geospatial data from Oslo its surrounding Viken region Norway. Findings suggest that most increased COVID-19. Telework, teleconferencing, online learning, telehealth, virtual meetings with friends family all during COVID-19 compared pre-COVID-19 period. next step analysis examined relationships between characteristics before Telework greater extent denser neighborhoods than lower-density neighborhoods. A larger increase learning was associated lower neighborhood density, accessibility public transport, more local facilities. Numerous facilities were frequent telework both substantial COVID-19-induced found study highlights potential information communications technology (ICT) for replacing travel various activities.

Язык: Английский

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Evaluating the public acceptance of sustainable mobility interventions responding to Covid-19: The case of the Great Walk of Athens and the importance of citizen engagement

Cities, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 132, С. 103966 - 103966

Опубликована: Авг. 29, 2022

COVID-19, the most wide-spread and disruptive pandemic in over a century, enforced emergency urban design responses meaning to recalibrate transport provision globally. This is first work that systematically evaluates 'public acceptance' as proxy for 'policy success' 'potential longer-term viability' of high-profile sustainable intervention package introduced 2020 capital city Greece known Great Walk Athens (GWA). achieved through twin statistical analysis an e-survey looked into attitudes mobility experiences Athenians accessing area trial daily. The research enabled comparison between pre- post-implementation traffic situations provided details about specific measures packaged GWA project. Our results suggest walking cycling uptake were only marginally improved. Traffic delays car users considerable. Car usage declined somewhat, with exception ride-sharing. Public ridership numbers suffered lot because concerns sharing closed space many others during pandemic. Men people on low income more likely agree 'change'. Naturally this was case identified primarily cyclists pedestrians. impactful elements terms lane sacrifices (i.e., redevelopment Panepistimiou Street) had lowest acceptability rates. A key reason underpinned people's hesitation approve initiative lack public consultation decision-making shaped study provides evidence-based generalisable lessons similar metropolitan environments looking implement or evaluate possibly making permanent 'rushed' anti-Covid street measures.

Язык: Английский

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Sustainable transport modes, travel satisfaction, and emotions: Evidence from car-dependent compact cities

Travel Behaviour and Society, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 33, С. 100613 - 100613

Опубликована: Июнь 9, 2023

This study investigates how the use of sustainable transport modes relates to travel satisfaction (general evaluation travel) and affect (emotions during in car-dependent compact cities. Thereby, provides evidence on mobility travel-related well-being a context urban form but inadequate provisions for public transport, walking, cycling. A mixed-methods approach was applied comprising quantitative qualitative analyses data from two major cities Greece, i.e., Athens Thessaloniki. Travel are found be highest those who walk commuting, independently time other factors. Conversely, lowest users, largely due very long times also poor services one Results indicate that experience traveling by car, motorcycle within areas greatly depends provision policies. Overall, findings support idea shift pleasant, satisfying, cities, car restrictions should accompanied massive improvements high-quality walking cycling infrastructure, an integrated coordination different modes.

Язык: Английский

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Evaluating urban vitality and resilience under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic from a mobility perspective: A case study in Shenzhen, China

Journal of Transport Geography, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 117, С. 103886 - 103886

Опубликована: Май 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Learning from COVID-19 for Climate-Ready Urban Transformation

Опубликована: Фев. 17, 2025

Cities have suffered from three years of the COVID-19 pandemic and are increasingly experiencing exacerbated heatwaves, floods, droughts due to climate change. Going forward, cities need address both public health crises effectively while reducing poverty inequity, often in context economic pressure declining levels trust government. The has revealed gaps city readiness for simultaneous responses pandemics change, particularly Global South. However, these concurrent challenges present an opportunity reformulate current urbanization patterns economies dynamics they enable. This Element focuses on understanding COVID-19's impact systems related change mitigation adaptation, vice versa, terms warnings, lessons learned, calls action. title is also available as open access Cambridge Core.

Язык: Английский

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‘It feels smaller now’: The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on apartment residents and their living environment – A longitudinal study

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 89, С. 102056 - 102056

Опубликована: Июнь 9, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Natural environments, psychosocial health, and health behaviors in a crisis – A scoping review of the literature in the COVID-19 context

Journal of Environmental Psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 88, С. 102009 - 102009

Опубликована: Апрель 9, 2023

The COVID-19 outbreak led to major restrictions globally, affecting people's psychosocial health and their behaviors. Thus, the purpose of this scoping review was summarize available research regarding nature in context. Keywords relating natural environments were combined conduct a systematic online search six databases. Eligibility criteria a) published since 2020 with data collected context b) peer-reviewed, c) original empirical on human participants, d) investigated association between or behaviors, e) English, German, Scandinavian languages. Out 9126 articles being screened, we identified 188 relevant articles, representing 187 distinct studies. Most focused adults general population predominantly conducted USA, Europe, China. Overall, findings indicate that may mitigate impact psychological physical activity. Through thematic analysis extracted data, three primary themes identified: 1) type assessed, 2) behaviors investigated, 3) heterogeneity nature–health relationship. Research gaps I) characteristics promote II) investigations digital virtual nature, III) constructs mental promotion, IV) health-promoting other than activity, V) underlying mechanisms relationship based human, geographic characteristics, VI) focusing vulnerable groups. demonstrate considerable potential buffering stressful events level health. However, future is warranted fill mentioned examine long-term effects exposure during COVID-19.

Язык: Английский

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The appeal of cities may not wane due to the COVID-19 pandemic and remote working

npj Urban Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 4(1)

Опубликована: Март 14, 2024

Abstract Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, speculations on decline of major cities have surged, with studies noting temporary population decreases across various worldwide. However, research scarcely addresses pandemic’s enduring influence perceptions city living. Rather than exploring mid- to long-term impacts, current literature focuses mainly comparing changes in residential preferences during and before pandemic. To fill this gap, we conducted a randomized conjoint experiment scrutinize altered attitudes toward residing Tokyo Metropolis due Scenarios encompassed reminders potential pandemic re-occurrence teleworking options. Despite variations depending scenarios socio-demographic characteristics survey participants, overall, results show that surge remote working did not diminish allure Tokyo, implying low probability an urban decline. These outcomes advocate for compact development bolster resilience against forthcoming stressors like climate change.

Язык: Английский

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