Traffic problems are the most prominent urban dilemmas, especially during recent years, since the capacity of old traffic arteries don’t meet the increasing volume of population and vehicles, therefore, adopting some measures in order to enhance the capacity of existing roads has been placed on the agenda of urban managers. Changing the existing intersections to over changes is one of these met...

We present theory and evidence highlighting the disamenity effects of freeways on city centers and the structure of cities. In our model, disamenity effects from land use exclusion, negative externalities, or barriers between neighborhoods dominate access benefits in downtown neighborhoods compared with outlying areas, where access benefits are greater. These margins are especially relevant for...

Abstract Since the 1970s, policy-makers and press have rendered young people, particularly those of black minority ethnic backgrounds, synonymous with ‘inner-city crisis’. Focusing upon high-density, multi-storey Hulme estate in Manchester, this article seeks to transcend stereotypical representations these residents illuminate their perspectives inner city. Conceptualizing city as both a discu...

This article discusses the growing problem of predatory lending, particularly in low-income, inner city neighborhoods, with a case study of communities in Syracuse, New York. The author documents mortgage lending activities and foreclosure patterns in central New York and argues for continued education throughout the home-buying process. A program that reduced foreclosures in low-income urban n...

In this paper, we present a novel approach to unsupervised texture segmentation that is based on a very general statistical model of image neighborhoods. We treat image neighborhoods as samples from an underlying, high-dimensional probability density function (PDF). We obtain an optimal segmentation via the minimization of an entropy-based metric on the neighborhood PDFs conditioned on the clas...

BACKGROUND This study adapted the Physical Activity Neighborhood Environment Scale (PANES) to the Nigerian context and assessed the test-retest reliability and construct validity of the Nigerian version (PANESN). METHODS A multidisciplinary panel of experts adapted the original PANES to reflect the built and social environment of Nigeria. The adapted PANES was subjected to cognitive testing a...

the literature review of increasing construction density shows that it can have positive and negative impacts on urban development and a way to urban consolidation. nevertheless, it may facilitate urban life and enhance quality of life, as two major topics and subjects in the process toward sustainability and sustainable urban development issues. the literature related to the sustainability ind...