Spatial parameters for transportation: A multi-modal approach for modelling the urban spatial structure using deep learning and remote sensing
2021
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Spatial parameters for transportation: A multi-modal approach for modelling the urban spatial structure using deep learning and remote sensing
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2021
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Journal of Transport and Land Use
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A significant increase in global urban population affects the efficiency of urban transportation systems. Remarkable urban growth rates are observed in developing or newly industrialized countries where researchers, planners, and authorities face scarcity of relevant official data or geo-data. In this study, we explore remote sensing and open geo-data as alternative sources to generate missing data for transportation models in urban planning and research. We propose a multi-modal approach capable of assessing three essential parameters of the urban spatial structure: buildings, land use, and intra-urban population distribution. Therefore, we first create a very high-resolution (VHR) 3D city model for estimating the building floors. Second, we add detailed land-use information retrieved from OpenStreetMap (OSM). Third, we test and evaluate five experiments to estimate population at a single building level. In our experimental set-up for the mega-city of Santiago de Chile, we find that the multi-modal approach allows generating missing data for transportation independently from official data for any area across the globe. Beyond that, we find the high-level 3D city model is the most accurate for determining population on small scales, and thus evaluate that the integration of land use is an inevitable step to obtain fine-scale intra-urban population distribution.
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10.5198/jtlu.2021.1855
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Stiller, Dorothee; Wurm, Michael; Stark, Thomas; d'Angelo, Pablo; Stebner, Karsten; Dech, Stefan; Taubenböck, Hannes. (2021). Spatial parameters for transportation: A multi-modal approach for modelling the urban spatial structure using deep learning and remote sensing. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, 10.5198/jtlu.2021.1855.
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