Reassessing the non-linear causal link between long-duration commuting and self-rated health: do behavioral preferences and built environment matter?

Introduction: Long-duration commuting is widely recognized for its significant influence on health. However, while research has traditionally focused on direct impacts, there remains a critical need to explore the nonlinear dynamics of this relationship. This study aims to deepen our understanding of how behavioral preferences and built environments contribute to these complex interactions.

The impact of disability-related deprivation on employment opportunity at the neighborhood level: does family socioeconomic status matter?

Introduction: Difficulties in attaining employment significantly contribute to socioeconomic poverty among individuals with disabilities. However, our understanding of how socioeconomic deprivation experienced by individuals and families with disabilities influences employment opportunities remains incomplete. This study aims to explore the relationship between index of disability-related multiple deprivation (IDMD) and employment opportunities (EMPO), while also investigating the role of family socioeconomic status (FSES) in shaping this relation.

A new method of hotspot analysis on the management of CO and air pollutants, a case study in Guangzhou city, China.

Emission inventory plays an important role in designing effective emission control strategies. Currently, there is unbalanced development of CO and air pollutant emission inventories in China and the spatial information of both cannot be obtained simultaneously, which prevents a collaborative control strategy. In this study, we developed a unified emission inventory including both CO and air pollutants, then utilized spatial mapping methods to identify the co-hotspots of both CO and air pollutants at a high spatial resolution (1 × 1 km).

A systematic assessment of city-level climate change mitigation and air quality improvement in China.

China is facing dual challenges of air pollution and climate change. By using city-level data, we comprehensively assessed air quality and CO emission changes from 2015 to 2019 for 335 Chinese cities. We selected important regions for air pollution control and categorized all cities into different classes according to their development levels.

Planning for urban life: A new approach of sustainable land use plan based on transit-oriented development.

Transit-oriented development (TOD) is an integration of transportation systems with land use and has been given priority in sustainability strategies. However, most of the existing studies on TOD emphasize the economic and environmental perspectives of sustainability, paying little attention to social equity. Moreover, despite governments worldwide are gradually trying to address unsustainable issues associated with dramatic urbanization through a framework of TOD development, the improvement of land use planning necessary to achieve variegated sustainability within a safe trajectory is not being targeted or achieved.