Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute

REV-based analysis of non-uniform heat transfer in irregular geometries of precast concrete sandwich wall panels

The thermal performance of buildings is largely determined by the weakest point in the envelope. Precast concrete sandwich wall panels are a new type of high-performance, multi-functional integrated component that has been widely adopted. However, local heat loss caused by metal...

Audit-Informed Digital Pathways to Rural Ecological Revitalization: A Configurational Governance Framework Applied to 30 Provincial-Level Regions in China (2018–2022)

Rural regions worldwide face intensifying environmental pressures under the global sustainability transition, yet the digital conditions associated with high levels of rural ecological revitalization (RER) remain insufficiently understood. Existing studies largely examine digital...

Service Scale and Level: How Origin–Destination Interactions Shape Intercity Travel Flows Within Mega-City Regions

As regional integration and high-speed transport networks advance, intercity travel flows within mega-city regions (MCRs) provide a lens for understanding regional functional division of labor and spatial organization. Concentrated high-intensity flows between core cities and maj...

Commercial or relational cues: how information salience in project titles affects crowdfunding performance

Scholars have paid considerable attention to factors that could influence crowdfunding performance. However, whether or how the salience of information in project titles may affect crowdfunding performance remains unknown. To address this research gap, we examine 2,064 startups t...

Rethinking the determinants of urban economic resilience: the role of intercity investment network in Chinese cities

Faced with rising urban uncertainties, understanding the drivers of urban economic resilience (UER) has become a critical issue. Rather than focusing solely on internal urban attributes, this study adopts an external perspective and investigates how intercity investment networks...

Financing Innovation, Extracting Rent: Real-Estate Financialization and the Limits of Barcelona’s 22@BCN Innovation District

This study examines 22@Barcelona (22@BCN), a widely cited case in the development of innovation districts. Initially conceived as a means of transforming Poblenou from a post-industrial area into a knowledge-economy hub, 22@BCN also formed part of Barcelona’s broader trajectory o...

Conditional Effectiveness of Night Ventilation During Heatwaves: Nonlinear Interactions Among Event Morphology, Thermal Mass and Operating Strategies

Consecutive warm nights during heatwaves erode the cooling potential of night ventilation (NV), making its effectiveness strongly dependent on both the event and the building conditions. This study quantified the nonlinear effects of heatwave morphology, building thermal mass (TM...

A new inquiry into the fundamental module of Sui-Tang Luoyang layout based on compositional proportions

Abstract Sui-Tang Luoyang was an international metropolis in the 7th–10th centuries. The 50- zhang unit has long been regarded as the fundamental module for the layout design of this capital. Taking the Danei as the benchmark, this study determines the modular relationships acros...

Improving Ventilation Performance in a Multi-Storey Solar Chimney System Using Neutral Plane Analysis: A CFD Case Study

Multi-storey solar chimneys are often evaluated using shaft-outlet airflow, which may conceal uneven airflow distribution among floors. A shaft may provide adequate extraction while upper floors receive insufficient air or experience reverse airflow. This study examined the relat...

Adaptive Evolution of Community Response Organizations in Public Health Emergencies: A Grounded System Dynamics Case Study from China

Public health emergencies often unfold over extended periods and place sustained pressure on community-level governance, particularly when demands for supplies, information, medical access, and daily support exceed routine service capacity. This study examines how community respo...

Integrating Central-City Parks into Everyday Activity Chains: Boundary-Opening Optimization and Spatial-Network Reconfiguration with the Park-BIND Model

Urban parks in city centers are often assessed by residential proximity, but visits in districts with mixed land uses also occur between work, shopping, services, and other daily activities. A nearby park may remain difficult to use when its entrances and internal paths do not al...

Non-Linear Impacts and Spatial Variations in Multidimensional Built Environments on E-Shopping Decisions: Evidence from Shanghai

While e-commerce has transformed consumption patterns, online shopping behavior remains influenced by the physical environment. Using Shanghai as a case study, this research applies machine learning, SHAP analysis, and K-Means clustering to examine the nonlinear impacts and spati...

From mixing to microstructure: unraveling the effects of manual pound-mixing method on lime mortar through a laboratory-scale study

Abstract Traditional lime mortar is crucial for preserving historical structures, but knowledge of its mixing techniques remains limited. This study compared manual pound-mixing with conventional mechanical mixing to evaluate effects on mortar performance. Pure and fiber-reinforc...

Analysis and Considerations to Lessen Visual Clutter: Multidimensional Associations Between Streetscape Visual Clutter and Urban Perceptions in Shanghai

Visual clutter can affect attention, cognitive load, and environmental evaluation, yet streetscape studies often treat visual complexity as a broad construct without distinguishing visual richness from competition among visual features. Shanghai was selected because its dense, he...

Smart Urban Agriculture in Transition: A Systematic Review of ICT Integration, Applications, and Challenges

This paper systematically reviews the emerging field of smart urban agriculture, defined as the integration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) into food production practices within and around built-up urban areas. Although urban agriculture and digital agricultu...