Validating activity, time, and space diversity as essential components of urban vitality

• Published in: Environment and planning. B, Urban analytics and city science Vol. 48; no. 5; pp. 1180 - 1197
• Main Authors: Kang, Chaogui, Fan, Dongwan, Jiao, Hongzan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2021
• Subjects: activity diversity; regression model; time diversity; space diversity; Urban vitality

Urbanization’s rapid progress presents an urgent challenge for developing a predictive, quantitative theory of “the death and life of cities” (a.k.a. “the essential diversity conditions for the urban built environment”). Despite the importance of activity diversity (i.e. serving different primary fu...