Geospatial Analysis to Support Urban Planning in Beijing

Prologue: Geospatial analysis and application: A comprehensive view of planning support issues in the Beijing metropolitan area.- Urban form: Human behaviour contained in geo-features: Micro-data synthesis to determine household attributes, the population location, and human mobility in Beijing.- Exploring virtual human activities in Beijing using micro-blog data: A preliminary exploration using big data.- Commuting behaviour in Beijing using bus smart card data.- Identifying the impact of the socioeconomic attributes of urban space on human mobility: Evidence from the analysis of TAZ and individual scales in Beijing.- Planning actions to control development activities: A preliminary study in planning management using an agent-based approach in Beijing.- Development activities and the transitional economy of China from 1950-2012 using a polygon-based approach.- Urban form: Spatial patterns for land use and transportation: Exploring urban spatial patterns of transportation and land use in Beijing using the land use and transportation integrated model.- The transition of traffic flow in the urban space during the urban expansion process in Beijing between 2005 and 2010.- The land use pattern of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei using a constrained cellular automata model.- Global sensitivity analysis of the effect of land use policy on urban growth patterns using constrained CA models and the GLUE approach.- A new approach to land use patterns: A fine-scale, polygon-based database for urban spatial development models of Beijing.- Parcel direction: A new indicator for spatiotemporally measuring land use patterns and understanding urban form.- Epilogue: A planning support toolkit for Beijing, including theories, software and models.