How to create equitable and healthy cities
Learning from the changedin Stockholm following COVID-19
Visiting post-doc Chen Fengs last presentation in the Research Seminars in Architecture following two years of post-doctoral work here at the KTH School of Architecture.
Tid: Fr 2023-12-15 kl 13.15
Plats: A608
Videolänk: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/67185547897
Språk: English
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many aspects of urban life, yet it posed a unique opportunity to study how the design and planning of cities can help people and society cope with a crisis. I will present a study in which we use data collected via public participation geographic information systems, cluster analysis, spatial network analysis, and hierarchical Bayesian spatial models to gain insights about how people in Stockholm changed their habits of using urban spaces during the pandemic and how to create more equitable and healthy cities that function well both in normal circumstances and in times of crisis.
Bio
Chen Feng is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Urban Design at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. From 2019 to 2020, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Urban Informatics at The University of Texas at Austin. He holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and Urban Design from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Chen’s research interests include urban network analysis, generative urban design, the interaction between urban forms and activity patterns, and using emerging technologies such as big data and machine learning to study urban health, shared micromobility, and urban segregation.