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Street view video for urban sensing: Potential for measuring urban vitality

Youlong Gu, Xiucheng Liang, Zicheng Fan, Yujun Hou, Filip Biljecki

Published in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 131, 102509, 2027

@article{gu2027street,
  title={Street view video for urban sensing: Potential for measuring urban vitality},
  author={Gu, Youlong and Liang, Xiucheng and Fan, Zicheng and Hou, Yujun and Biljecki, Filip},
  journal={Computers, Environment and Urban Systems},
  volume={131},
  pages={102509},
  year={2027},
  month=jan,
  doi={10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2026.102509}
}

Exploring the links amongst place attachment, urban environment qualities, and psychological restoration: A case study of Hong Kong

Sifan Cheng, Qiwei Song, Xiucheng Liang, Pu Jiang, Filip Biljecki, Jeroen van Ameijde

Published in Cities, 179, 107542, 2026

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@article{cheng2026exploring,
  title={Exploring the links amongst place attachment, urban environment qualities, and psychological restoration: A case study of {Hong Kong}},
  author={Cheng, Sifan and Song, Qiwei and Liang, Xiucheng and Jiang, Pu and Biljecki, Filip and van Ameijde, Jeroen},
  journal={Cities},
  volume={179},
  pages={107542},
  year={2026},
  month=dec,
  doi={10.1016/j.cities.2026.107542}
}

It is not always greener on the other side: Greenery perception across demographics and personalities in multiple cities

Matias Quintana, Fangqi Liu, Jussi Torkko, Youlong Gu, Xiucheng Liang, Yujun Hou, Koichi Ito, Yihan Zhu, Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Tuuli Toivonen, Yi Lu, Filip Biljecki

Published in Landscape and Urban Planning, 271, 105618, 2026

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@article{quintana2026greener,
  title={It is not always greener on the other side: Greenery perception across demographics and personalities in multiple cities},
  author={Quintana, Matias and Liu, Fangqi and Torkko, Jussi and Gu, Youlong and Liang, Xiucheng and Hou, Yujun and Ito, Koichi and Zhu, Yihan and Abdelrahman, Mahmoud and Toivonen, Tuuli and Lu, Yi and Biljecki, Filip},
  journal={Landscape and Urban Planning},
  volume={271},
  pages={105618},
  year={2026},
  month=jul,
  doi={10.1016/j.landurbplan.2026.105618}
}

Revealing spatio-temporal evolution of urban visual environments with street view imagery

Xiucheng Liang, Tianhong Zhao, Filip Biljecki

Published in Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023

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@article{liang2023revealing,
title={Revealing spatio-temporal evolution of urban visual environments with street view imagery},
author={Liang, Xiucheng and Zhao, Tianhong and Biljecki, Filip},
journal={Landscape and Urban Planning},
volume={237},
pages={104802},
year={2023},
publisher={Elsevier}
}

Evaluating human perception of building exteriors using street view imagery

Xiucheng Liang, Jiat Hwee Chang, Song Gao, Tianhong Zhao, Filip Biljecki

Published in Building and Environment, 2024

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@article{liang2024evaluating,
title={Evaluating human perception of building exteriors using street view imagery},
author={Liang, Xiucheng and Chang, Jiat Hwee and Gao, Song and Zhao, Tianhong and Biljecki, Filip},
journal={Building and Environment},
volume={263},
pages={111875},
year={2024},
publisher={Elsevier}
}

OpenFACADES: An open framework for architectural caption and attribute data enrichment via street view imagery

Xiucheng Liang, Jinheng Xie, Tianhong Zhao, Rudi Stouffs, Filip Biljecki

Published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2025

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@article{liang2025openfacades,
  title = {OpenFACADES: An open framework for architectural caption and attribute data enrichment via street view imagery},
  author = {Liang, Xiucheng and Xie, Jinheng and Zhao, Tianhong and Stouffs, Rudi and Biljecki, Filip},
  year = 2025,
  month = dec,
  journal = {ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing},
  volume = {230},
  pages = {918--942},
  issn = {0924-2716}
  }

Heterogeneous graph neural networks for building attribute prediction from hierarchical urban features and cross-view imagery

Xiucheng Liang, Winston Yap, Filip Biljecki

Published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2026

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@article{liang2026heterognn,
title = {Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks for Building Attribute Prediction from Hierarchical Urban Features and Cross-View Imagery},
author = {Liang, Xiucheng and Yap, Winston and Biljecki, Filip},
year = 2026,
journal = {ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing},
volume = {234},
pages = {185--204},
issn = {0924-2716},
}

Sensing urban soundscapes from street view imagery

Tianhong Zhao, Xiucheng Liang, Wei Tu, Zhengdong Huang, Filip Biljecki

Published in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2023

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@article{zhao2023sensing,
  title={Sensing urban soundscapes from street view imagery},
  author={Zhao, Tianhong and Liang, Xiucheng and Tu, Wei and Huang, Zhengdong and Biljecki, Filip},
  journal={Computers, Environment and Urban Systems},
  volume={99},
  pages={101915},
  year={2023},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}

Sensitivity of measuring the urban form and greenery using street-level imagery: A comparative study of approaches and visual perspectives

Filip Biljecki, Tianhong Zhao, Xiucheng Liang, Yujun Hou

Published in International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2023

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@article{2023_jag_svi_sensitivity,
  author = {Filip Biljecki and Tianhong Zhao and Xiucheng Liang and Yujun Hou},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jag.2023.103385},
  journal = {International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation},
  pages = {103385},
  title = {{Sensitivity of measuring the urban form and greenery using street-level imagery: A comparative study of approaches and visual perspectives}},
  volume = {122},
  year = {2023}
  }

ZenSVI: An open-source software for the integrated acquisition, processing and analysis of street view imagery towards scalable urban science

Koichi Ito, Yihan Zhu, Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Xiucheng Liang, Zicheng Fan, Yujun Hou, Tianhong Zhao, Rui Ma, Kunihiko Fujiwara, Jiani Ouyang, Matias Quintana, Filip Biljecki

Published in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2025

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@article{2025_ceus_zensvi,
  author = {Ito, Koichi and Zhu, Yihan and Abdelrahman, Mahmoud and Liang, Xiucheng and Fan, Zicheng and Hou, Yujun and Zhao, Tianhong and Ma, Rui and Fujiwara, Kunihiko and Ouyang, Jiani and Quintana, Matias and Biljecki, Filip},
  doi = {10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2025.102283},
  journal = {Computers, Environment and Urban Systems},
  pages = {102283},
  title = {ZenSVI: An open-source software for the integrated acquisition, processing and analysis of street view imagery towards scalable urban science},
  volume = {119},
  year = {2025}
  }

Quantifying seasonal bias in street view imagery for urban form assessment: A global analysis of 40 cities

Tianhong Zhao, Xiucheng Liang, Filip Biljecki, Wei Tu, Jinzhou Cao, Xiaojiang Li, Shengao Yi

Published in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2025

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@article{2025_ceus_svi_seasonality,
  author = {Zhao, Tianhong and Liang, Xiucheng and Biljecki, Filip and Tu, Wei and Cao, Jinzhou and Li, Xiaojiang and Yi, Shengao},
  doi = {10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2025.102302},
  journal = {Computers, Environment and Urban Systems},
  pages = {102302},
  title = {Quantifying seasonal bias in street view imagery for urban form assessment: A global analysis of 40 cities},
  volume = {120},
  year = {2025}
  }

Developing the urban comfort index: Advancing liveability analytics with a multidimensional approach and explainable artificial intelligence

Binyu Lei, Pengyuan Liu, Xiucheng Liang, Yingwei Yan, Filip Biljecki

Published in Sustainable Cities and Society, 2025

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@article{2025_scs_urban_comfort,
  author = {Lei, Binyu and Liu, Pengyuan and Liang, Xiucheng and Yan, Yingwei and Biljecki, Filip},
  doi = {10.1016/j.scs.2024.106121},
  journal = {Sustainable Cities and Society},
  pages = {106121},
  title = {Developing the urban comfort index: Advancing liveability analytics with a multidimensional approach and explainable artificial intelligence},
  volume = {120},
  year = {2025}
  }

Designing effective image-based surveys for urban visual perception

Youlong Gu, Matias Quintana, Xiucheng Liang, Koichi Ito, Winston Yap, Filip Biljecki

Published in Landscape and Urban Planning, 2025

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@article{2025_land_effective_surveys,
  author = {Gu, Youlong and Quintana, Matias and Liang, Xiucheng and Ito, Koichi and Yap, Winston and Biljecki, Filip},
  doi = {10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105368},
  journal = {Landscape and Urban Planning},
  pages = {105368},
  title = {Designing effective image-based surveys for urban visual perception},
  volume = {260},
  year = {2025}
  }

Decoding characteristics of building facades using street view imagery and vision-language model

Xiucheng Liang, Sifan Cheng, Filip Biljecki

Presented at the 19th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management, 2025

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@inproceedings{liang2025decoding,
    title={Decoding Characteristics of Building Facades Using Street View Imagery and Vision-Language Model},
    author={Liang, Xiucheng and Cheng, Sifan and Biljecki, Filip},
    booktitle={19th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management},
    year={2025}
}

Global urban visual perception varies across demographics and personalities

Matias Quintana, Youlong Gu, Xiucheng Liang, Yujun Hou, Koichi Ito, Yihan Zhu, Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Filip Biljecki

Published in Nature Cities, 2025

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@article{quintana2025global,
  title={Global urban visual perception varies across demographics and personalities},
  author={Quintana, Matias and Gu, Youlong and Liang, Xiucheng and Hou, Yujun and Ito, Koichi and Zhu, Yihan and Abdelrahman, Mahmoud and Biljecki, Filip},
  journal={Nature Cities},
  year={2025}
}

A graph neural network for small-area estimation: integrating spatial regularisation, heterogeneous spatial units, and Bayesian inference

Pengyuan Liu, Yang Chen, Xiucheng Liang, Hao Li, Filip Biljecki, Rudi Stouffs

Published in International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 40(7), 2358–2396, 2026

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@article{liu2026graph,
title={A graph neural network for small-area estimation: integrating spatial regularisation, heterogeneous spatial units, and Bayesian inference},
author={Liu, Pengyuan and Chen, Yang and Liang, Xiucheng and Li, Hao and Biljecki, Filip and Stouffs, Rudi},
journal={International Journal of Geographical Information Science},
volume={40},
number={7},
pages={2358--2396},
year={2026},
month=jul,
doi={10.1080/13658816.2025.2597971},
publisher={Taylor \& Francis}
}

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