City-Wide Perceptions of Neighbourhood Quality using Street View Images

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.12139v2
• Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:09:23 GMT
• Title: City-Wide Perceptions of Neighbourhood Quality using Street View Images
• Authors: Emily Muller, Emily Gemmell, Ishmam Choudhury, Ricky Nathvani, Antje Barbara Metzler, James Bennett, Emily Denton, Seth Flaxman, Majid Ezzati
• Abstract summary: This paper describes our methodology, based in London, including collection of images and ratings, web development, model training and mapping. Perceived neighbourhood quality is a core component of urban vitality, influencing social cohesion, sense of community, safety, activity and mental health of residents.
• Score: 5.340189314359048
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The interactions of individuals with city neighbourhoods is determined, in part, by the perceived quality of urban environments. Perceived neighbourhood quality is a core component of urban vitality, influencing social cohesion, sense of community, safety, activity and mental health of residents. Large-scale assessment of perceptions of neighbourhood quality was pioneered by the Place Pulse projects. Researchers demonstrated the efficacy of crowd-sourcing perception ratings of image pairs across 56 cities and training a model to predict perceptions from street-view images. Variation across cities may limit Place Pulse's usefulness for assessing within-city perceptions. In this paper, we set forth a protocol for city-specific dataset collection for the perception: 'On which street would you prefer to walk?'. This paper describes our methodology, based in London, including collection of images and ratings, web development, model training and mapping. Assessment of within-city perceptions of neighbourhoods can identify inequities, inform planning priorities, and identify temporal dynamics. Code available: https://emilymuller1991.github.io/urban-perceptions/.

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