Quantifying Urban Surroundings Using Deep Learning Techniques: A New Proposal

Urban Science

Ramamritham, Krithi¹  Verma, Deepank²  Jana, Arnab³ 

[1] Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.;Centre for Urban Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India;Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India

关键词: environment perception;    deep learning;    WebRTC;    object detection;    semantic segmentation;    image classification;    QGIS;   

DOI  :  10.3390/urbansci2030078

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The assessments on human perception of urban spaces are essential for the management and upkeep of surroundings. A large part of the previous studies is dedicated towards the visual appreciation and judgement of various physical features present in the surroundings. Visual qualities of the environment stimulate feelings of safety, pleasure, and belongingness. Scaling such assessments to cover city boundaries necessitates the assistance of state-of-the-art computer vision techniques. We developed a mobile-based application to collect visual datasets in the form of street-level imagery with the help of volunteers. We further utilised the potential of deep learning-based image analysis techniques in gaining insights into such datasets. In addition, we explained our findings with the help of environment variables which are related to individual satisfaction and wellbeing.

【 授权许可】

CC BY