Urbanie & Urbanus

Issue 2026 Aug

Empathetic and Inclusive Design

https://www.doi.org/10.55412/14.07

Issue 14, P. - P.

Seeing Visitor Behaviours in Tourist Plazas with Computer Vision and Space Syntax

Zhuoyan Li

Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China

 and  Xintong Lyu

Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China

 and  Waishan Qiu

Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
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