研究主线
我的研究把城市感知视为治理信息：从居民实际经过的路线和日常服务接触出发， 将街景环境、步行体验、服务机会与人口需求转化为街段级证据，用于识别空间不平等、 服务短板和治理优先区域。相关工作也延伸至灾后城市重建、数字协同与社区参与， 关注数据如何支持城市韧性、应急准备与公共政策。
Urban Governance · Urban Perception · Resilience & Public Policy
陈曈
博士候选人，研究城市环境如何通过感知与行为影响公共服务可达性、社区体验与治理决策。 综合运用街景图像、计算机视觉、GIS 与空间网络分析，构建可解释的城市证据， 为城市治理、韧性与应急管理及公共政策评估提供支持。
Torah Chen
PhD candidate studying how urban environments shape perception, behaviour, service accessibility, and governance outcomes. The research combines street-view imagery, computer vision, GIS, and spatial networks to produce interpretable evidence for urban governance, resilience and emergency management, and public policy.
Urban perception
Street-level indicators of lived urban experience
Governance evidence
Interpretable metrics for public decisions
Urban resilience
Digital coordination for recovery and preparedness
Research Focus
城市感知、治理证据与韧性决策
Research Thread
The research treats urban perception as governance evidence. It starts from the routes residents actually use and links streetscape conditions, walking experience, service opportunity, and population demand at street-segment scale to identify spatial inequality, service gaps, and priority areas. Related work extends to post-disaster recovery, digital coordination, community participation, and public policy.
Selected Research Figures
方法、证据与治理诊断
Selected figures show how street-level perception, service opportunity, and population demand can be translated into evidence for spatial equity and public decisions.
Framework
From urban perception to governance evidence
The framework connects everyday destinations, street-view sampling, perceptual conditions, service opportunity, and population demand for policy-relevant diagnosis.
Method and route-based mapping
Visual impediment maps
Review and optimization evidence
Selected Work
重点研究项目
2025 · PhD research
城市感知与公共服务可达性
构建 PWI 方法，将街景体验、15 分钟服务机会与人口需求联系起来，为识别治理短板提供街段级证据。
Urban perception and service accessibility
Links streetscape experience, 15-minute service opportunity, and population demand to diagnose governance gaps at street-segment scale.
2025 · Loughborough in Motion / Town Observatory
城市数据治理与公共决策
参与地方城市数据平台与交互式可视化研究，支持社区反馈、跨部门协作与循证决策。
Urban data governance
Contributes to local urban data platforms and interactive visualization for community feedback, cross-sector coordination, and evidence-based decisions.
2023 · UKRI international collaboration
灾后重建与城市韧性治理
支持 AI、BIM、3D 打印与微型交通研究成果的数据整合和跨国协作，服务灾后恢复与韧性决策。
Post-disaster recovery and urban resilience
Integrated evidence across AI, BIM, 3D printing, and micro-mobility teams to support international collaboration and recovery decisions.
2024 · UKRI Branching Out
社区参与与环境治理
使用 GIS 与交互原型支持城市林地规划，探索 AI 生成内容在社区参与和环境决策中的作用。
Community participation and environmental governance
Used GIS and interaction prototyping to support treescape planning and AI-mediated participation in environmental decisions.
Education & Experience
教育经历与职位经历
Education
2022.10 - 2026.09 Est. · Loughborough University
交通与城市智能规划博士（PhD 在读）
- 研究方向：城市感知、公共服务可达性与智能城市数据分析，结合计算机视觉、GIS 与空间网络方法。
- 将居民体验和行为相关的环境证据转化为面向城市治理与公共政策的可解释指标。
- 获中国国家留学基金委员会（CSC）海外留学攻博全额奖学金。
- 获拉夫堡大学国际交流奖学金及交通与城市规划组学术交流奖学金。
2022.10 - 2026.09 Est. · Loughborough University
PhD candidate in Transport and Urban Intelligent Planning
- Research on urban perception, public-service accessibility, and intelligent city analytics using computer vision, GIS, and spatial networks.
- Translates environmental evidence related to experience and behaviour into interpretable indicators for urban governance and public policy.
- Awarded the China Scholarship Council full PhD scholarship for overseas study.
- Awarded Loughborough international exchange and Transport & Urban Planning academic exchange scholarships.
2020.10 - 2021.12 · University College London
建筑和城市设计硕士（MSc）
2020.10 - 2021.12 · University College London
MSc in Building and Urban Design in Development
2016.09 - 2020.07 · 浙江工商大学
人文地理与城乡规划学士（BSc）
- 获“互联网+”大学生创新创业大赛省级铜奖、校级一等奖学金与校友奖学金，并获创新创业学院荣誉学位。
- 毕业实习于浙江省城乡规划设计院，作为助理工程师参与浙江省衢州市乡村整治和规划项目方案设计。
2016.09 - 2020.07 · Zhejiang Gongshang University
BSc in Human Geography and Urban-Rural Planning
- Awarded provincial bronze prize in the Internet+ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, university first-class scholarship, alumni scholarship, and an honours degree from the Innovation and Entrepreneurship College.
- Graduation internship at Zhejiang Urban and Rural Planning Design Institute, contributing as assistant engineer to rural improvement and planning proposals in Quzhou, Zhejiang.
Professional Experience
2023.04 - 2023.10 · 英国拉夫堡
研究助理（RA）· “城市灾后重建数字解决方案”国际合作项目
- 参与 UKRI 资助的跨国跨学科项目，聚焦 AI 与数字技术在城市韧性治理中的应用。
- 负责数字化研究成果进度把控，协助 3D 混凝土打印、BIM、微型交通等研究组进行数据可视化与信息集成。
- 协调跨国际、交叉领域学术会议沟通，支持多领域研究成果集成与传播。
2023.04 - 2023.10 · Loughborough, UK
Research Assistant · Digital Solutions for Post-disaster Urban Reconstruction
- Worked on a UKRI-funded international interdisciplinary project on AI and digital technologies for urban resilience governance.
- Tracked digital research outputs and supported data visualization and information integration across 3D concrete printing, BIM, and micro-mobility research teams.
- Coordinated cross-national academic communication and helped integrate and disseminate multi-domain research outcomes.
2022.02 - 2022.08 · 中国上海
项目运营负责人 · 上海龙安京华城市建设发展有限公司
- 负责城市更新与产业振兴项目管理，聚焦城市空间再开发与决策流程优化。
- 统筹项目进度与资源协调，主导国际设计竞标流程，参与浦东新区镇域振兴与产业规划项目并形成落地实施方案。
- 项目成果与竞标策划被选为公司重点案例，用于后续城市更新咨询项目展示。
2022.02 - 2022.08 · Shanghai, China
Project Operations Lead · Longan Jinghua Urban Construction Development
- Managed urban renewal and industrial revitalization projects focused on spatial redevelopment and decision-process optimization.
- Coordinated timelines and resources, led international design-bid workflows, and contributed to town-level revitalization and industrial planning proposals in Pudong New Area.
- Project outcomes and bidding strategy were selected as company showcase cases for later urban renewal consulting work.
Project Activity
项目活动与学术现场
Selected moments from public-facing research, workshop facilitation, teaching, and interdisciplinary resilience projects.
Seminar facilitation and teaching around computer vision, spatial analysis, urban perception, and governance evidence.
Research assistant work supporting interdisciplinary collaboration and digital urban resilience projects.
Academic presentation on perception-aware accessibility as evidence for more equitable urban decisions.
Publications & Academic Work
论文与学术成果
Pedestrian accessibility in 15-minute cities: A systematic review of measurement methodologies and perceptible aspects
Tong Chen, Asya Natapov & Taimaz Larimian. Geography and Sustainability (2026), Article 100528.
系统梳理 15 分钟城市步行可达性的测量方法与可感知维度，为服务公平、居民体验和循证城市政策建立概念与方法基础。
Reviews how pedestrian accessibility is measured and perceived in 15-minute cities, providing a foundation for service equity, lived experience, and evidence-informed urban policy.
Selected current work
- ManuscriptVisually perceived walkability: Measuring route-level visual impediments with street-view images and object detection.
- 2026 preprintIntegrating Visual Perception, Service Accessibility, and Population Demand for Sustainable Pedestrian Accessibility.
- COSIT 2026Perceived walkability as spatial information for pedestrian accessibility.
- CUPUM 2025Assessing Pedestrian Visual Perception Using Open-Vocabulary Object Detection in Urban Street Scenes.
- SSS 2024Measuring Spatial-Visual Accessibility in the 15-Minute City.
Teaching & academic service
连续三年承担教学助理与课程支持工作，参与《高级城市规划理论》《QGIS 软件实践》《MATLAB 编程技巧》等课程备课、课件制作、课堂组织、软件演示、技术答疑，并负责部分专题内容的独立讲授。
Three years of teaching assistance and course delivery support for Advanced Urban Planning Theory, QGIS practical sessions, and MATLAB programming, including lesson preparation, slide development, classroom coordination, software demonstrations, technical troubleshooting, and independent delivery of selected teaching sessions.
持续参与本科与硕士研究指导，协助学生推进研究设计、数据分析、技术实现与可视化表达，支持跨学科研究协作。
Supported undergraduate and MSc research supervision across research design, data analysis, technical implementation, and visual communication.
参与 AESOP、CUPUM、Space Syntax Symposium、RGS-IBG 等国际会议展示与合作研究沟通，负责议程协调、材料整理、评审跟进与跨文化沟通。
Contributed to international conference presentations and collaborative research communication across AESOP, CUPUM, Space Syntax Symposium, and RGS-IBG, including agenda coordination, material preparation, review follow-up, and cross-cultural communication.
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