B. Contents and Requirements
In order to improve the scientificity of planning, implement new development concepts, adhere to the people-centered principle, promote high-quality development, optimize the territory pattern, make overall consideration of ecological, agricultural and urban space, strengthen regional coordination, the development of urban agglomeration and metropolitan area, and improve the level of urban governance. Two themes are set: "National Territorial Governance towards Ecological Civilization" and "Urban Governance towards High-Quality Development". In order to facilitate the contestants to conceive their topic selection and expert evaluation, 10 topics are set under the two themes. Please choose one of the 10 topics of the two themes set by the competition to participate in the competition.Contestants should also add 1-3 technical keywords. It is suggested to choose from the key words given in the competition instructions. If there is no matching item, Contestants can also choose their own technical keywords.
1. National Territorial Governance towards Ecological Civilization
Territory is the space carrier of ecological civilization construction. Information and intelligent methods have a huge application space in the design and construction of territory development pattern. Contestants should focus on digital driven territory pattern construction, and explore the application of new technologies in this field. Related topics are as follows:
(1) Coordinated development of urban agglomeration and metropolitan area: Aiming at the key problems in the process of coordinated development of urban agglomeration and metropolitan area, such as optimal allocation of resources, ecological coordination, industrial level transition, the development of new quality productivity forces, "three structures and one network" layout, contestants need to put forward the regional collaborative decision support model of land space between urban agglomeration and metropolitan area. Research interests include but are not limited to: the boundaries of urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas determining, the hinterland scope of core cities analyzing, urban agglomeration and metropolitan area planning, urban network and space of flow, regional industrial collaboration and industrial cluster network, Industrial Technology linkage and innovation network, regional collaborative intelligent governance, etc.
2024 marks the tenth year since the Coordinated Development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region was elevated to a national strategic level. This competition encourages participants to conduct research on the challenges and opportunities faced in the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Teams participating in this topic and conducting research within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area are eligible to apply for access to both Smart Steps's mobile signaling data and Baidu Map Insight's data.
(2) Development and Protection of Land Space for Green, Low-Carbon Ecological Growth: Based on the concept of coordinated development of multi-factor land space, quantitative analysis, evaluation, and simulation of key issues faced in the development, protection, and utilization of national land space. From the perspective of a community of life for man and nature in land space, improving the ecological systems involved in land space governance. Developing quantitative decision-making models based on the goal of "peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality" to study its implementation pathways and related issues. Research directions include but are not limited to: analysis and optimization of land space patterns, evaluation of suitability for land development and assessment of resource and environmental carrying capacity, coordinated planning of land and sea space, land space rectification and restoration, integrated protection of arable land, assessment of ecological status and asset value, conservation and enhancement of natural ecological space, biodiversity protection in land development processes, pathways for achieving "peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality", evaluation of carbon sequestration and emission reduction effectiveness in land space, ecological infrastructure, etc.
(3) China Spatial Planning Observation Network Construction: The "National Territorial Spatial Planning Outline (2021-2035)" and the "Overall Layout Plan for Digital China Construction" explicitly require the establishment of the China Spatial Planning Observation Network (CSPON). In the context of smart land spatial planning and monitoring evaluation alerts, proposing relevant monitoring and analysis models. Research directions include but are not limited to the transmission and monitoring of land spatial planning control elements, cross-level assessment of land spatial planning implementation performance, the Territorial Information Model (TIM), digital twin cities, dynamic perception and real-time monitoring of planning, land spatial planning performance evaluation, dynamic adjustment, and optimization of planning, etc.
(4) Urban rural integration and Rural Revitalization: Facing the key problems in the implementation of Rural Revitalization Strategy and the High-Quality Development Project for Hundreds of Counties, Thousands of Towns, and Ten Thousand Villages, aiming at the penetration of digital technology, Internet and big data into rural areas in the new era, contestants need to study the quantitative decision support model to guide urban-rural integration and Rural Revitalization and development. Research interests include but are not limited to: the reconstruction of urban-rural spatial integration, the "urban villages" renovation, the positioning and development strategy of small towns, the path and mode of rural revitalization, the protection and improvement of countryside features, and the exploration of the development mode of e-commerce village, "Taobao village" and "Cyberstar Village" in the Internet era.
(5) Urbanization Development and Spatial Development Governance Strategies: The development of cities follows inherent evolution rules, and planning interventions should be based on a correct understanding and compliance with these rules. Participating teams can use theories and methods from evolutionary geography to study the spatial evolution rules under new development patterns, analyze and evaluate the development strategies and governance strategies of cities, and provide quantitative model guidance for the spatial development of cities. Research directions include but are not limited to urban growth evolution dynamics and mechanisms of urban development changes, expansion patterns and structure simulation of urban spatial development, evolution of single-center/multi-center urban structure and its mechanisms, spatial structure of urban clusters and associated network evolution, implementation of pathways for reduced development of cities, development of new city planning and implementation pathways, identification of physical territories in urban areas, delineation of urban development boundaries, identification and quantitative analysis of new spatial forms under the influence of new technologies, etc.
This is a special support topic, and teams participating in this topic can apply for continuous access to mobile signaling data from Smart Steps for multiple years.
2. Urban Governance towards High-quality Development
With the modernization of national governance system, the importance of comprehensive urban governance has gradually increased. Contestants need to think about how to use a variety of new technologies to strengthen and improve the people-centered governance system. Related topics are as follows:
(6) Urban physical examination and planning implementation evaluation: Contestants need to innovate urban physical examination, urban real-time examination system and planning implementation evaluation methods, study relevant models, explore the application methods of big data, and find problems in the process of urban development; Develop models for diagnosis and treatment of urban diseases exposed by physical examination, such as disordered operation, housing shortage, energy shortage and so on. Research interests include but are not limited to: personalized urban examination and urban real-time examination technology, urban space monitoring, planning and implementation supervision and control, etc.
(7) Safe and resilient city and infrastructure configuration: Contestants need to analyze and evaluate city's response and adaptability to various uncertain factors such as disasters and events, and propose and analyze relevant strategies to improve urban safety and resilience with the help of decision support model. Research interests include but are not limited to: healthy city research; Urban risk assessment; Safety toughness evaluation, prediction and Simulation of urban planning and layout; Urban infrastructure system; Analysis of urban disaster bearing body, disaster causing factors and disaster pregnant environment; Urban rainwater and flood management and sponge city, etc.
(8) Urban renewal and smart cities designing: It aims to address problems such as poor urban environmental quality, lack of diversity, and inadequate protection of historical and cultural heritage. The research will develop decision support models to identify weaknesses and propose solutions for urban renewal, street refurbishment, park development, and healthy city building. The research direction includes but is not limited to digital city design, improvement of street space friendliness, enhancement of park and green space recreational services, green infrastructure, urban leisure and tourism, guidance of residents' healthy lifestyle, preservation of the historical context, and construction of historical and landscape patterns.
(9) Optimization of urban spatiotemporal behavior and community life circle: In response to problems such as lack of urban public services, low efficiency of public services, and weakened sense of happiness among residents, focusing on the construction of complete communities, 15-minute community life circle construction, and all-age-friendly city construction, research will be conducted on decision support models based on urban mobility space to improve the efficiency of urban public services. Research directions include but are not limited to optimization of urban public service facilities, all-age-friendly city construction, population behavior analysis and facility layout guidance of community life circles, urban spatiotemporal planning, urban consumption system and business district optimization, and construction of digital life circles in the context of online and offline integration.
This topic is sponsored specially by Baidu Map Insight, teams registered for this topic can apply to access Baidu Map Insight's data, including foot traffic, points of interest (POI), etc. merged into 100m grid level.
(10) Smart Transportation and Modern Logistics Development: Transportation plays a fundamental, leading, strategic, and pillar role in the national and social-economic development and is the backbone of regional development and the operating network of cities. Against the backdrop of building a "transportation power," participating teams should conduct research in the following directions: the interactive mechanism between transportation and regional socio-economic development, including the spatiotemporal convergence effect, factor attraction effect, spatial correlation system reconstruction effect, and the network layout of transportation infrastructure under the context of new energy; the relationship between transportation and the organization of internal urban space and the impact on resident activities, including research on the generation of traffic congestion and commuting time, prediction of road congestion risk and road safety risk, the interaction between transportation and land use, optimization of the integrated public transportation system, TOD development strategy, and the construction of rail transit centers and integrated stations. Focusing on the mutual dependence relationship between modern logistics systems and cities, optimizing the allocation of logistics service resources, logistics management and informatization, and the application of Internet of Things (IOT) technology.
3. Technical Key Words Bank
Contestants should show the research methods, specific application algorithms and other technical features of their works by 1-3 key words. The following key words are for reference. If there is no match in the following key words, Contestants can choose their own technical key words.
Urban system simulation, spatiotemporal behavior analysis, multilevel regression, structural equation model (SEM), discrete choice model, spatial autocorrelation, machine learning(ML), neural network, graph algorithm, social network analysis(SNA), space syntax, accessibility analysis, physical environment model, agent model, operational research model, game model, dynamic evolution model, etc.