An iterative framework to inform urban design with computer vision
摘要
The widespread adoption of urban sensing technologies, especially computer vision (CV), has enabled a shift in crowd management from reactive surveillance to proactive monitoring. CV research demonstrates high precision in detecting, counting, and tracking pedestrians in complex urban settings. However, a significant prescriptive gap persists. Despite CV’s growing capability to detect, diagnose, and predict crowd issues, its data remains confined to operational dashboards, failing to systematically inform evidence-based design guidelines for the built environment. This paper addresses this gap by conducting a systematic literature review (n = 27) from an initial sample of 500, followed by a reflexive thematic analysis to formulate a new conceptual framework that advances the traditional workflow into the Detect-Diagnose-Predict-Design (D2PD) framework. The new framework provides a structured methodology that enables urban planners to leverage CV analytics as a diagnostic and predictive tool, thereby moving beyond mere monitoring towards generative and evidence-based urban design.